When it comes to design, we can't all be Leonardo Da Vinci. Sometimes, however, you see a product, advertisement, or structure that is so embarrassingly messed up that you have to wonder who even approved it. Some of them simply suffer from unfortunate placement, but others are just completely out of touch with reality. We're pretty sure the employees who came up with these ideas had a 'long talk' with their bosses after the fact.
Hence, we're bringing you round 2 of the best (well, technically worst) things people have posted to the "crappy designs" subreddit, though be warned - you may need some time to recover after seeing them. Vote for the ones that made you cringe the hardest, and let us know if you've encountered any of these design fails in real life. While you're at it, check out our previous list here.
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Yoga Mat Is Unintentionally Pessimistic
Whoever started the 'nothing is impossible' quote clearly didn't try doing alot of things.
I'm Sure You're All Wondering Why I've Gathered You Here Today
Thanks, I'm Not Ripping That Off
Worst Sofa In The World?
Mildly Horrifying Playground Design
This Inflatable Slide
Fashion Fart
This Fantastic Toy
Worst Doctor Ever
Url Shorteners? What Are Those?
Those Poor Kids
I Used To Be A Tubby White Guy...
I Love Sasa Lele!
In Marathi (a language spoken in India), it means 'Take a rabbit'.
This Sign At My Local Coffeeshop
This Light Switch
This Building
Works Perfectly
Why Is Nobody Using The Bike Lane?
Renovated Windows
Very Long Message Warning (While Driving) Not To Take Your Eyes Off The Road For Too Long
Someone Really Didn't Think This Through
Hmmm
This Toaster Design
Make It What?!
Playground
My Friend Is In South Korea And She Saw This In A Playground
Buy 3, Get 2
I'm 31
Security Is Important Here!
Salt Lake, Utah
That's Very Kind Of Them To Sacrifice Themselves For Me.
Getting Mixed Messages Here
Must Right Left
For Someone Special
Cute Skin Mask
I Have A Personal Grudge Against This Door
For When You Want To Go To The Toilet With All Your Friends
Yes, I'll Have One Child Rib Please, Along With A Child Burger
Thats Sad You Don't Have Diabetes
For When You Want The Whole World To Know You Are A Giant Dick
That's Not How You Use A Selfie Stick
When you know how to make something but have no clue how it works
They Had One Job
Plastic Surgery
This Language Academy
That actually makes sense in Spanish... the "plus" is read as "más" so it reads "Idiomás", "Idiomas" means "Languages". But since they teach English, someone must definitely have seen it.... might be intentional?
Found This Gem In A Local Chinese Supermarket
Sorry, Tom
Rethink Your Brand Name
Thinking Of Becoming A Mum?
This Toy
What The F*ck
lil known fact, Batman did have a green batsuit...................................... During one mission, Batman had to use several Batsuits with different colors in order to keep the attention on him instead of his partner, Robin. The different colors used were red, blue, orange, green and golden. There were also two special Batsuits: one was white with a bullseye on Batman's chest instead of the Bat-emblem and the second one was a "Rainbow Batsuit", which was probably Batman's most notorious batsuit. After this mission, Batman stored all the colored batsuits and never used them again.....................................
Sweet Dreams
Nozzle, Trigger, And Filler Placement On Batman Squirt-gun
These Two Red Lions Have Seen Some Shit
Oh God No
This Bridge
Apart from being useless, it also blocks the access to the pool stairs
Apparently 0>22
The fact that the "Others" is on the other side of SNP annoys me too. It should be next to its slice!
Wat Boi
Taco Time's Hiring Pamphlet
There Are So Many Things Wrong With This
Dunno If This Counts, But You Can Still See The Shutterstock Watermark In Their Sign
It counts, it definitely counts. They couldn't spring 10 bucks for a shutter stock photo?
Kinky
Group Necklaces I Bought Online
This Graph In A High School Year Book
At first I didn't realize what was wrong, because I expected it to be wrong number of percentages (like they don't add up to 100%)... And then I was like "hol' up.... 5% ain't 91%"
Tall Girl
oh s**t i was like oh yea its fine im 5 feet excactly then i googled it and was like HOLY S**T 16FT
Dicspics
The World
Power Button Where The Delete Key Usually Is
So I Took My Son To A Playground In Poland
And What Exactly Happens At Grandpas?
When You Give Up On Finding Words To Fit The Acronym
I feel like there is a sad story behind this. Like: the designer of the box had so many great & fresh ideas of what the PP could stand for, but nothing satisfied the management. He worked hours, days, weeks, only to learn, that his suggestions are worthless. Soon he started to feel wortless. He suffered from insomnia and depression, yet still tried. One day the CEO has reprimanded him severely, because of this issue. The CEO said: "You simply need to write something, that will say, that this pie is delicious. It's not that hard! Like 'delicious pineapple'... That's it! Write exactly that!". The designer tried to explain why this would'nt work, but he had to do it anyway... So he did, the bes way he could. And everyone laughet at thim after the boxes were ready. And because of that the same CEO had to fire him and force him to pay for the awful boxes (they were destroyed and other ones were used), not telling the truth to anyone...
Just An Ordinary Playground Attraction
This Man's Bathroom
Cause Who Doesn't Love A Hot Salad?
Who Programmed This?
Uhh... Spongebob?
Ultra Hd. Well Done
The Buttons On This Elevator Are Touch Sensitive. It Still Has Braille
That's Not How Percentages Work
White Font On Translucent Packaging Of A Light Colored Product
This Sticker Placement...
