50 Times People Encountered Such Crappy Designs, They Just Had To Share
There’s a fine line between designs that are jaw-droppingly original and ones that are truly awful. Unfortunately, a lot of people tend to lean heavily on the latter side of the line, so the world’s filled with design atrocities that will make you cringe. So bad they’re good? Nah. So bad they’re the worst.
The Crappy Design subreddit with more than 2.3 million members is home to the worst designs ever and we bring you the newest ones to scare your artistic friends with. Even if you know next to nothing about good design, you’ll intuitively shy away from some of these design choices. Scroll down, upvote your fave crappy designs, and let us know in the comments which ones you loved to hate the most.
When you’re done, have a look through Bored Panda’s earlier posts about the Crappy Design community here, here, and here.
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A Scene From An Indian TV Show
I mean to be honest this looks close enough. It's a movie, unless there are doctors watching nobody will know the difference
Previously, Bored Panda spoke to the Crappy Design moderators to learn more about their community.
“The original motivation for the subreddit was to point out crappy designs. Nowadays, most subscribers probably come here for entertainment,” the moderators told us that a part of their followers is there just to have fun and gawk at truly ugly design decisions.
“However, it is common to have meaningful discussion here on why or why not something is crappy design,” they pointed out that some of the members actively participate in in-depth chats.
Founded back in 2011, the community has flourished over its 9-and-a-half-year existence. Just a year ago, the Crappy Design subreddit had 1.7 million members and got more than 2 million page views each month. Those are huge numbers to be fair. However, since then, the sub has gained an additional half a million new followers.
But let’s hop back to what makes product designs good or bad. For instance, researcher Don Norman writes in his book ‘The Design of Everyday Things’ that good design is upfront and honest about what the thing does. No hidden purposes for Norman!
At the same time, he says that designs have to look beautiful and uncluttered while pushing the boundaries of what a particular object means to us. So we have to be innovative but simple while avoiding clutter and mediocrity. Quite a challenge, wouldn’t you think? No wonder there are so many bad designs out there.
They Said You Will Be In The Front Page, But Didn't Mention What The Title Of Next Article Going To Be
Meanwhile, the Interaction Design Foundation stresses that bad designs are often overloaded with useless info and make us waste time to figure out what the thing does and how it works.
So if you’re designing something, make it as intuitive and simple as possible—after all, you wouldn’t want to create something messy that’s bound to end up on the Crappy Design subreddit, would you?
They Stopped Construction On The New Burger King In My Hometown Because The Building Is Backwards. They Put A Whole Building Up Backwards!
This Isn't Even My Final Form
Welcome To “The Cut” Forest Recreation Area. This Font Threw Me For A Loop. Delete If Not Allowed.
Hiding Money Inside Something That Could Easily Wind Up In The Fireplace
I Can't Read The Article About Pointless Monthly Subscriptions Without Buying A Monthly Subscription
No Broken Legs I Know Of
In many countries local building codes would outlaw something like this.
Can Someone Tell Me What This Jacket Is Actually Made Of?
Layer 1: 70% polyester + 30% polyurethane; Layer 2: 56% polyester + 44% viscose; Layer 3: 100% polyester.
Likely one combination is the lining and the other the shell. Is the math at least right? Can we agree on the math? No? Well, PU!!!
It´s super easy: It´s made out of strings of the strings theory. They´re in different dimensions, ask Sheldon.
Normally, labels don't show the chemical components or formulas. Instead, they show materials (made from multiple components). In this case PU stands for a plastic material Polyurethane. But your comment was, of course, much more fun 😂 and terrifying 😳☢️
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Whatever it is, if you wear it long enough.......what it's made of will kill you.
No, if you wear it correctly. Yes, if: 1. Someone is smothering you with it; or 2. It's not recycled or properly disposed and you are an ocean creature.
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I'm horrible at math and percentages, but i'm 200% pretty sure that doesn't add up!
when chinese producers can´t read western language and didn´t check, that this can´t be final printing files.
Maybe it's just a really big size...like 3 times regular size, so 300% of the material is required ;)
Actually, they are sewing in labels that are in a language they can't read. Few factory workers in any country are multilingual.
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It's 70% polyester+30%PU +56% polyester +44% viscose +100% polyester = 300% made by idiots
In Turkey, We Have Footpaths With Embossed Yellow Tiles To Help Blind People.
Almost Perfect
If those windows were centred on that fairly ugly building it would cease to be art and look like a prison.
I Mean, Of All The Design Choices, You Chose This
Ok... this is either to discourage clients to use the toilets so that you don't have to spend money cleaning them, either to not spend money cleaning the toilets because the clients won't see the difference.
These Bathroom Stalls
The see through glass is bad but what about the lack of space for your legs... and other parts of the body... like face. It will be sooo close... most likely pushed against the glass.
A Leaflet I Found In Work
Every Day I Am Thankful To Live In The Land Of The Because Of The Brave USA Free
Enjoy A Nice Massage In A Moving Car With Your Eyes Closed
A Solar-Powered Streetlight Under A Bridge In Hong Kong
You Thought Tide Pods Looked Like Candy.
The Braille On The "Alarm" And "Stop" Button On This Bus Are The Same
In all fairness, doesn't really matter which one you push, the driver will stop.
This Ad Bomb That’s Guaranteed To Wake Up My Baby
