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79 Painfully Obvious Design Mistakes That Somehow Slipped Through The Cracks
We all make mistakes, even at work. At best, we manage to correct them, or they're harmless enough to not lose sleep over. At worst, they get printed, installed, built, or manufactured. Then end up on the internet, leaving people wondering whether the lights are on but no one's home.
Good design is meant to make life easier. But every so often, someone misses the point completely. It's almost as if they worked with their eyes closed and had nobody around to spot their blunders before it was too late. From confusing signs that proclaim, "No entry. Entrance only," to forks that seemingly want to identify as spoons, design fails are everywhere.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of some of the wildest and most hilarious ones spotted in the wild. They may not have served their intended purpose, but they've certainly provided us with some much-needed laughter.
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#1
Bruh
Elladine DesIsles 5 months ago
This just looks like something a social media troll cooked up to stir up controversy and provoke bigots who want to make false equivalencies. It reminds me of the comment I read on another platform just this week regarding LGBTQIA2S+ acronyms, suggesting that "everyone knows" the next letter added will be M, for "minor attracted person". Which of course couldn't be further from the truth.
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#2
It's Real!!!
#3
Language
#5
Ho Ho Ho!
#6
Virgin Mary
#7
Medically Deceased
#8
Poor Blind People…
#10
Eat Kids
#11
Is It Enter Or Do Not Enter?
#12
You Liar
#13
This Is... Speacial
#14
Do Your Best To Quit! LOL
#15
Double Sink For Laundry With Fixed Spout
#16
Apple Mouse Battery Ran Out. I Guess I'll Just Go Home Now
#17
Wait, That's An Avocado
#18
The Balloons Are Attached To It’s What?!?
#19
In Case Of Fire
#20
Hmmm
#22
Sale Sign Failed
#23
Beautiful Plating... Wait What?
#24
My Pool Is 7 Feft Deep Operantly
#25
I Too Use A Snowblower With The Pipe Pointed At My Face
#26
Just, Why?
#27
What The Duck Is Wrong With This Thing
#28
Mayo Sandwich? Look Closely Where They Are Spreading It
#29
Look At This Volume Button
Astrobloom (they/them) 5 months ago
I assume it would be programmed that the "-" would still be volume up?
#30
Metal Chair
#31
This Is So Useless
#32
Sample Text Here
Bill The Splut 5 months ago
Blank demo text, showing placement. The final product would have the real text.
#33
Perfect Smile
#34
Ah Yes The Gate
#36
The Pbncil That Came In A Sewing Kit
#38
This Spoon Is A Bottle Opener
#39
The Sign Was Not In Braille
Rick Murray 5 months ago
McDo has menus? Around here it's just a big glowy screen you poke with a finger. For extra bonus points, there's a quirk that if you specify your language as 日本語, when it comes to printing the receipt, it'll say ???????? and ?????? and so on. It's amusing for messing with their minds when you go to pay and they see what's actually printed - lots of ?s. 😂
#40
Getting Two For The Price Of One
#41
Should Have Rethought The Colors
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 5 months ago
Not really. Unwrapped, it would say "Smile" and even with the light coloured S, it still reads as "MILE".
#42
Stairs Go No Where
#43
The Fence
#44
Men Left But Gents Right Ladies Left But Woman Right
#45
My Friend Shirt
Luke || Kira (he/she) 5 months ago
Asking a famous movie director from Ghana why did he choose an actor named Theodore for the leading role
#46
I Found This In A Toystore
#47
Welcome To Poudlard
#48
Bro Has One Job
#49
This Barrier In Japan
#50
This Guy Made My Sister Like Harry Potter
Luke || Kira (he/she) 5 months ago
After all the $hit with JKR going on, I wouldn't be surprised if she canonically changed her characters into skinheads.
#51
This Drain For Rain
Bill Swallow 5 months ago
I'd bet at least a few of these cases started out ok, and later, the surrounding area subsided a few inches. The drain was prevented from subsiding because it is supported from underneath by the drain piping.
#52
???
kissmychakram 5 months ago
Weekend offender? That's all I can parse, but I don't know what the round things are (cookies, soaps?) nor why they would be representing the letter "e".
#53
Schreck, What Happened To You?
#54
This Parking Place…
Astrobloom (they/them) 5 months ago
not bad design, whoever last opened it forgot to rotate the cover so the lines match up
#55
This Doge Backpack
#56
Nice Alignment Here
#57
The Strap Goes Through His Eye
#58
Yeah 1+1=3
#59
The Clock At My Work. Not How Roman Numerals Work
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 5 months ago
The mixture of Arabic and Roman numerals is odd. The use of IIII for four is not.
#60
What?
#61
Covid Guideline Picture
#62
When You Can’t Find The Moon In Your Toddler’s Activity Book. I Swear They Forgot To Add It
#63
My Sisters Wire Straightener
#64
Why Would You Do Him Like That?
#65
Y Ou Sho Uldb Edanc Ingnow
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 5 months ago
I had no issue reading this, and read it as intended the first time. Good design.
#66
I Serously Don't Know What To Say
#67
Burger King's Drive Thru Sign
#68
Who Approved This After The Initial Design Pitch That It Made It To Production And Then To Market?
#70
What The Hell Walmart
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 5 months ago (edited)
Top scréw has come undone. Bottom has not. Sign has pivoted around the bottom s***w. Honestly, are people really so stupid as to not have figured this out?
#72
Guess The Cup Is Half Full
#73
Soap Really Out Here Explaining How To Use Something That Almost Everyone Uses
#75
I Literally Found This And Have Nothing To Say Except... You Had One Job
#76
I Can’t See Anything Through It
#77
I Don't Like That The One Window Is Further Apart From The Others And This Two Doors Right Next To Each Other And The Both Not Centered
#78
I Don't Get What This Say's, Help Me
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