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45 Epic Design Fails That Are So Bad, We Can’t Believe They Actually Happened (New Pics)
By now, it looks like crappy design is something inherently human. There's such an abundance of design fails, we'll probably never run out of it. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. I mean, is there a better way of getting your daily dose of whahahahahahaha if not judging others for their mistakes? Bored Panda has prepared another bad design list for you, poking fun at some of the most ridiculous projects that saw the light of day. From coffee mugs that were created to poke your eyes out to photography services producing outdated leaflets and beyond, scroll down to enjoy the funny fails and upvote your faves.
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This Ad Was Meant To Depict How Much The Tiger Had Grown In 10 Years. Instead, It Looks Like....
So we've seen the consequences of bad design ideas, so what makes for good design? There are a few basic principles to stick to if you want to make sure your design is practical, relevant and makes sense!
According to Dieter Rams, a German industrial designer who was responsible for the design of Braun’s consumer products for many years, there are 10 principles of good product design, also known as the '10 commandments.' Even though they were written long ago and technology has advanced beyond his wildest dreams, Dieter's principles still apply today!
The Elders At My Brother-In-Law’s Church Got To Design The Church League Softball Shirts. The Thought “Cli” (Christian Life International) Alone Wouldn’t Signify A Church, So They Added The Cross. Magnificent
Seattle had a similar problem with their new rail transit .... South Lake Union Transit (S**T) .... luckily someone caught the acronym before it got too far down the pike.
I’m Never Going To Find Any Help Here...
This Ad For Graduation Photography
Furniture designers Vitsoe have worked closely with Dieter Rams for decades, and helpfully summarize his founding principles of good design with the following explanations:
Good design is innovative The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself.
Good design makes a product useful: A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.
Good design is aesthetic: The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.
Nothing Like The Smell Of Coffee And A Good Eye-Stab In The Morning
Its a left handed mug. It'll teach those pompous right-handers not to use our mugs!
Unfortunate Hole Placement
Commas People
Paypal Fail
Good design is thorough down to the last detail: Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the user.
Good design is environmentally-friendly: Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimizes physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.
Good design is as little design as possible: Less, but better – because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.
So three you have it, pretty simple right? If you are tasked with designing something and want to avoid the hilarious mistakes found in this list, check these principles off first and you should succeed!
Ah Yes I Was Looking For A Soap Dispenser Labeled "Ketchup" With A Picture Of Grapes
I’ll Take The Next Bus, Please!
More money could be spent bringing these monsters to justice, rather than paying for a sign on the back of the bus. Ugh 🙄
Who Thought This Placement Would Be A Good Idea?
The Placement Of This Smaller Baby Care Booklet Within This Magazine Doesn’t Seem Very Well Thought Through
Found This Masterpiece At A Local Restaurant
That's Gonna Be An Easy Ride
Where’s The 0?
What Animal Is That?
Maintenance Put New Locks And Handles On The Gates For Security
Just Watched A Guy Go Into The Wrong Bathroom At Toronto Pearson Airport. He Was Looking At The Top Sign
My Local Magazine's Editor Might Need To Double Check Some Stuff
Lovely View
Mama Bear Is Welcoming Everyone
It’s Cool Just Do It At Night Mate
The Woman Isn't Driving In This Article About Women Being Better Drivers
Try Being Drunk And Walking Into This Place
The New Basketball Court In My Neighborhood
Very Unfortunate Straw Placement
I Don’t Understand Why These Erasers Exist... They Just Ruin Everything
This Picture In My English Textbook
Alrighty Then
Our Charter Bus
Your Toe Isn't Stubbed Yet? Challenge Accepted
Yup I Love Looking At The Back Of My iPhone
Anime Pewds
A Pen My Teacher Gave Me
Are We The Baddies?
"Casually"
Three For The Price Of One
I Was Helping My Cousin With His German Homework And I Saw This Masterpiece
Gotta Include One Of These With Every Card! You’re Going To Need It After I Cut Your Hair
Ah Yes, The 18-24 Year Old Baby
What Was This Sensor Original Meant To Do Anyway?
