“Sorry For Design”: 50 Utterly Dreadful Designs Posted On This Instagram Account
All the fellow interior and furniture design aficionados, pull your seats closer. Also, those who enjoy the quirkier side of the internet. Today, we have a real treat for you!
Welcome to “Sorry For Design,” an Instagram page that labels itself as “visual arts” entertainment and you can’t argue. The account, which seems to be still growing, features an impressive collection of the most eccentric, plain weird and totally bizarro pieces of interior decor.
Think of a tarantula chair or a Jeff Goldblum-inspired bathroom: some of the designs shared here take insanity to an entirely new level. Below we selected the funniest and most eyebrow-raising examples, so enjoy and upvote your favorite ones as you go!
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Come on, i would love this as a kid, c**p i want one now, and i'm in my 40s
Bored Panda reached out to Katia Tolstykh, a Berlin-based interior and furniture designer, co-founder of OddinShape studio, and the creator behind the Sorry For Design Instagram account. Today, Tolstykh has 9 years of experience in design. In 2020, she along with her husband founded Odd In Shape, a multi-disciplinary design studio that works mainly in digital art, dreamscape interiors, and furniture design.
Tolstykh told us that Sorry For Design was created as a source of inspiration and fun. “Instagram, Pinterest, and other resources focus on beautiful and professional products, while a massive number of things made by non-professionals are left out of the equation,” Tolstykh explained.
One step closer to the mother nature
I haven't scrolled past one I couldn't at least find SOME way to justify...
Load More Replies...I saw the picture on the vending machine in the back and thought they were selling hard boiled eggs.
I need this in my life ( but then again i also fell in love for a bright yellow lamp that was preety much the body of a big dog sitting and the head was the " Pixar " lamp ). Dont judge me lol, i know i'm wierd.
No, you don't, trust me. Clear resin turns yellow with time, it gets stained with the oils and fats used in the kitchen and scratches quite easily. It will be awful in a few months time and you will regret not using tiles.
Load More Replies...Now imagine yourself walking barefoot on this floor and stepping on even a drop of water that has fallen on it. Looking at that shiny layer, it seems slippery as hell...
So - if you like, drop beans and leave them, would they sprout? Your own indoor garden?
Aside from the reflection on the floor, and the fact that my brain yells about the chair being in the path, this doesn't look half bad. Might be a bit of a slip hazard, though?
Actually rather like this one. It's not REAL grass, as you can tell from the shine.
I think that there is something I am missing here. Perhaps it looks better in the dark.
I think this is in an office of some kind, maybe a veterinary practice. In which case, why not? I image the customers enjoy it.
I think it's cool. Especially for a workplace employee room. Kind of gives a good mental break if you can't get outside during the work day.
I love it!! just want to make sure I'm not going to slip & break my neck if it gets wet...
How to sweep and wash the floor lol? I can see all sorts of food hiding in the carpet and rotting away leaving a disgusting smell!
Up until now I thought the headline Sorry for the Design had to be wrong.
Not something that would fit in my particular house but I really do like it.
Exquisite camping trip? No, this is too weird to me. Might as well live outside. Vic.
My path would lead to the freezer, not the microwave...mm ice cream!
You go through all that to get the floor all looking real-ish and to ur taste and then...... Look at everything else
I did not notice was like work lunch room at first BUT still could have taken the theme to atleast the wallpaper
Load More Replies...Are you drunk now? It's grass and a stone walkway, what part of that makes you feel like you would drown, or think that if you were drunk you'd drown? I'm confused, maybe I'm drunk!? 😆
Load More Replies...So far, everything has been amazing, except the pink sofa. In dark chocolate it would also be wonderful. Thought these were supposed to be dreadful!
The floor itself is kinda cool but I think you'd have to pair it with the right kinda interior to actually make it work. And this particular picture with it incredibly dull coloured furniture, vending machine and those awful looking chairs really isn't it.
Goes through all this trouble and can't even like paint the walls or update the furniture 😂
I like the others but this is kinda tacky. It would look better if they had wooden cabinets and such...but by itself is bad
This isn't someone's home, this looks like a break room (coffee vending machine?)
I'm assuming this is some commercial space, given that there's a coffee(?) vending machine. The rest of it is really boring and ugly; the floor treatment is really creative and takes your eyes off of how awful the rest of it is.
This looks like a company break room. How will the floor look after coffee and greasy food get spilled on it?
All I can think of here is - I'd spill and end up slipping. Other than that, kind of cool.
Didn’t put enough effort into making it look real. Looks like a mini golf hazard.
According to the interior and furniture designers, they may be funny, vulgar, naive, or disgusting, but they are all worthy of attention. “My account is a collection of projects by notable designers, and by ordinary people. All these projects are done with soul,” Tolstykh said.
When it comes to eccentric and unusual design, Tolstykh believes that it not only catches the eye but also “cheers people up.” Moreover, “everyone has their own reasons to like this design. It's hard to speak for everyone,” she said.
Oooh, definitely. This would go down so well in many horsey places. I can just see people sitting on this bench to try on new riding roots. (Ooops, Iconic is correct, I meant 'boots', not 'roots'.)
Moreover, the examples shared on Sorry For Design, Tolstykh argues, are really more about art and flamboyance than functional furniture. “They’re about the search for new forms, about scandal, about the rejection of common notions, about the expansion of the boundaries of the permitted and the familiar,” she explained and added that “This is art.”
Under the Sea.
In many ways, interior design is no different than fashion. It has its own trends, styles that change with years, seasons and people’s lifestyles. Various external influences are also to blame for fleeting interior design styles, social change and technological advancement included.
