This contributed to the sinkage of the titanic as if the waterweight compartements were designed precisley so that the ship would stay afloat for 6 more hours than it did which would give time for nearby boats to appear and save passengers.
All these poor designs have had a negative impact on society as this was the ship that garunteed that it was unsinkable by its engineers and because of this false statement many peoples lives were thrown away due to a a few miscalculations and oversights which lead people too their death. From this example engineers have understood the impact design engineering has on lives which is why it is important to focus when designing products so that it can lead to a better design and save people from having to get injured or