They say the best designs are those that are simple. Simple, self explanatory and those that minimize error. Cognitive scientists, usability engineers and industrial designers obsess over the forms of products to ensure that they afford the right function.
The benchmark is to design for the unfamiliar user who may never have encountered or experienced anything like it before. If such a user can understand the exact intent of a product just by looking at it, the product has passed the test of behavioral psychology, ergonomics and the practice of design.
It may be obvious what the product is, but there is still something a little gross about it. It is almost like the tissue is used after being removed some a nose.
Or is it just me?
Wouldn’t be really gross if the store staff dabbled a few drops of red food coloring on a few select tissues before stuffing them into place?