The Opposite Of Design Fails: 50 Of The Most Brilliant Design Ideas That People Have Ever Shared In This Online Group (New Pics)
Over the years, we at Bored Panda have released quite a few pieces on subpar design. And while these publications are incredibly fun to prepare and scroll through (just take a look at this one), we need to balance them out a little. After all, not every designer is an incompetent 3-year-old. Some of them are 4... light-years ahead of the competition.
There's a subreddit that features high-quality images of interesting designs, including architectural, graphic, industrial, furniture, and product design, and even though we already covered it once, there are so many gems on it, we need to do a follow-up. From a restaurant half-sunken into the sea to a suitcase that can measure its own weight, continue scrolling and check out the best that human ingenuity has to offer.
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Harnessing Nature To Shade A Walkway
this is located in the south of Spain in Jerez de la frontera it's a winery named Bodega Tio Pepe
WW1 Memorial In Vácrátót, Hungary
These Playing Cards
We, regular users, usually see just the finished product. But there's so much more that goes into actually creating them. To learn more about design, we contacted Nicole Phillips, who has been working in the design industry since 2005 and has a background in fine arts and advertising. Phillips specializes in logo design, branding, and package design for food & beverage, beauty, health, and interior design clients, and for each project, her work is unique and never linear.
"The design process requires research, experimentation, and even a bit of psychology," Phillips told Bored Panda. "When I feel frustrated with the process, I remind myself to take a step back, have fun and play. It's those moments of play and experimentation that usually create the best results, but it's those hours of research that help build the foundation for the final result."
"My clients are not paying me for my time, they are paying me for my many years of experience, so if I am able to complete the design process in 5 hours rather than 5 weeks, this is a sign of my years of experience and knowledge, this is valuable," she added.
Putting Rails Under A Bench So You Can Always Be In Shade
Apartment Building In Turin Holds 150 Trees
Ads Against Littering In Toronto
Trying to determine whether or not a particular design is good, many turn to Dieter Rams and his '10 commandments.' According to Rams, good design is innovative, makes a product useful, is aesthetic, makes a product understandable, is unobtrusive, is honest, is long-lasting, is thorough down to the last detail, is environmentally friendly, and involves as little design as possible.
Nicole Phillips agrees with the German design legend.
"Good design includes a good balance of function, form, and fun," Phillips said. "The user shouldn't have to try too hard to get what they need from the design. Good design isn't just aesthetics, it should communicate well and push boundaries a bit. Good design solves problems."
To paraphrase Don Draper from Mad Men, it's simple but significant.
This Is A Giant Iron Tree Built Into The Side Of The Russian Ministry Of Agriculture
This Ladle
This Bottleneck Is At An Angle For Easy Fill And Drinking
The Drain Is Right Under The Soap Dispenser So It Doesn’t Stain The Sink
Back Cover Of Dune. Turn It And It Always Says Dune. Design By Alex Trochut
Multi Coloured Hair Ad
This Enchanting Gothic Victorian House Built In 1888 In Arcata, California
Awareness Ad For Seatbelts, Canada
A Suitcase That Can Measure Its Own Weight
Refrigerator With A Lazy Susan Built In
This is a great idea - and Kelvinator (I think) did something similar in the 1950s. The problem is that it takes up a HUGE amount of space in the kitchen. The doors need so much space that it's not very practical.
The Built In Cable Management On This TV
Three Years Ago This Week, Saudi Arabia Began Allowing Women To Drive. This Was Ford's Ad Campaign To Go Along With It
Woman's eyes with niqab/abaya? Not sure how I feel about that. And women are still denied basic rights and brutally punished in SA.
No, it's the reflection of a woman's eyes in the rearview mirror, meant to imply a niqab/abaya.
Load More Replies...i heard women were really badly treated in saudi arabia. this is what you get when you let religion mix with politics. all kind of obscure interpretations
Don't get me wrong, I'm a secularist, but when in the history of humanity has religion NOT mixed with politics? I mean, in any case where a particular person or group has too much control (including in a "winner take all" two-party system) there are noticable problems with governance. Notably, attempting to eliminate religion has a very similar result to allowing it to control decision making. I'm not suggesting we need religion, but we need governance that isn't set on eliminating opposing ideas, and we need to acknowledge that humans who misuse religion or political power aren't doing so because of the religion or their political ideas, but because they pathologically crave power without really understanding it.