Previously, our fellow Bored Panda writer Rokas spoke with an interior architect and lecturer at Vilnius College of Design named Judita Striukienė. According to her, nowadays eclectic solutions are on the rise; it's really popular to combine different interior design styles
That feeling when you're being interrogated under a bare lightbulb, but your interrogators got really cute with the decor.
"In fact, it's quite rare to discover a place that is true to just one school. When you say a home was designed according to a certain style, you usually mean that some elements have an advantage in that place over the others or there is some sort of leitmotif throughout the entire space," the interior architect told Bored Panda.
On the other hand, there exist main aspects of good interior design that defy time and trends. According to Striukienė, living spaces have to be functional. Everything else is more or less decor, creating a certain mood," she said.
Jules Verne: novelist, playwright, master of bathroom design
This is why many interior designers start the design procedure by getting to really know the person or family who are going to live in a particular space. Their lifestyles, preferences, likes and dislikes all make up the end interior the designer comes up with.
Although most people would agree on what they call a bad or a good interior, that doesn’t mean that tacky and eccentric interiors don’t find their audience. On the contrary, it's no secret that the internet has been fascinated with quirky interiors, bizarre furniture, crazy McMansions and everything in between.
These unusual spaces seem to both transgress universal aesthetics on what we consider appealing and common sense, and show that there can also be no rules whatsoever.
Eggsellent!
Spider Bed, Spider Bed / Groovy place to lay your head / Is it safe? Heaven knows / He's got radioactive toes / Hey you (who?) / Jump in the Spider Bed. (For the tune, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OP8keCbSVU)
Over brutality.
In fact, that's kinda clever way of fire protection if you like the style.
This little pig's expression sums up this sofa.. That's a whole lot of sofa for one seat...
Looks like this would be uncomfortable. Bring cushions. Better yet, throw the cushions on the floor and sit there.
The wheels are a nice touch. They allow you and your partner to play some kind of agarian bumper-car game in the house.
Note: this post originally had 74 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
Yet another BP post of "horrible" designs where most are, in fact, wonderful, whimsical, and beautiful.
The second part of the entries were pretty weird though. Especially the double amputee chair *shudder*
Load More Replies...Yeah, I didn't hate any of them, and loved most of them.
Load More Replies...Some of these are abominations (pig couch and human chairs, looking at you), but most of the rest are charming, clever, and quirky. Maybe we can stop shaming anything a little different? Not everyone is going for understated and tasteful. Some of us just want to have a little fun!
I'm getting the feeling some of the folks at BP don't know us and our tastes very well.
Most were okay and some even amazing in my opinion; others were fetish style and therefore also do not belong on this list - my best guess would be that BP wanted to show the pictures but had no idea for a fitting title...
Yeah, these were great. Does someone just hate non conformists? I love weird people. 1 life to live. Live it weird.
some of these are absolutely beautiful, plus very clever. i want the grass and stone path in MY kitchen :-)
A lot of these are actually fricken awesome. People are so creative.
Most of these were great. Did I miss something? Like, the obvious adult toy ones aren't my thing, but a lot of these are colorful, fun, well done, and interesting. Have things become so gray out there that anything fun is now "bad"? Dare to be a little weird.
Something must be wrong with me. I loved the majority of the designs.
most of these were actually pretty good. and this is an engineer talking.
Most of these are awesome and I would have in my house. Why are they categorized as bad designs?!?
Have you seen the "realistic cat backpack" on AliBaba ? It belongs here. I wish I could add images.
If you don't like them, don't put them in your house. Problem solved. Many of these were quite amazing!!
Most of these are actually hideous, unlike so many BP "design fail" posts!
Alternate title: Incredible designs with a few horrid ones sprinkled in for flavor
This is a cool listing of designs with an incorrect title, as most of these designs are actually pretty cool! Seriously, only a handful are what I would call dreadful. I guess beauty is subjective.
Yet another BP post of "horrible" designs where most are, in fact, wonderful, whimsical, and beautiful.
The second part of the entries were pretty weird though. Especially the double amputee chair *shudder*
Load More Replies...Yeah, I didn't hate any of them, and loved most of them.
Load More Replies...Some of these are abominations (pig couch and human chairs, looking at you), but most of the rest are charming, clever, and quirky. Maybe we can stop shaming anything a little different? Not everyone is going for understated and tasteful. Some of us just want to have a little fun!
I'm getting the feeling some of the folks at BP don't know us and our tastes very well.
Most were okay and some even amazing in my opinion; others were fetish style and therefore also do not belong on this list - my best guess would be that BP wanted to show the pictures but had no idea for a fitting title...
Yeah, these were great. Does someone just hate non conformists? I love weird people. 1 life to live. Live it weird.
some of these are absolutely beautiful, plus very clever. i want the grass and stone path in MY kitchen :-)
A lot of these are actually fricken awesome. People are so creative.
Most of these were great. Did I miss something? Like, the obvious adult toy ones aren't my thing, but a lot of these are colorful, fun, well done, and interesting. Have things become so gray out there that anything fun is now "bad"? Dare to be a little weird.
Something must be wrong with me. I loved the majority of the designs.
most of these were actually pretty good. and this is an engineer talking.
Most of these are awesome and I would have in my house. Why are they categorized as bad designs?!?
Have you seen the "realistic cat backpack" on AliBaba ? It belongs here. I wish I could add images.
If you don't like them, don't put them in your house. Problem solved. Many of these were quite amazing!!
Most of these are actually hideous, unlike so many BP "design fail" posts!
Alternate title: Incredible designs with a few horrid ones sprinkled in for flavor
This is a cool listing of designs with an incorrect title, as most of these designs are actually pretty cool! Seriously, only a handful are what I would call dreadful. I guess beauty is subjective.