You will never see either of those for sale in the US (legally). They would never pass UL testing. They're both hazards. Industrial designers are NOT engineers and so they naively come up with these sorts of things. They're just bad ideas.

I think there might be some arrogance being displayed here. I find both this drape switch and the Ikea hours chart quite clear and obvious. Could it be that we don't all think alike? Might it be more honest express one's own failure to comprehend than grouse about "bad" design?