Load More Replies...Women are not allowed to swim in public pools, have a checking account, vote, ride a bike, own property, divorce, wear modern clothing and probably a hundred other things I do not know about.
I am a Muslim woman who wears niqab with my own will. My husband doesn’t like niqab but since I want to wear, he doesn’t force me to remove. This my right. I dont want to swim in swim in public pool but I can swim in ladies only pool and it’s awesome since no men is there to judge your figure and stare at you. I can ride bike if I want but I don’t want to. I wear skirts, tops, pants and what not under my outer clothing but I don’t want filthy men to look at me with list so I cover. I have every right to divorce my husband and for women they just have to divorce once and they separate while to separate from wife a man is required to divorce thrice with a gap of 3 months in each divorce because women suffer more if they are divorced and Allah doesn’t want them to. We can vote and infact Islam is the first organisation/religion to give right to women to vote/give their opinion/ asked before marriage. Read history how women were treated just 40 years back in America and Europe.
Load More Replies...anyone who controls another persons lives like that is just abuse and it's slavery... should be abolished everywhere. Religious rights my behind
Yes but not much different than pro life, dress codes in high schools so boys don't get distracted.
Load More Replies...Yet the women who fought for the law to change are still stuck in jaol!
This is the biggest problem with all the social change. There are still imprisoned activists for women's rights who are still subjected to torture and worse in prison
Load More Replies...Clever advertisement as it may be it feels really weird coming from such a big business. Like they said "Ooh, new demographic to sell to. Find a way to relate to them!"
That's exactly what they said. Because that's the whole point of advertising.
Load More Replies...They only allowed the women to drive because they had a hard time getting to work. And even Saudi Arabia has understood the economic devastation that comes from forcing half the work force to stay at home.
Wow. Sad. Sad to see logic and then strict interpretations of their beliefs when it doesn’t crush the economy. Pick and choose what is loosely interpreted? That in itself holds little logic. Wouldn’t that make people realize other rules can bend too and start a flow of rights. It doesn’t bc oppression is a huge part of control.
Load More Replies...So very sad that this idiotic nonsense persists in this day and age
Blame merica for its Hypochriscy and Twisted Moral Compass..they lambast the Sauds then kiss their toosh and do billions of business in Oil and Arms..merica shut up.
Load More Replies...They are slowly moving back to the old ways - when societies were egalitarian and women, men, old, young were all considered of equal value.
so when is that gonna apply to the US...what Misogyn istic Hypochriscy..the Old white Boys Network is still alive and unwell.
Load More Replies...Any excuse to control women in Saudi Arabia! Why are men SO terrified of women's power? pathetic & sad.
Do Saudi women still have to be under the guardianship of a male relative if they are ummarried or widowed?
It's a complicated question. Legally no, they are not under male guardianship. But socially there are still a lot of rules for gender mixing and especially for unmarried women a lot of this is mediated by male relatives.
Load More Replies...The post isn't about Saudi Arabia's journey towards treating woman equal. It is how Ford took a beautiful approach to making driving more acceptable by everyone. Progress can be painfully slow - even in America.
thank the Saudis for the Russian Oil Merica..and im sure u are selling them Arms..said no Yemenis...whats ur deal with Jordan...the CIA employed 19 Saud operatives 2 Jordanians and 1 Yemeni contractor to initiate the Twin Towers debacle to justify a war..Merica you have no Moral compass to Judge anyone you are world whores STFU
Load More Replies...Umm…I’m trying to reconcile in my brain what this image is conjuring up….beautiful trapped eyes? 😳 I dunno…I’m a little creeped out…I think lol
And yet many Saudi women have been abused for doing just that - driving.
I am stunned that I didn't know that they couldn't. So, this isn't super great, in reality. As in, like, it's over 100 years late
People commenting that they need to do this "one step at the time" are so weird. It's 2022, they def need to pick up the pace! A world where women are not equal to men should be unacceptable to everyone.
