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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 From coffee mugs that were created to poke your eyes out to photography services producing outdated leaflets and beyond, scroll down to enjoy the funny fails and upvote your faves.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....

This Ad Was Meant To Depict How Much The Tiger Had Grown In 10 Years. Instead, It Looks Like....

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is what happens when people think they can domesticate wild animals.

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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!

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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

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

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Kevin Donegan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#3

I’m Never Going To Find Any Help Here...

I’m Never Going To Find Any Help Here...

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#4

This Ad For Graduation Photography

This Ad For Graduation Photography

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well on the plus side, you won't have to look very far!

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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.

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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.

#5

Nothing Like The Smell Of Coffee And A Good Eye-Stab In The Morning

Nothing Like The Smell Of Coffee And A Good Eye-Stab In The Morning

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Unfortunate Hole Placement

Unfortunate Hole Placement

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BusLady
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If that isn't funny enough, those look like women's shoes. I think it's a female model.

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Commas People

Commas People

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#8

Paypal Fail

Paypal Fail

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aww don't be mean, he's still learning! Doing his best.

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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!

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#9

Ah Yes I Was Looking For A Soap Dispenser Labeled "Ketchup" With A Picture Of Grapes

Ah Yes I Was Looking For A Soap Dispenser Labeled "Ketchup" With A Picture Of Grapes

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Lara L.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is grape ketchup. Gives you a proper inner cleaning. Some call it wine.

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#10

I’ll Take The Next Bus, Please!

I’ll Take The Next Bus, Please!

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Samantha Comerford
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More money could be spent bringing these monsters to justice, rather than paying for a sign on the back of the bus. Ugh 🙄

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#11

Who Thought This Placement Would Be A Good Idea?

Who Thought This Placement Would Be A Good Idea?

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I truly laughed at this one! So ridiculous! I almost want it in my house in a weird way.

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#12

The Placement Of This Smaller Baby Care Booklet Within This Magazine Doesn’t Seem Very Well Thought Through

The Placement Of This Smaller Baby Care Booklet Within This Magazine Doesn’t Seem Very Well Thought Through

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#13

Found This Masterpiece At A Local Restaurant

Found This Masterpiece At A Local Restaurant

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate the sinks that have sensors like that. It goes for like 3 seconds but I need 20 to rinse off the soap!! So I just wave my hands like a maniac 7 times.

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#14

That's Gonna Be An Easy Ride

That's Gonna Be An Easy Ride

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#17

Maintenance Put New Locks And Handles On The Gates For Security

Maintenance Put New Locks And Handles On The Gates For Security

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#18

Just Watched A Guy Go Into The Wrong Bathroom At Toronto Pearson Airport. He Was Looking At The Top Sign

Just Watched A Guy Go Into The Wrong Bathroom At Toronto Pearson Airport. He Was Looking At The Top Sign

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#19

My Local Magazine's Editor Might Need To Double Check Some Stuff

My Local Magazine's Editor Might Need To Double Check Some Stuff

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#21

Mama Bear Is Welcoming Everyone

Mama Bear Is Welcoming Everyone

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is frightening for multiple reasons.

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#23

The Woman Isn't Driving In This Article About Women Being Better Drivers

The Woman Isn't Driving In This Article About Women Being Better Drivers

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#24

Try Being Drunk And Walking Into This Place

Try Being Drunk And Walking Into This Place

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#25

The New Basketball Court In My Neighborhood

The New Basketball Court In My Neighborhood

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#27

I Don’t Understand Why These Erasers Exist... They Just Ruin Everything

I Don’t Understand Why These Erasers Exist... They Just Ruin Everything

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Sivi
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate them, I always forget about it when I draw. I have ruined so many sketches.

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Cassie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you love sketching, you should invest in art pencils that don't have these completely useless erasers and get white gum erasers or the white tube erasers. The gum ones are great because you can pull them and shape them to get into small or odd spaces. They are used in mechanical and architecture drawing where every detail has to be precise.

