In the two-and-a-bit years that we’ve been doing Your Wealth, we’ve celebrated the best that humanity has to offer. We’ve crafted paeans to human creativity in music, architecture and film; marvelled at era-defining technological breakthroughs in communications and health; and drawn attention to how people across the planet are responding to the great challenges of our time

This is only half of the story though. For every Guernica there is a Monkey Christ, a Batman & Robin for every Citizen Kane, and an anti-bandit bag for every internal combustion engine. This issue is dedicated to some of the most magnificent failures achieved by the human race: From architectural atrocities and ridiculous inventions to kamikaze corporate decisions and films that require a sensory deprivation tank to truly be appreciated.