And yet, here we are, talking about it still. And now it looks like America is sliding backwards to become Saudi Arabia of the West. The only time women will get the same equal rights as men is when there are no more men to take them away.
Load More Replies...Before commenting on a womens rights, under stand tge shariah and the holy Quraan promote womens rights to the fullest. If you go back a few decades, you would realise that in dressing alone, society has a whole has deteriorated to point of no return. To protects one's body from evil glances isn't a bad thing. Problem is that western society has brainwashed the world into believing the world should folliw its ideals. And come to think of it, which regions on earth have the most sex offenders? Case n point. Dont make statements about things you don't understand
Which place on Earth has dishonor killings of women? How many men suffer dishonor killings? It's a sick culture, dominated by men who interpret sharia law in order to dominate and repress all women.
Load More Replies...My mom used to live in Saudi Arabia and she says that they won't let women live-???
im sure you will get over ur virtue signalling...
Load More Replies...Yes this is cool but women aren't makeup and glamour we are much more!
SA wasn’t like that until like the 70s so I unfortunately don’t think much will change anytime soon.
It took The US quite a while to start treating women with more respect (note we still don’t pay equally or lots of other things that pale in the light of the destructive forces against women in the form of us now abandoning bodily autonomy for women. I’m disgusted by the 5 Radical Justices that need to be impeached for their distain of con law. But what do I know?
Ugh. Nintendo just took Princess Peach and any other female driver, out of Mario Kart to make Saudi investors happy.
That was a prank piece written by a fake news site. Its not true that they removed female drivers from Mario Cart to appease Saudi investors.
Load More Replies...But it's the white countries that are so bad on human rights, unlike those non-white countries like Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria where they execute gay people.
Saudi Arabia, where women can drive and where they can be stoned to death in the public square for immorality because she was raped. Technically, if she can procure 5 male witnesses to the rape then she can avoid punishment but can still face a beating from any male family members
This blows my mind. I hate how women were thought as less than men and are still to this day in some countries. Women literally brought men into the world, with the help of a man but still they carried them birthed them. I presume the majority of them have mother's, so what gives them the right to tell them what to do. I swear no woman in my family or any woman I know myself included would put up with that. Like hell am I walking ten steps behind a man.
I think they passed that law for women to drive only for men's convenience.
the actual facts are the supervised freedom not misogyny..because its a sharia state..the responsibility goes to the men as well..they have a duty to protect...you may see it as Misogyny in a taxi...Merica is Misogyny without the need for a taxi...
Load More Replies...Dear , Saudi Arabia ....... North Korea is a better country..... and that is saying a LOT.
I saw a Starbuck's in Dubai that had posters taped to the windows that read "“PLEASE NO ENTRY FOR LADIES ONLY SEND YOUR DRIVER TO ORDER. THANK YOU" No women are allowed inside. So if she is driving... (?)
Dubai isn't Saudi, and they are far more open minded there. Sounds like an urban myth.
Load More Replies...really in Merica how many Black waitstaff...tell ur rubbish to the South...see how far you get....Hypochriscy is the Capital of the Dissconnected States of Merica
Load More Replies...They probably only legalized it so they could run the men's errands...😄
Nope they did it to enforce mens Sharia Protective duties which by default affords women the supervised freedom to drive....the west is too dumb and Hypochritical to see that...Hows the Petrol in ur cars Goin Merica..Enjoying ur Russian Oil from Saudi Arabia are we...and just think of all those Arms sale's Hypochrites.
Load More Replies...Wow! How to say women must wear burkas without saying women must wear burkas!
It was heaven on the face of earth. Almost zero crime rate because of strict laws. And women are more than happy in Muslim countries where they cover their face from those who they don’t want their beauty to reveal and are more satisfied that even their husbands are not able to see other women. Women could travel and shop and there was nothing to worry. They had beautiful lives but now that Saudia is changing the crime rate is going up. Women were never groped and were always respected but now there have been instances of groping and following. Though the government has loosen their veil law and they are allowed to wear anything but most women still want to carry their veils as it’s not a burden but a protection. Islam loves women so much that their inheritance is kept in law written in the holy book Quran. Women gets inheritance by her father and by her husband. Our prophet called the women glass vessels and instructed men to handle them with care and Muslim men are certainly better.
no they dont ....and its called a niqab..not a burqua or a veil....
