80 Design Disasters That Prove Not Every Idea Needs To Become Reality

We interact with design every day without even thinking about it. Whether it’s the piece of furniture you bought from IKEA or the public bench overlooking the city from below, these supposedly well-designed pieces make our lives more convenient.

But there’s a special kind of frustration that comes with encountering something that is so poorly thought out. Even if you don’t think you have keen attention to detail, these laughable flaws will stand out like a flamingo in a flock of pigeons.

Here are some examples, courtesy of this subreddit, which can make you wonder whether the person who gave the green light used even a little common sense.

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The Placement Of This Baby's Head Wasn't Quite Thought Through

Distorted face artwork on a plastic water bottle wrapper showing terrible designs.

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80 Terrible Designs That Somehow Made It Past The Approval Stage

The Placement Of This Baby's Head Wasn't Quite Thought Through

Not Exactly The Color Pattern You Like To See In A Bathroom

My Mom Bought A Strawberry Scented Minion Shampoo For My Little Brother

Almost Drank From This Bottle Of Wood Polish Disguised As A Water Bottle

These Blocks That Should Say “Fall” But Definitely Say “Fail”

This Sidewalk Looks Blurry. Makes Me A Little Dizzy. I Keep Blinking, Trying To Clear My Eyes Looking At This

I Received The Most Useless Item Ever At A Golf Tournament

Thanks For The Advice

I Almost Gagged When I Opened The Cabinet In My Bnb. Turns Out It Was Just The Design

Got This As A Gift And Honestly I Don't Want To Throw It Away Just Because It's Terribly Funny

Are These Boxes The Wrong Way Up?

This Awful Bread Packaging Design, Which Looks Exactly Like Mould

Handy

Menu Only Available Through Reflective Qr Code

Men's Restroom Sign Error

How Is This Supposed To Work??

This Elevator Button Panel

They Tried /: [xpost From R/Gaming]

Maybe Don't Put It Next To A Trash Can Shaped Exactly Like It?

Tonix Sounds Like A Soft Drink Though

Stop

Opening The Box With The Pull Tab Destroys Both Heating Instructions And Customer Service Contact Number

An Apartment In London That Has No Front Door. Just A Set Of Stairs Leading Up To A Window

This Weird Door At The Top Of The Stairs In A Weird Hotel

Idk How To Feel About This

The Buttons To Change Temp On My Fridge

Poor Designing

Terrible Design For A Hand Gel I Got As A Freebie From A Rep

Design Fail?

A Bathroom In An Apartment For Rent In Arizona. Good Luck Not Injuring Yourself Every Day On Those Rocky Walls

Bike Lanes In Menorca/Spain

Dunno About Having Fire As A Petrol/Gas Station Mascot…

Probably Should Have Put The Author’s Name Somewhere Else

Who Thought Up This Design?

Trapped On The Elevator

Westminster Bridge Design Fail Or Win?

Take A Left And Then Bunnyhop To Your Destination

Jedi Entrance Only

White Rights

IKEA Fail

My Grandparent’s Carpeted Bathroom

As Opposed To The Sign Which Is Located In New Mexico

There Is Only One Elevator Call Button In This Photo, The Rest Are Just Design Motifs

Kids Lingerie 🤔 Not A Good Design

Hard To Read Door Text

Sienc Or Sciesnce

Stairway To Heck

This Horrible Bathroom I Saw At A Burger King In Oregon

Do The Children Lay On The Road?

That Nose Job

This Wedding Card Looks Like The Bride & Groom Hung Themselves

No Safety

Vote For Yves Lévesque, Official Facefolding Candidate

Seems Like An Appropriate Jersey For This Sub . .

German School

All Toilets Must Be Centered In The Middle Of The Classroom So Kids Eating Their Snacks Three Feet Away Can Bare Witness To Their Classmates On The Toilet

Apparently The Tea Helps You Loose Weight, The Picture And Name Must Be How You Loose It

A Bolton Fan Paid £25 For This Seat In The Away End At Blackpool

This Outlet Is Unreachable

Optical Illusion

"Am I Swirls Or... More Swirls?"

Worst. Table. Ever. Set Down Your Drink On That Side, It Ends Up On The Floor!

Yea, Right On Top Of Each Other Should Work

This Bathroom Stall At The Gym

Don't Stand Under It

Why You Don’t Put Christmas Lights On Palm Trees

Kind Of A Crappy Design If You Ask Me

Merry Christmas!

Yes, Ew

Hmmm

These Earphones Were Made With One Of The Earpieces Swapped With The Input Jack

Seriously?

Open 9 Days A Week

Can We Just Sit Down And Talk About It?

High School Bathrooms Are Already Wild Enough

A Very Easy To Read Graph About Texting While Driving? Found In My High School Yearbook

This Door Will Never Be Opened. Found In An Austrian Spa

Don’t Think The Owner Of This Hotel Thought This Through

Bad Product Design