What you still don’t get about Samsung design

I never really got Samsung until I was sitting in its R&D center just outside Seoul. Inside this glass-and-concrete monolith sits a beautiful, three-story design library finished entirely in natural oak. It felt like an architectural representation of Samsung—a mix of the ancient and the near future.  Compared to the buildings I’ve frequented at Google or Microsoft—office parks erected during the breathless dotcom expansion—Samsung’s headquarters are decidedly steadfast. It’s...