Clearly Not User Tested
Strange Playground
Rip America
I'm Not Eating Anything Ever Again
If i don't want French fry hair or artichoke knees, do I have to stop to eat?
Sports Bar's Undue Effort
Stellar Door Design
This Solid Mug Has Gradings On The Outside, Which Don't Have Any Sort Of Unit
My History Textbook And I Seem To Remember This Differently
These Unusable Notebooks
As an artist, this is a pretty interesting design, though less so if the pages are lined.
(I could imagine making children's book either with short stories or illustrations around characters/objects beginning with those letters)
Load More Replies...I saw two of these in a charity shop recently, I didn't have a closer look so I assumed they were an arty book like ornament. I didn't realise they are supposed to be notebooks, that would make the J and Y even more annoying.
it sure bothers me. i even looked for this kindof comment and luckily i found yours. thought i was the only one! haha
Load More Replies...I have two of these - my initials - as decoration in my room. They're actually pretty cool!
Teacher: Class, I would like a 2 page report on the book you chose to read. Student: *Hands in 12 pages shaped like the letter Q* Teacher:
i remember getting one of these for my 10 b day....my name starts with a B....i never used it
They're not unusable. They'd be ok as something to scribble a note down on when at the telephone (if you still have a landline on a little table in the hall), but wouldn't be so useful as say school exercise books.
Well Jonas H, seeing as you are only a 'practically person' your brain has not properly developed. You are a very distasteful person and I am very pleased that you are not a whole person yet and I hope that you will never be a whole person with your attitude.
You can see that there is a different letter behind the second K. It's likely some customer, or a few, picked up a few letters and didn't put them back right.
Load More Replies...The "J" one would work REALLY well for me, since I'm left-handed, lol
Someone put the k in the wrong place, you can see the p behind it. Plus the t and z are side on.
Reads Inspirational Speech, Trips Over And Break Neck
This "Chandelier" In A Latvian Pub
I think it was meant to symbolise one of these swastikas (viking, slavic, pagan etc.) : 0ec39009fc...24x820.gif
I Don't Think Spiderman Ever Asked For This Treatment
That's Not Minnesota... And That's Not Wisconsin
Fellow Bored Pandarians (Pandarites?) your comments were funnier than the pics. Thanks to all for the very needed laughs!
It reminds me of the child coat hanger I saw in Italy IMG_1842-5...8528dc.jpg
Just do it. Just slice your wrists with this razor blade. Satisfaction guaranteed..
Load More Replies...Some of these reminded me of this eraser/pencil sharpener combo my friend has. It's a smiling bear wearing a backpack (backpack holds the pencil shavings) and to sharpen the pencil you have to stick it up the bear's butt. The first thing I almost said was "[friend's name] I think I know why your bear is smiling like that"
#78 isn't wrong. If one group is 100% more likely to do something than another, they are twice as likely to do it. If they are 50% more likely to do it, they are 1.5 times as likely. That actually IS how percentages work.
Asus is horrible about their power buttons. The one I am using right now has the power button on the side where it can be easily accidentally pressed and it is also next to the volume /down buttons. It's a two-in-one, I'm assuming they tried to go for tablet aesthetic, but wtf.
i STILL HATE THE ONES WITH THE CHILDREN "COMING" OUT OF THE PENIS. They had to have planned that?
#59: So the main ingredient of their tacos is probably solylent green?
the last one is not a design fail. although many people outside of Latvia associate it with the Nazis and their terror it is actually an old symbol used before Hitler to represent luck and was used on weapons in combat to help in battle it is known as the fire symbol and is actually a very positive symbol.
Dear ridiculous designers, I understand how you have been kicked out fairly by these managers who have decent minds in comparison to your low IQ minds, so I will offer you another job where you shall get kicked out of
I know you're trying to be some sort of edgy troll, and I shouldn't respond, but..you're vile. May karma bite you on the a**e, very hard.
Load More Replies...Fellow Bored Pandarians (Pandarites?) your comments were funnier than the pics. Thanks to all for the very needed laughs!
It reminds me of the child coat hanger I saw in Italy IMG_1842-5...8528dc.jpg
Just do it. Just slice your wrists with this razor blade. Satisfaction guaranteed..
Load More Replies...Some of these reminded me of this eraser/pencil sharpener combo my friend has. It's a smiling bear wearing a backpack (backpack holds the pencil shavings) and to sharpen the pencil you have to stick it up the bear's butt. The first thing I almost said was "[friend's name] I think I know why your bear is smiling like that"
#78 isn't wrong. If one group is 100% more likely to do something than another, they are twice as likely to do it. If they are 50% more likely to do it, they are 1.5 times as likely. That actually IS how percentages work.
Asus is horrible about their power buttons. The one I am using right now has the power button on the side where it can be easily accidentally pressed and it is also next to the volume /down buttons. It's a two-in-one, I'm assuming they tried to go for tablet aesthetic, but wtf.
i STILL HATE THE ONES WITH THE CHILDREN "COMING" OUT OF THE PENIS. They had to have planned that?
#59: So the main ingredient of their tacos is probably solylent green?
the last one is not a design fail. although many people outside of Latvia associate it with the Nazis and their terror it is actually an old symbol used before Hitler to represent luck and was used on weapons in combat to help in battle it is known as the fire symbol and is actually a very positive symbol.
Dear ridiculous designers, I understand how you have been kicked out fairly by these managers who have decent minds in comparison to your low IQ minds, so I will offer you another job where you shall get kicked out of
I know you're trying to be some sort of edgy troll, and I shouldn't respond, but..you're vile. May karma bite you on the a**e, very hard.
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