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50 Times Designers Failed So Hard, They Got Shamed On The Internet (New Pics)
I guess it's safe to say no designer (or anyone else) wants to see their work shamed on the Internet. But to have it featured on the subreddit r/CrappyDesign you must've really done something wrong.
Maybe you created plant-dyed underwear that looks like it has just gone through a messy disaster. Or maybe you decided to use Comic Sans and useless quotation marks on actual police cars. Point is, if a picture of something you made ended up going viral in this online community, it wasn't by accident.
Continue scrolling and check out the times designers messed up so mad, it's like they don't even know how to use common sense! After you're done, fire up Bored Panda's earlier pieces on sub-par design here, here, and here. They're just as good. Err, I mean, bad. You get the idea.
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The Pockets On Women's Trousers
They say that the purse industry is behind this, to have women buy purses because their pocket won't fit anything.
I Was Having A Good Day Until I Went To The Supermarket
This Kid Mannequin
When Bored Panda reached out to Crappy Design's community to learn a bit more about the community, one of its moderators said "the original motivation for the subreddit was to point out [bad] designs. Nowadays, most subscribers probably come here for entertainment. However, it is common to have a meaningful discussion here on why or why not something is crappy design."
The subreddit was created back in 2011 and it currently has over 2.5 million members. On Reddit, that's a lot.
A Bag Of Apples With A Character On It That Got Poisoned By An Apple
One Armed Mother And A Demon Child
Step 4: Just Go Sit In Some Other Chair
Akshayta Rao writes that we all intuitively notice badly designed items but find it difficult to explain why good designs are, well, good. According to her, a well-known example of bad design would be USB cables. And it's hard to argue with her—we’ve all tried plugging them in the wrong way more than once. Some of us maybe even hundreds of times.
The Interaction Design Foundation explains that bad designs are overloaded with information and force the user to do more work than is necessary.
This One Was A Real Brain Teaser
Our Municiplaity Made Bike Lanes For Us Finally!
This is to ensure that bikers stop and look both ways before entering the lot of parked cars. (This is the best I explanation I can come up with while trying to think like an idiot)
That may be the most passive-aggressive public work I ever saw. Did your municipality WANT to make bike lanes?
Someone was told to do the paint, nothing else. It’s the old “not my job” problem.
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This looks like a "we don't care but we need voters to think that we do" solution to a problem when cyclists cross the street without as much as slowing down.
When I was a kid I would just put a piece of plywood on that block and use it as a jump.
I would paint a scary face on there, like it suddenly popped from the ground.
Catering to the daredevil cyclists as well as proving the point that helmets are necessary cycling equipment.
Maybe its a work in progress? Just waiting for the board to complete the ramp?
Looks like it's there on purpose, to make sure you stop or slow down before crossing the road.
Kitty carts too or just doggy muts from hell?
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To some extent I know why this happens. I was a technical writer for electronics equipment. Once we begged the engineers not to give two different buttons the same name. We ended up having to include the caption above each button to further define it. Another time a product had a display that said <<EDIT <EDIT EDIT> EDIT>>. We begged them to provide more specific wording. The answer was that the machine was just so powerful that it was up to the user to learn it.
Actually I think that makes sense. You see so many kids just head straight across onto the road without looking.
"Hey, let's spice it up a bit for those damn bikers" said the mayor with a wink as he got into his enormous car.
... Guys wear a mask and a helmet the stupid desiese is everywhere
It's obviously there to make you practice your bunny hop...
I'm so happy for you! your gonna end up at the doctor's! I'm so jealous!
Heaven help those of us in wheelchairs, because I’m sure they’ve screwed up all the access-ramps as well! 😂
My High School Commissioned A Bulldog Statue! This Is The Result
According to a spokesperson of BeraTek Industries, a company with expertise in design, prototyping, and manufacturing, there are 5 characteristics that (in their opinion) define a bad product design.
The design is not self-explanatory. "Of all things a design could do wrong, this is possibly the worst," the BeraTek Industries representative writes.
"Customers should be able to, fairly quickly, determine what the product is and does and how to use it. Long instruction manuals are necessary from a technical standpoint, but a product should strive to be as intuitive as possible. Some products are designed with too many unnecessary features which detract from the product’s primary use and user-friendliness. If a product is not self-explanatory enough, it will do more harm than good in the consumer’s eye."
Hey High School Bulldog, Meet My High School Wildcat
Toilet Seat Makes It Looks Like Someone Didn't Quite Make It
These Pull Tabs That Never Come Off
The design is distracting. Yes, a captivating design is always a good thing, but there is a difference between captivating and distracting. "A distracting design tries too hard to capture the user’s eye. Instead of seamlessly integrating itself into the user’s life, it is constantly calling out for attention through obnoxious aesthetics or arbitrary functionality. The designs which pleasantly impact consumers subconsciously are generally better than those which impact consciously," the spokesperson explains.
