108 Terrible Product Designs That Should Have Never Seen The Light Of Day (New Pics)

Design exists to solve problems—functional ones, aesthetic ones, or both. But sometimes, instead of improving things, it creates even more problems than it fixes. And if you need proof, just look at this subreddit dedicated to design fails, where people share examples that are so bad, they almost circle back to being good.

Bizarre typos, baffling text placements, confusing instructions, questionable interiors, stairs that seem actively out to get you—it’s all here. Scroll down for the full parade and upvote the best ones. Or the worst ones. At this point, there may not be much of a difference.

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This Building's Billboard Lights Point Straight To My Bedroom

Cityscape at night with illuminated buildings and trees, showcasing lighting as a terrible product design example.

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108 Terrible Product Designs That Should Have Never Seen The Light Of Day (New Pics)

This Building's Billboard Lights Point Straight To My Bedroom

Those Are Five Steps Or More

When You Skip The Typography Section Of Your Groupon Graphic Design Course

My Local Park Benches Made Of Stainless Steel. Too Cold To Sit On In Winter, Too Hot To Sit On In Summer

Coasters From A Local Designer, But The Sand Is Elevated So The Cups Fall Off

Bathroom And Kitchen Combined

These Leviton Switches Have Raised Lettering That Love Gathering And Keeping Dirt In Them

Which Way To Temple 38? Or Group F? Took Me Half A Day To Figure Out That These Signs Are Both Pointing Straight Ahead

The Place I’m Staying Has Running Water On Top Of A Cabinet That Doesn’t Have A Sink

On The Mcdonalds’ Monopoly Game They Removed The ‘Go To Jail’ Character’s Whistle But Left His Cheeks Blowing

Stairway To Heck

My Soul Just Fell Down These Stairs

The Button For The Third Floor Is Located At The Very Top Of The Elevator Panel

Transparent Sticker With Writing On Mirror

Half Of The Dosage Instructions For Persil Washing Powder Are Printed On The Strip You Tear Off To Open The Box

It's Pepper, It's Red, But We Decided To Assign Red To The Cheese

No Room To Store The Wrench That Comes Outside The Plastic Container As Demo

Drano Suggests To Use 1/3 Of A Bottle, But Markings On The Side Are In 1/4 Increments

The 5 Popo

This Birthday Plate Where The Balloon Strings Just Look Like Hair

Missing Numbers On Kids Height Measurement

If You Ever Wanna Watch Yourself

My Family Took Me To The Titanic Exhibit For My Birthday

Please Excuse The Mess Made, Memories Are Being

Safety Is Chimney Check Your Clean

Which Way Do I Walk?

The Elevator In This Brand New Parking Garage

Austrian Elevators Are Hard To Understand

Long Invisible Steps

Page Folds On Africa In Global Hunger Map In My Textbook

Instruction Manual References Parts By Diagram Number, But Diagram Isn’t Labeled

Ritz’s Guide To A Serving Size

Wear No Clothes Sign Is Actually A Penalty Warning

This "Sudoku" Christmas Tree Decoration Is Clearly A Bingo Card

Watched A Dozen People Try To Push This Door Open Today During Brunch

This Promotional Shot Makes It Look Like The Pump Is Malfunctioning And Causing Major Leakage

They Proudly Presented The New Logo Of The Austrian Football Association (Öfb)

I Know It Is Sold By Weight, And Contents May Settle ... But Maybe It's Not The Best Idea To Put The Clear Window In The Middle Of The Package?

Grocery Store Barcode Scanner Was Scanning Its Own Advertised Barcode, So They Had To Cover It With Permanent Marker

H Wha Fun 🎀

I’m Not A Design Bruh, But I Couldn’t Even Read This

It's Like A Fun Maze For Blind People!

A Playground Where You Can Get Burned In Summer

Hip-Pinching Chairs: I’m A Skinny Guy & These Bang Into My Hip Bones. How Can They Possibly Be Comfortable For Anyone Wider?

The Woman Was A Man. And The Girl Was An Adult

Three Different O Widths Hurts My Brain

Mmmm Colour-Blind Simulator

Do You Want A Zero Protein Diet? Look No Further

What Could Go Wrong! (Btw It’s Pitch Black Until You Hit The Light Switch)

This Balloon Is 26 Inches Wide. That Is Neither 2 Feet Or 1 Person Tall

Curb To Trip On Between The Sidewalk And Crosswalk

Lunchbox Company Uses A Woman Making Juice To Show Their Product Is Hand Washable

Imagine The Logistics And The Cleaning

Small Gap In Phones Case, Broke First Time I Dropped It

Apparently That's A 'C'

I Guess We Dont Need Spacing Between Go On

It’s Definitely “Brugre”, Right?

This Plaque Is Having An Identity Crisis

This Birthday Card I Saw In A Store In Switzerland For $5

Outdoor Boot Bag For Skiing Pockets Don’t Close So Snow And Rain Can Get In

Bathroom Of An Appartment I Was Viewing For Rent

This Company’s URL Can Be Any Combination Of These Letters. Guess Which One It Is!

Infinity - Spotted In The Wild

No Pain No Paizza

Regularly Updated Billboard Near My House

Kids Lingerie 🤔 Not A Good Design

This TV That Is Way Too Far From The Bed And Obscured By The Wardrobe @ A Scotland Hotel

The Words On The Display Of The Marzipan Museum In Germany

This Was Not A Fun Experience

I’m No Dogologist But…

Sweet Home Home!

The Buttons To Change Temp On My Fridge

Apparently This Is A Promo For A Writer's Festival

Spotted At Seaworld, They Used A Y Shape To Represent A W. So Now It Reads "The Yhale Shop" Shop Instead Of "The Whale Shop"

You Switch It Off By Positioning The Rod Exactly In The Middle, No Locking, Free Movement In Any Direction, Opposite To Switch It On

These Storage Steps In A Homemade Tiny Home Look Like An Accident Waiting To Happen

Weird 90° Power Supply Plug That Doesn't Have Enough Clearance To Fit Correctly Into The Intended Outlets. Need To Buy An Extra Cable To Use It

The Official Coat Of Arms Of Zambesia, An Unrecognized Region In Southern Africa Striving For Independence

The Emojis Make The A’s Look Like O’s