Replacing The Egg Shell With More Plastic To Go Into The Ocean
At A Bar. Almost Madea Terrible Mistake
May No Child Succeed
Best I could think of is that someone accused them of having a child as a CEO and this is their way of trying to refute that.
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I'm guessing they're trying to say that right now she "thinks" she's a CEO, but that in the future she can "be" a CEO, but it's horribly stated...
"Is she a COO? Maybe a CFO?" "No, she's a kindergartner, you idiot. We at Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach don't have imaginations. We're very literal."
It's for a children's hospital, too. Are they, like, implying she's going to die or something?
All I could think of was a psychiatric hospital... She thinks she's CEO but we will cure her of this delusion...
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Let's not make a mountain out of a molehill. Maybe, just maybe, it means that while she things she's a CEO... she's actually just a child and has to be treated like one.
Replacing "better" with "she is" would make more sense. Is this maybe a bad translation thing?
Well, the hospital on the sign is in Long Beach, CA, so 'translation' isn't the issue.
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Um, child psychology? Behavioral psychology? Overcoming discipline problems?
There is absolutely no way she is CEO of anything. She's 5. Children should be children.
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Ah, yes! I remember the good old days of my childhood; when I used to think I was CEO. Then Miller Children's & Women's Hospital of Long Beach told me that they knew better. I was only playing make-believe. Thank God, they set me straight; else I might have actually ended up being a CEO.
...like she won’t make it that long? OR...she will end up being a nurse, cos that’s all a woman aspires to be? Just wrong any way you look at it!
It could be the sad reason that since it's on something about the women and children's hospital
That she might think she's a ceo or whatever she dreams, but in reality she's a really ill kiddo
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Yeah. Of course. Because women never say dumb things...
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Since it's a hospital, maybe their slogan is "We know better" meaning how to make you better? Who signs off on these things?
Are you talking about notifications? I raise my hand. They used to bring you directly to the entry where your comment was posted, now they just bring you to the whole post and you have to manually go through the whole list again, if you wanna see what people replied. It really sucks.
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BP does that. They cut lists down from over 100 to like 30 or 50 pics after a couple of hours or days. It sucks cause sometimes I save a fun list to look at it later when I have the time, but by then BP cut two thirds of it 👎
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Dear bored Panda - if you're looking for more design fails, please read the comments section right here. YOUR design fails.
This may be irrelevant, but how do you report posts on here? I saw some pretty objectionable ones and was wondering how to do something about them.
You cant report a comment. Yes there are some trolls here that make rude comments, we just ignore them and go on.
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ive seen one whre a garage is on the top floor of an apartment. i thought it was for a helicopter or somthing
Thanks for sharing wonder post http://www.clippingpathfaster.com/
How some of these ever came to be successfully made is with out a doubt an inverted miracle. That's why it's always good to attend/employ sex ed programs in high school, hire an accredited artist/designer & leave the specifics decisions to marketing, advertising, developer teams & engineering. :-)
Are you talking about notifications? I raise my hand. They used to bring you directly to the entry where your comment was posted, now they just bring you to the whole post and you have to manually go through the whole list again, if you wanna see what people replied. It really sucks.
Load More Replies... BP does that. They cut lists down from over 100 to like 30 or 50 pics after a couple of hours or days. It sucks cause sometimes I save a fun list to look at it later when I have the time, but by then BP cut two thirds of it 👎
Load More Replies... Dear bored Panda - if you're looking for more design fails, please read the comments section right here. YOUR design fails.
This may be irrelevant, but how do you report posts on here? I saw some pretty objectionable ones and was wondering how to do something about them.
You cant report a comment. Yes there are some trolls here that make rude comments, we just ignore them and go on.
Load More Replies... ive seen one whre a garage is on the top floor of an apartment. i thought it was for a helicopter or somthing
Thanks for sharing wonder post http://www.clippingpathfaster.com/
How some of these ever came to be successfully made is with out a doubt an inverted miracle. That's why it's always good to attend/employ sex ed programs in high school, hire an accredited artist/designer & leave the specifics decisions to marketing, advertising, developer teams & engineering. :-)
