“Hostile Design”: This Twitter Account Is Sharing 35 Sad And Infuriating Examples Of Design Against Humanity

You go, girl!

I understand homeless and homeless camps are undesirable and can be problematic, but a lack of compassion is not the answer.

No one CAN yah bloody arsehole

Uncomfortable people will not linger and talk with their friends. So, less tables are needed because they will be vacated quickly. Does anyone besides me notice that the short people, be they children or short adults, must prop their feet on the table framework in order to not slide off their uncomfortable seat?! What about people with knee or other leg problems? Did anyone consider them? Is this design a direct violation of the ADA? Shame on the designer, and shame on the people that allowed these table / bench combinations to be set up on their premise.

Then give the homeless somewhere they can go.

Challenge accepted 😎

Nobody can even sit here. Ugly overkill.

The city should take responsibility and do something about the problem.

Isn’t that a railing, isn’t it’s intended purpose to be to have people lean and or hold onto it??!?!

If they don’t want people sitting on it, then don’t even build it !

Somebody could really get hurt on that. Can you imagine an old lady losing her footing and hitting that?

These designs are also really awful for the elderly and disabled.

This makes it impossible to just plain walk.

I don’t disagree with this. My local public toilet is a haven for drug users and used as a beat.

Then why did you make the bench that way

You see this in cities a lot to keep people out of private yards. Often in older parts of the city. Looks better than barbed wire, for sure. In New Orleans, it deters the drunk tourists from using your yard as a toilet.

This isn't to stop sleeping, it's to stop skateboards etc.

Why????

First time a firemen gets cut on one of these bet there will be hell to pay.

Still lots of room.

OMG! That's the exact bench that I was about to post! It's the one on 39th Ave. In my hometown of Portland OR.

Why are people like this

Looks like she could give Bruce Banner a run for his money 😂

That has to be a skateboard deterrent

Also, hideous.

Yay huge lego bricks

Which is more hostile here, the clown or the multi-national corporation?

Come on. These are clearly to help get up from a particularly low bench. Benches that low can be a serious problem for the elderly or other people with mobility issues. This page is getting more ridiculous the farther you scroll down...

Spikes are tough to see in this one... zoom on in

I'm not seeing the hostility here. You sit in the bottom of a curve and it deters a stranger from sitting right next to you. If someone does sit next to you on the top of a curve, then you know to get the helloutta there.

This one is stupid, first off, it looks too narrow to lay down any how and PLENTY of space in-between to sit.

My guess on this is that sitting on a semi-temporary barrier along a roadside is not very safe.

Let's see. Rain drains better, less muddy to walk on and not slippery. Oh, and skateboarders won't take up the space. And since we can't see what's around this space, who knows what the purpose is here.

Translation?

? I want to see the rest of the surrounding park, because this reminds me of a bench for sit-ups like can be found on a exercise circuit at my local park.

Wrought iron fences around private property is hostile?