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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 certainly provided us with some much-needed laughter.
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#1
Ho Ho Ho!
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#3
Apple Mouse Battery Ran Out. I Guess I'll Just Go Home Now
WindySwede 3 hours ago
I use a logitech, and the charging port is in the front. I just use it as regular during the charge..! 😸😹
Good design is often barely noticeable. It just works. Bad design, on the other hand, sticks out like a sore thumb. While we might find many of these posts hilarious, horrible design shouldn’t be a laughing matter. Besides giving many of us a headache, it can cost companies, governments and individuals a fortune.
In the words of internationally-recognized speaker, designer, and researcher Dr Stephanie Evergreen, "Bad design costs big dollars."
#4
Virgin Mary
Some may disagree but Scott Berkun believes that no one sets out with the intention of making something that’s bad. "Most people try to do well," he writes. "f we’re disappointed by something it might have just been the best they could do at the time."
Berkun is a bestselling author of books such as Making Things Happen, The Myths of Innovation and How Design Makes The World. He says that sometimes bad design comes down to general incompetence. In other words, if a company is bad at design, there's a good chance they're bad at other things too...
#9
Eat Kids
The expert says sometimes bad design happens because certain people simply don't care, or understand, why good design is important.
"Most tech executives have engineering or business backgrounds and the strategies they rely on come from those perspectives. They may not be willing to take the risks of betting on design as a strategy for the first time in their career," he explains. "Or they may be stubborn, incompetent or rendered impotent by the company founders or board of directors. This means the ability for a design leader to influence executives may be zero for no fault of the design leader."
#11
Is It Enter Or Do Not Enter?
#12
It's Real!!!
Other times, says Berkun, bad design finds its way into the world because companies don't know who their customers really are and what they need He adds that in cases like this, the product can feel like it was designed by dozens of people who didn’t talk to each other.
"Instead the goal should be for everyone to try to make the product feel like it was designed by one very thoughtful person who knew all the right details to care about," advises the design guru.
#13
Mayo Sandwich? Look Closely Where They Are Spreading It
#14
Beautiful Plating... Wait What?
#15
This Is... Speacial
#18
You Liar
#20
My Pool Is 7 Feft Deep Operantly
#21
In Case Of Fire
#23
Bruh
Elladine DesIsles 5 hours 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.
#24
Y Ou Sho Uldb Edanc Ingnow
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 hour ago
I had no issue reading this, and read it as intended the first time. Good design.
#28
Look At This Volume Button
Astrobloom (they/them) 34 minutes ago
I assume it would be programmed that the "-" would still be volume up?
#33
Getting Two For The Price Of One
#34
This Parking Place…
Astrobloom (they/them) 33 minutes ago
not bad design, whoever last opened it forgot to rotate the cover so the lines match up
#35
Metal Chair
#37
Should Have Rethought The Colors
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 hour ago
Not really. Unwrapped, it would say "Smile" and even with the light coloured S, it still reads as "MILE".
#42
Who Approved This After The Initial Design Pitch That It Made It To Production And Then To Market?
#47
Burger King's Drive Thru Sign
#49
Guess The Cup Is Half Full
#54
Soap Really Out Here Explaining How To Use Something That Almost Everyone Uses
#56
What?
#59
The Pbncil That Came In A Sewing Kit
#61
Yeah 1+1=3
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 42 minutes ago
I don't speak Polish, but this looks to me like it's a buy 2 and get a third free, kind of thing.
#63
This Barrier In Japan
#65
The Clock At My Work. Not How Roman Numerals Work
#69
What The Hell Walmart
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 32 minutes 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?
#71
I Don't Get What This Say's, Help Me
#73
I Serously Don't Know What To Say
#75
When You Can’t Find The Moon In Your Toddler’s Activity Book. I Swear They Forgot To Add It
Elladine DesIsles 5 hours ago (edited)
Answer in the follow-up comment (in case anyone wants to look for themself).
#76
???
#77
I Dont Like That The One Window Is Father Apart From The Others And This Two Doors Right Next To Each Other And The Both Not Centered
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