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Han
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Remember the blue erasers that had a side for pencil and one for Biro ink? Ergh

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My O My
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yap! And the blue side didn't have any effect beyond making holes into the paper

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BusLady
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe the pencils are old and the erasers have gotten too hard?

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alwaysMispelled
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As I recall it was always the cheap, off-brand, piece-of-shift pencil erasers that would do this.

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Jennifer Locke
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You mean they weren't meant to be a snack for almost every young child (at least those educated in the USA) that was made to use those crappy yellow #2's in class??? They were almost as popular as the undercover snack that was so cleverly disguised as Elmers glue!

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Cathy Coyer
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when they're fairly new they don't do that, only when they're old and dried out

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The wolf
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So this is true I have thiese in my math class and they are the worst

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Hannah Marshall
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I usually pick the top layer off as it's covered in plastic and then it works fine.

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Chuck Lantz
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is a no-brainer. The trick is to first rub the hardened eraser on another surface to remove the hard top layer, and get down to the good pink eraser material. And while erasing, blow or wipe the rubber "cleg" off the paper as it builds up. It ain't magic.

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Emily Sanchez
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in third grade everyone in my class used one for the eca and we had to redo it !!

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WaterRat_
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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a special spot in the "things I hate" section of my brain for this eraser. The creator of them is some evil villain and I'm sure of it.

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Benjamin Lewellen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had a pencil where the lead stabbed through the eraser. Whenever I tried to erase something, it looked like I just crossed it out. Needless to say, I stopped using it.

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marnidarr
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just an old eraser. scrape off the outer layer on another surface before using it on paper.

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sharron lynn parsons
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like everything else nothing is made as it used to be, I think they worked before ???

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Janine Randall
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like those pens that were supposed to have ink that you could erase. Not so much.

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OdangaUsagi
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always assumed the rubber just dried out which made them c**p.

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shado
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

here ... let me remover that mistake with an ugly pink smudge

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Ellie Ragsdale
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes, sometimes I'm writing and I make a mistake and then the eraser smudges. I hate that! Really annoying when you're trying to write.

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Johnny
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's an old hardened eraser -- a new one wouldn't do that. If you rub off the darker hardened part on scrap paper to expose the softer part, it will work fine again -- you can see in the picture where the inner part is lighter in color.

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Andrew Barnard
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is predominantly a US phenomenon, most pencils in Europe do not have the little attached ‘’rubber’. I guess the use of them suggests a regional ‘need’.

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Jill Higginson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They do that then you find yourself pushing harder which then causes them to break UGH

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Sugar Latte
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG I HATE THOSE!!! This would always happen when I use a pencil at my grandparents house....

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#30

Our Charter Bus

Our Charter Bus

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Yup I Love Looking At The Back Of My iPhone

Yup I Love Looking At The Back Of My iPhone

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#34

A Pen My Teacher Gave Me

A Pen My Teacher Gave Me

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Erin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my. You must not be a very good student!

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Three For The Price Of One

Three For The Price Of One

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#39

I Was Helping My Cousin With His German Homework And I Saw This Masterpiece

I Was Helping My Cousin With His German Homework And I Saw This Masterpiece

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#40

Gotta Include One Of These With Every Card! You’re Going To Need It After I Cut Your Hair

Gotta Include One Of These With Every Card! You’re Going To Need It After I Cut Your Hair

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#42

What Was This Sensor Original Meant To Do Anyway?

What Was This Sensor Original Meant To Do Anyway?

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BusLady
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One urinal to the other: Dude, let's have a pissing contest.

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#43

Replacing The Egg Shell With More Plastic To Go Into The Ocean

Replacing The Egg Shell With More Plastic To Go Into The Ocean

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#44

At A Bar. Almost Madea Terrible Mistake

At A Bar. Almost Madea Terrible Mistake

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May No Child Succeed

May No Child Succeed

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Joanne
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What was the point they were trying to make? I have seriously no idea.

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