Be Positive?
These Benches At My University Are Tilted Back And Have No Drainage System, So The Water Just Sits There For Up To Days After A Rainstorm
I Thought It Was A Horribly Stained Mattress Until I Focused On The Details
The design is difficult to use. This characteristic differentiates from the first one in that it may be an intuitive product, but the actual act of using it is difficult.
"The coffee mug in the accompanying photo has a small 'handle' that not only looks nearly impossible to grip comfortably, but also has a groove which allows hot coffee to flow freely towards your fingers. Ergonomics is a key factor in well-designed products. If a user cannot physically connect with a product in a satisfying manner, that product is a bad design."
Ballroom Where Everyone Downstairs Can See Up Your Skirt
Plant Dyed Underwear On Etsy
I Wonder How Many People Have Backed Into This Fire Hydrant
The design is forgettable. "How often do you use badly designed products? Probably not very often because that product has been sitting in the back of your closet since you got it," the BeraTek Industries representative says. "Whether it be poor aesthetics or mediocre performance, thousands of products fall into the same forgettable trap. Instead of being a product that is useful or enjoyable to use, these products are so bland or useless that they leave no psychological impression on the user. Product design heavily relies on psychology, and the connection humans have with objects."
"To leave no psychological impression at all is to almost not even exist."
It’s Supposed To Say “Heroes” Lol
I thought it tried for 'herbes' (e.g. correct french for herbs), with the plants (which aren't herbs, but closer than heroes)!
These Mannequin Faces That Look Like They Want To K*ll You
Origami Kit Where The Paper Has Already Been Folded To Fit In The Box
The design is short-lived. Industry professionals measure a design's quality not only by aesthetics and usefulness but also by its lifespan.
"A bad design will have faults which render it useless quicker than a consumer would like. Many companies will purposely design products this way through planned obsolescence, however, I believe this is the wrong way to approach product design. My favorite products to use are ones that I have inherited from family or have been in my possession for years and still perform as well as when they were first bought. I believe the best products are those which can be used for a lifetime."
No design is perfect. But some are obviously crappier than others.
Anna Had A Bit Too Much Botox And Hans Has Seen Some Stuff. Wouldn’t You Agree?
10 Year Old Me Lighting Up Any Room In The Sims
Lol Yes! But my sims only had the ceiling lights with fans, so lots of simulated breezes 😂
My Bedhead Has A Constantly Lit LED Built Into The Light Switch That Is Bright Enough To See The Entire Room With At Night. Fun Fact, Blue Light Is Most Likely To Mess With Your Brain's Ability To Sleep!
Black Kids Sale Friday Amsterdam
In the 1950s, Philadelphia police used the "Black Friday" term to refer to the day between Thanksgiving and the Army-Navy game. Huge crowds of shoppers and tourists went to the city that Friday, and cops had to work long hours to cover the crowds and traffic
This Elsa Backpack Has A Mask On It So You Can Wear It... But If It's On The Backpack, Elsa Looks Dead On The Inside
How Do You Like Your Windows?
Can’t Decide If This Pool Is For Giant Children Or Miniature St. Bernards
Sandwich Board Advertising Seniors Day - Unfortunate Fastener Placement
My Oven Uses A Touchscreen, So Whenever I Open It, Steam Gets On The Touchscreen And Messes With The Settings
That reminds me of the touchless stereos in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They have control field in the general area around them that are activated by gently waving your hands. They are the pinnacle of audio technology, where the goal was to improve the responsiveness of the controls. Thus they are incredibly difficult to set as every slight movement activates something else. While listening to music, you have to sit absolutely still.
My Soda Sirup Has This Much Taste
Modern Living Condo For Sale. 2 Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 1/4 Kitchen
How Not To Sell Birbs In A Museum Shop
A Moment Of Silence For All The Lost Correspondence And Keys
All The Privacy You Need
Dead End Sign At End Of Path
This Guy In A Training Video At My Job Has 2 Moustaches
Is This Trophy For Golf, Or Assault?