Load More Replies...Art Nouveau Architecture Of A House Built In The 1880s, Brussels, Belgium
This Puzzle Comes With A Stand To Hold The Box Up
The Bag My New Glasses Came In
The Way These Milk Jugs Line Up!
Clever Use Of The Captain’s Arm
I bet its a ruse so you don't expect a crocodile when you open the cabinet.
Just Amazing
Just had a painful vision of me convincing myself I can slide down that and failing miserably.
This Awesome Deck
Door Lock Designed With Elderly (Or Intoxicated) People In Mind
When I look at our scratched front door people carrying grocery bags and kids would also approve.
Igloo Hotels In Lapland, Finland
Wow! So pretty! The hotel AND the northern lights. I rlly want to go there but with the virus, it will be a while.
Thought This Was A Very Clever Way To Make A Caution Sign. It's Still Highly Visible And Does It's Job But With Some Fun. As An Added Bonus It Was In A Jamba Juice So It Makes Sense With Their Aesthetic
"Der Spiegel" Covers 2017 And 2020
Trump's administration and behavior had an impact worldwide in mostly awful ways; I Iove how the Germans, in two simple graphics, nail it.
Gothic Architecture Of Lawyer's House (Kelch Mansion) In Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Norwegian Restaurant Under, Half-Sunken Into The Sea
It would be so cool eating on the bottom floor. Hopefully they have windows so you can see some of the wildlife!
Bed Sheet Tells You Which Side You Are Holding So That You Can Orientate It When Putting It On The Bed
Self-Taught American Artist Brian Mock, Turns Reclaimed Materials Into Breathtaking Sculptures
Elvish - Elvin Silverware
This Dining Chair
Apartment Building In Istanbul, Turkey
Royal Mail's New Electric Delivery Van Is Just The Cutest
This Bread Knife In A Swiss Restaurant Has A Silhouette Of The Major Peaks In Switzerland
This Contemporary House Glass Ceiling Bedroom
This Exit Sign Actually Looks Really Neat
Umbrella Logo That Only Shows When It Gets Wet
The Architecture Of This Home Office/Library Located In The 13th Arrondissement Of Paris
Sunlight will ruin the colors of the books. I always keep my books and cd's in the shade. Nevertheless, beautiful room.
“It’s The Hat” Clever Ad For Hut Weber, A German Hat Company. One Of My All Time Favorite Clever But Incredibly Simple Advertising Designs
This Dishwasher Projects A Timer Onto The Floor
This Bottle Opener
Maintenance Guy's Shirt Doubles As A Helpful Sign
Poster For The Borat 2 Film
Pigalle Basketball Court Designed By Ill Studio & Nike
Time’s New Cover
"Time Magazine from October 19 , 2020 - Donald Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis Is Forcing Him to Face His Personal and Political Vulnerability" Google says
2020 Badge Design
Note: this post originally had 120 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
I second that thought, we get blitzed with too much politics already. I want a break.
Load More Replies...Please add - Japanese toilets. The flushing tank has a water spout with a soap dispenser, so people can wash their hands in the toilet stall- and sudsy water flushed the toilet
We’ve seen that on the last few posts with cool stuff. It doesn’t need to be repeated again.
Load More Replies...This was good stuff. Beautiful, intriguing, maybe controversial, imaginative and practical. Today, I'm a contented panda.
A good post, I especially enjoyed, the incredible architecture, it's something I have always appreciated, I truly get excited, at the beauty !!!
Theres a faucet at the Cheyenne mountain zoo hippo and penguin exhibit restrooms that are three in one, it's a horizontal faucet, one part dispenses water, the middle part dispenses soap, and the other is air dry
I saw quite a few 2 in 1 recently in the airport, shaped a bit like airplane: middle part provides water, and the side parts work as air dry. There is no rounded plane shapes, simply the style (middle tube, and two tubes to the side from the middle of water one)
Load More Replies...There's political and then there are phenomena like the American precidency. I think that, considering it's no longer only of national concern, is bigger and beyond politics.
