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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 From coffee mugs that were created to poke your eyes out to photography services producing outdated leaflets and beyond, scroll down to enjoy the funny fails and upvote your faves.
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#1
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!
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#2
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
Kevin Donegan 6 years ago
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.
#3
I’m Never Going To Find Any Help Here...
#4
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.
#5
Nothing Like The Smell Of Coffee And A Good Eye-Stab In The Morning
Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch 6 years ago
Its a left handed mug. It'll teach those pompous right-handers not to use our mugs!
#6
Unfortunate Hole Placement
#7
Commas People
#8
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!
#9
Ah Yes I Was Looking For A Soap Dispenser Labeled "Ketchup" With A Picture Of Grapes
#10
I’ll Take The Next Bus, Please!
Samantha Comerford 6 years ago
More money could be spent bringing these monsters to justice, rather than paying for a sign on the back of the bus. Ugh 🙄
#11
Who Thought This Placement Would Be A Good Idea?
#12
The Placement Of This Smaller Baby Care Booklet Within This Magazine Doesn’t Seem Very Well Thought Through
#13
Found This Masterpiece At A Local Restaurant
#14
That's Gonna Be An Easy Ride
#16
What Animal Is That?
#17
Maintenance Put New Locks And Handles On The Gates For Security
#18
Just Watched A Guy Go Into The Wrong Bathroom At Toronto Pearson Airport. He Was Looking At The Top Sign
#19
My Local Magazine's Editor Might Need To Double Check Some Stuff
#20
Lovely View
#21
Mama Bear Is Welcoming Everyone
#22
It’s Cool Just Do It At Night Mate
#23
The Woman Isn't Driving In This Article About Women Being Better Drivers
#24
Try Being Drunk And Walking Into This Place
#25
The New Basketball Court In My Neighborhood
#26
Very Unfortunate Straw Placement
#27
I Don’t Understand Why These Erasers Exist... They Just Ruin Everything
#28
This Picture In My English Textbook
#29
Alrighty Then
#30
Our Charter Bus
#31
Your Toe Isn't Stubbed Yet? Challenge Accepted
#32
Yup I Love Looking At The Back Of My iPhone
#34
A Pen My Teacher Gave Me
#36
Are We The Baddies?
#37
"Casually"
#38
Three For The Price Of One
#39
I Was Helping My Cousin With His German Homework And I Saw This Masterpiece
#40
Gotta Include One Of These With Every Card! You’re Going To Need It After I Cut Your Hair
#41
Ah Yes, The 18-24 Year Old Baby
#42
What Was This Sensor Original Meant To Do Anyway?
#43
Replacing The Egg Shell With More Plastic To Go Into The Ocean
BusLady 6 years ago
Not me. It would be a bit difficult to make boiled eggs (my fave).
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jovas rifa 6 years ago
But you cant break them if they are already missing
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karen snyder 6 years ago
Not saying I know what's going on here, but I worked in a grocery store for a number of years and I can assure you that, in a high traffic market, hundred of eggs get broken each week. Still good eggs, but unsellable once cracked, even a little. There is a chance that this store is trying to avoid wasting slightly damaged eggs by selling them like this at a discount. The store I worked for gave them to workers free. Once again, not advocating for this solution; I'm not into oceans of plastic either.
back atya 6 years ago
Well that's why people are buying Alexa, because it's so hard to turn off your lights or turn on your phone for music
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Jasmine Walker 6 years ago
Gosh darn biodegradable egg shells, making messes for people who can crack an egg properly. Lets fix that!! ....Uh no.
Jill Higginson 6 years ago
I wonder if they have a plastic taste to them...I mean I can't think of one good reason someone would do that???
Ildben 6 years ago
Peeling an egg can be very difficult for people with disabilities (Poor motor skills, lack of strength, and amputees, for example), whereas a plastic bag can be much easier cut open. While plastic definitely is harmful, it's sadly the best option right now. But packaging stuff like eggs or oranges in plastic, isn't just a dumb thing for lazy people. It can give disabled people a lot more independence.
xiaomiao 6 years ago
They sell pourable eggs in cartons too for people who don't want to crack eggs, they are called egg beaters, but it is more than 2 eggs in a carton, I am sure.
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Tuesday's child 2 years ago
You know, nature actually made a better alternative called a shell to hold eggs.
Christopher Dixon 6 years ago
They should put these into harder containers that they could just crack open. Seems it would be easier to open than these soft plastic bags...
Dalton Andrade 6 years ago
Cu'z removing the egg shell is too mainstream... Nobody wants to do it!
Janine Randall 6 years ago
I protest! Egg shells are good for stuff! They're good for your garden and your coffee!
Claire Armstrong 6 years ago
Okay, how the f**k are you supposed to make just a normal SINGLE fried egg? You'd be at it forever trying to split it into 2 equal amounts! Ideal for omelette and scrambled egg tho! And then there's the fact that they're in plastic bags, I mean WTF??
Verena Heisenberg 6 years ago
Wow this just made me mad as hell!! What the actual fu**?! Why? Stupid mankind!
Yvonne Torburn-Clark 6 years ago
Holy cow, er, chicken. Is this to reduce samonilla? Did I spell that right?
Manuela Ursu 6 years ago (edited)
Why is this invented... Put some muscle in it and crack that egg
Henry Shane 6 years ago
yup 5 people caring about an issue, does make a design bad. wasn't made to protect the ocean, so it hurting the ocean doesn't make it a bad design ..does it.hold the eggs the way it's intended..if so its a good design.
Preston Chan 6 years ago
this happen in China too, one reason is their shell were broken (you are not going to buy eggs with broken shell)
The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
If you're too squeamish to crack an egg and would rather spend a lot more money to bug bagged yolks, you have problems.
Aria Whitaker 6 years ago
No, they are indeed eggs. It was a Reddit thread a few days ago.
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Erin 6 years ago
You don't have to, but a lot of plastic ends up in the ocean any ways, and this is unnecessary.
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#44
At A Bar. Almost Madea Terrible Mistake
#45
May No Child Succeed
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Daria B 6 years ago
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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Noez 🇸🇪 6 years ago
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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Ged Maybury 6 years ago
Dear bored Panda - if you're looking for more design fails, please read the comments section right here. YOUR design fails.
Blake Leonard 6 years ago
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.
ƒιѕн 6 years ago
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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SHYLAH CAFFERY 6 years ago
ive seen one whre a garage is on the top floor of an apartment. i thought it was for a helicopter or somthing
Clipping Path Faster 6 years ago
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Geoff Barber 6 years ago
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. :-)
Daria B 6 years ago
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... Noez 🇸🇪 6 years ago
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... Ged Maybury 6 years ago
Dear bored Panda - if you're looking for more design fails, please read the comments section right here. YOUR design fails.
Blake Leonard 6 years ago
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.
ƒιѕн 6 years ago
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... SHYLAH CAFFERY 6 years ago
ive seen one whre a garage is on the top floor of an apartment. i thought it was for a helicopter or somthing
Clipping Path Faster 6 years ago
Thanks for sharing wonder post http://www.clippingpathfaster.com/
Geoff Barber 6 years ago
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. :-)
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