40 Designs That Are So Bad That It’s Hard To Believe Someone Came Up With Them (New Pics)
Human beings don’t always build things to last. Sometimes, they make such obvious mistakes that casual observers can’t believe they didn’t notice their design idea flaws from the get-go. Alas, we’re all flawed (much like some designs!) and most of us have a blind spot when it comes to the things we’re involved in.
Nonetheless, bad designs are a lot of fun to look at and laugh at. And there’s no place who does it better than the ‘Crappy Design’ subreddit! We collected some of the best, newest, crappy design fails from the Reddit community, so scroll down and enjoy. Remember to upvote your fave product designs gone wrong, and drop us a comment telling us why you loved hating them.
We at Bored Panda love creative designs, but we also adore really bad ideas, too. When you’re done looking through our awesome list, check out our posts about epic design fails, the very worst kitchen designs, epically bad bar and restaurant designs, and structural nightmares. We’re sure you’ll love these funny fails.
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If Only They Realized
What kind of place were you shopping at to buy penis pasta.
My Sister’s School Health Clinic May Need Some Emoji-Education
Sounds Like An Invite To Your Own Murder
There are plenty of examples of bad design out there, but we can find some excellent designs here and there. And good design involves uniting the concept you have with the physical end-result of the product.
For instance, Ikea talks about how its design is “democratic” in that the company believes “good home furnishing is for everyone.”
Honestly, If I Am Booking For Boston, That’s Kind Of Where I Would Like To End Up.
Anti-Plastic Book Wrapped In Said Plastic
Cousins...
Meanwhile, Apple values quality craftsmanship through and through. Company founder Steve Jobs said that “for you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”
Trying To Figure Out What This Sign Means For The Past 5 Years
At The Local Gym
That's How I Broke My Leg
You’ve heard that “function over form” is an important aspect of design, but have you ever considered that they can be (and should) united into one seamless whole?
Postmodernist Frank Lloyd Wright, who dedicated his life to crafting organic designs, coined the phrase “form and function are one.” According to him, form and function ought to be in “a spiritual union” instead of vying for dominance over one another.
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Pinnacle Of Human Stupidity
This Ad For Teeth Whitening
My Friend’s Apartment Has A 1/2 Bathroom On The Ground Floor. This Is The View From The Street.
In a previous interview with Bored Panda, the moderators of the ‘Crappy Design’ subreddit said that the community changed over the years.
“The original motivation for the subreddit was to point out crappy designs. Nowadays, most subscribers probably come here for entertainment. However, it is common to have meaningful discussion here on why or why not something is crappy design,” they said.
I Hope The Electrician Knows The Sprinklers Schedule
Ladies And Gentlemen Take A Look At This Gem
Our Company Now Has 900 Of These Pens
This Backroad Near My House
Straight Pride Flag Looks Totally Gay
To Stir Or Not To Stir. That Is The Question
This Plaque Near My House
Those Are Some Interesting Arms You Got There...
The Implication That This Tooth Has Something Down There
He's Calling Her To Ask Her For Her Number?
Finally A Realistic Mannequin In Women's Lingerie Store
Imagine Being Drunk
The Us Space Force Has Olive-Green Camouflage Uniforms ... For Outer Space.
Waiting To Engage In A Dining Experience At My Favorite Taco Establishment
So Xxxl Is Just A Stretched Xxl?
These Two Pens At My Office... Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
If you ever use Permanent marker on a whiteboard, just go over it in the whiteboard marker. It will come off when you wipe then.
[oc] This Won The Design Competition
This Elevator
The Single Worst Clock I Have Ever Seen. I Actually Said Aloud "Whyyyy"
Good God this angers me! If it's in an art exhibition, fine. If it's at a doctors surgery or hospital as it appears to be, NOT HELPFUL!!!
Then you have no idea how long you have waited. I think it is in a anger management office and they are trying to improve business. "oh so our clock makes you want to punch someone?"
Load More Replies...It's hard to see but on the very right edge of the photo, you can see the barest edge of the 3 block.
Load More Replies...If this clock makes sense to you, they’ll give you a nice warm jacket to wear and escort you to their psych ward.
I disagree. I like the idea that the numbers are still in place just in different distance from the center. HOWEVER, the execution of the idea is really bad.
Should be lines or numbers should be bigger.. something
Load More Replies...Clocks on walls are useless anyhow, everyone has a phone attached to their person.
now this is a bad clock design i have never seen before, but on the new fitbit watch there is an option to have literally no numbers or the little lines in between, just the hands.. how are you supposed to even tell the time??!!
Even Salvador Dali looked at that clock and said, “Dude, that’s just wrong!”
Is this in an ophtalmologist's office? Or halucinogene drug adiction hospital?
I would just ask the receptionist for the time.....every few seconds. What time is it now? What time is it now? What time is it now?
Its actually a cool design element, because you really dont need to see the numbers to tell the time...
This is the nightmare of those people (cof...cof...me) who still have trouble looking at the analog clock.
Must be for a doctors office so you don't know how long they've kept you waiting!
They're on the tiny block in the middle. And they're so small, it would be impossible to tell where they were pointing, even if the blocks were in a less strange formation.
Load More Replies...The numbers are all in order. 12 up top, 3 to the right six underneath so technically when the hands in the middle go around it's pointing at the right number, the numbers just need to be at the same distance.
Well, yes, but it's still a bloody useless clock. The hands are small and nearly invisible, as are the numbers. You have to look hard to even NOTICE it's supposed to be a clock. You won't realize from a distance. And the way the numbers are positioned, it's hard to gauge the exact positions of the hands. I'm not sure I could easily tell if it was, say, 1 or 2 o'clock. I don't need numbers, but some positional indicators in a circle around the clock are super helpful. The design here is just stupid all around.
Load More Replies...These Stairs In My In-Laws Summerhouse. We Have Parties Here So Going Down These Stairs Drunk Is A Challange
Let's Use Red To Indicate The Coldest Temperatures And Blue To Indicate The Warmest
In China when market goes up, it's red, when it goes down, it's green... Same here
This Pennywise Halloween Costume
If Only Louisiana Were Shaped Like A Letter In The Word Love, This Would Have Worked Much Better
Someone Was Wearing These At The Mall And I Had To Double Take
This Tablecloth That Looks Like A Hair Carpet
That doesn't look like a hair carpet, that is in fact an actual hair carpet.
It’s Supposed To Say Shoemaker
This New Wall Art In My Office
It is supposed to mean "nothing is impossible - everything is possible." But jeez, it took me some time to figure it out...Who designs sometnhing like this? Who BUYS something like this?!
Washing Machine
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Either that... or this is the result of aliens visiting us.
Load More Replies...Always, this type is interesting and gave me a few laughs !!!
Either that... or this is the result of aliens visiting us.
Load More Replies...Always, this type is interesting and gave me a few laughs !!!