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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 From coffee mugs that were created to poke your eyes out to photography services producing outdated leaflets and beyond, scroll down to enjoy the funny fails and upvote your faves.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
No one noticed, or no one wanted to have to change it?
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My brother walked into the ladies room at an airport once. We said nothing and waiting for him to come flying back out all red in the face and then teased him like a good sibling should
Men's bathroom are always on the left cause Women are always right lol
Not true. There is a restaurant in Chattanooga, TN (Cracker Barrel) that has the ladies restroom on the LEFT. I know, I went in the wrong one....
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Huh they must've fixed this since it was made... I come here quite often and have not seen this! Pity though haha... I'd have loved to sit across from these doors and watch people enter the wrong room while I wait for my flight
A floor at my school had a similar problem so I almost made this mistake in my first year... Thankfully a guy walked out just as I was about to push open the door. He really panicked and just stuttered "no, no, the other one!" lol
Reminds me of a gas station! We are the number for the gas tank that you want to use is on the top of the whole thing and then there’s a different number on the actual place where you get the nozzle from
I did something like that once in a restaurant. The women's restroom had something hanging on the door that obscured the "wo" in "women". All you could see walking up toward it was the word "men". Fortunately there wasn't anyone in there!
Since all toilets have to be non gender specific, it doesn't matter anymore.
I don't see why normal people have to go through all this restroom bull if those people are confused to which gender they are. They should just look between their legs (before any operations) and go to the proper restroom
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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
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. :-)