Quit saying, "This online group." EVERY SINGLE TIME it is Reddit. Just say "we stole this from Reddit."
What did it used to be? All i see is a banana caution sign. Not much controversy there. I think it's cute.
Load More Replies...Your political messages aged as well as Bidens video saying Putin would stop all aggression and respect Biden😂😂😂
Why is the political bias against Trump necessary? He made mistakes yes, but he is all and all a good man and a great president. Besides I see no reason to put politics into this usually amazing website.
I'm getting pretty tired of trolls posting their anti-Trump and anti-conservative crap. I never see anything pro-Trump or pro-conservative...is that by design, or do you simply have a large number of leftists who read your posts? Either be fair and let both sides post, or don't post anything from angry leftists. We're ALL allowed to have our own opinions, but it's infuriating to only see stupid posts and/or comments from leftists.
Really cool ideas If your reading this I hope you have a great day and know. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NIV
Why did jesus supposedly heal some lepers in the stories, but he didn't cure the disease leprosy itself? Some people still suffer with leprosy to this day. Was he incompetent? Evil? Just wants certain people to suffer? Science has largely cured the disease leprosy. Thank scientists! Can you name a disease god has cured? Science has actually cured a number of diseases. Do you have any evidence that any gods even exist? How is jesus god's only son? Aren't we all supposedly created in god's image? Didn't god create Adam and Eve? The bible says pray for anything you want in god's name & god will give it to you. Can you please pray to regrow the limbs of an amputee? Petitionary prayer fails. What makes you think heaven is real then?
Load More Replies...I second that thought, we get blitzed with too much politics already. I want a break.
Load More Replies...Please add - Japanese toilets. The flushing tank has a water spout with a soap dispenser, so people can wash their hands in the toilet stall- and sudsy water flushed the toilet
We’ve seen that on the last few posts with cool stuff. It doesn’t need to be repeated again.
Load More Replies...This was good stuff. Beautiful, intriguing, maybe controversial, imaginative and practical. Today, I'm a contented panda.
A good post, I especially enjoyed, the incredible architecture, it's something I have always appreciated, I truly get excited, at the beauty !!!
Theres a faucet at the Cheyenne mountain zoo hippo and penguin exhibit restrooms that are three in one, it's a horizontal faucet, one part dispenses water, the middle part dispenses soap, and the other is air dry
I saw quite a few 2 in 1 recently in the airport, shaped a bit like airplane: middle part provides water, and the side parts work as air dry. There is no rounded plane shapes, simply the style (middle tube, and two tubes to the side from the middle of water one)
Load More Replies...There's political and then there are phenomena like the American precidency. I think that, considering it's no longer only of national concern, is bigger and beyond politics.
Quit saying, "This online group." EVERY SINGLE TIME it is Reddit. Just say "we stole this from Reddit."
What did it used to be? All i see is a banana caution sign. Not much controversy there. I think it's cute.
Load More Replies...Your political messages aged as well as Bidens video saying Putin would stop all aggression and respect Biden😂😂😂
Why is the political bias against Trump necessary? He made mistakes yes, but he is all and all a good man and a great president. Besides I see no reason to put politics into this usually amazing website.
I'm getting pretty tired of trolls posting their anti-Trump and anti-conservative crap. I never see anything pro-Trump or pro-conservative...is that by design, or do you simply have a large number of leftists who read your posts? Either be fair and let both sides post, or don't post anything from angry leftists. We're ALL allowed to have our own opinions, but it's infuriating to only see stupid posts and/or comments from leftists.
Really cool ideas If your reading this I hope you have a great day and know. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NIV
Why did jesus supposedly heal some lepers in the stories, but he didn't cure the disease leprosy itself? Some people still suffer with leprosy to this day. Was he incompetent? Evil? Just wants certain people to suffer? Science has largely cured the disease leprosy. Thank scientists! Can you name a disease god has cured? Science has actually cured a number of diseases. Do you have any evidence that any gods even exist? How is jesus god's only son? Aren't we all supposedly created in god's image? Didn't god create Adam and Eve? The bible says pray for anything you want in god's name & god will give it to you. Can you please pray to regrow the limbs of an amputee? Petitionary prayer fails. What makes you think heaven is real then?
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