Don't Come Stumbling In This House Drunk At Night. As Seen On Zillow
This Bowl Looks Like It's Perpetually Dirty
"Moisturizing Gloves" Turn Your Hairy Elderly Hands Into Hairless Young Woman Hands
The Placement Of The Pictures Makes It Look Like She Has A Giant Head
Botk Nooe
Nothing Says "Welcome To Our Campsite" Like A Coffin-Shaped Cookies
Color Indicators In This Graph Doesn't Do Anything
Healthy Smoothies For Everyone
People Will Never Learn To Not Put Faces In Corners
A Dollar Store Easter Toy That Shoots Foam Balls. But It's Not His Mouth, And It's Not His Nose
This Rayquaza Figure That Looks Like It's Projectile Vomiting
How They Think This Man's "Before" Chin Should Look Like
Note: this post originally had 143 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
This hand santiser label - looks like someone has tried to wipe of blood from the bottle and it's stained. Erisan-60a...96b9f0.png 
This is how rumors get started & become ugly. CLAIM: The term “Black Friday” originated with the practice of selling off slaves the day after Thanksgiving. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The term was linked to a financial crash in the late 1800s, and in the mid-1900s became associated with shopping the day after Thanksgiving. THE FACTS: In the runup to the Thanksgiving holiday false claims tying the term Black Friday to the sale of slaves recirculated on Facebook and Twitter. Some of the posts included a photo available through the State Library of Victoria in Australia that shows a group of indigenous prisoners in neck chains in Western Australia. The photo is dated from 1898-1906.
A business runs 'in the black' Black ink was used for profit. -or it's 'in the red' means losing money, noted in red ink. 'Black Fridays' indicate money for the store and savings for the customer.
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Here’s a Laughable “Fail” to enjoy! Even BEFORE scrolling on to see the 1st “Designers Fail” … I found an “Editorial Fail“! 😲😅🤷🏽♀️ It’s in the last paragraph … 2nd line … It Should have said “messed up so *BAD* “ … However instead, it’s written “messed up so *MAD* “ 😲😬😑 There really shouldn’t be any misspellings in a post.. And I do understand that mistakes are made! But having such an easy slip up like that, in the opening paragraphs for a post such as this?? I couldn’t help but have an extra laugh at this “Editorial Fail” !!! 😂😂 ((All in good fun and no malice intended!))
A fromer girlfriend, still a good friend, who suffers from incontinence and isn't very much into disposable stuff recently bought a few cloth diapers. Pretty similar to those for children, but designed to take them on and off yourself ... she had three colours to chose from: white, real actual white, which will develop stains in no time that won't come off again ... and stainy yellowish darkwhite, that looks like they're in service since a few years, although they're new ... and a pale shade of pink, in german called "Alt-Rosa". She chose the white ones, and after the first use, of course, they never again looked clean. Although they are. TBH, everything else is totally fine about them, it's just the colours that suck, or that they cannot possibly add a layer that isn't that likely to pick up colour, as innermost layer. She had a few that were made that way, but they aren't made anymore ... still uses 2 or 3 of them, which look cleaner than the new ones.
This hand santiser label - looks like someone has tried to wipe of blood from the bottle and it's stained. Erisan-60a...96b9f0.png
This is how rumors get started & become ugly. CLAIM: The term “Black Friday” originated with the practice of selling off slaves the day after Thanksgiving. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The term was linked to a financial crash in the late 1800s, and in the mid-1900s became associated with shopping the day after Thanksgiving. THE FACTS: In the runup to the Thanksgiving holiday false claims tying the term Black Friday to the sale of slaves recirculated on Facebook and Twitter. Some of the posts included a photo available through the State Library of Victoria in Australia that shows a group of indigenous prisoners in neck chains in Western Australia. The photo is dated from 1898-1906.
A business runs 'in the black' Black ink was used for profit. -or it's 'in the red' means losing money, noted in red ink. 'Black Fridays' indicate money for the store and savings for the customer.
Load More Replies... Here’s a Laughable “Fail” to enjoy! Even BEFORE scrolling on to see the 1st “Designers Fail” … I found an “Editorial Fail“! 😲😅🤷🏽♀️ It’s in the last paragraph … 2nd line … It Should have said “messed up so *BAD* “ … However instead, it’s written “messed up so *MAD* “ 😲😬😑 There really shouldn’t be any misspellings in a post.. And I do understand that mistakes are made! But having such an easy slip up like that, in the opening paragraphs for a post such as this?? I couldn’t help but have an extra laugh at this “Editorial Fail” !!! 😂😂 ((All in good fun and no malice intended!))
A fromer girlfriend, still a good friend, who suffers from incontinence and isn't very much into disposable stuff recently bought a few cloth diapers. Pretty similar to those for children, but designed to take them on and off yourself ... she had three colours to chose from: white, real actual white, which will develop stains in no time that won't come off again ... and stainy yellowish darkwhite, that looks like they're in service since a few years, although they're new ... and a pale shade of pink, in german called "Alt-Rosa". She chose the white ones, and after the first use, of course, they never again looked clean. Although they are. TBH, everything else is totally fine about them, it's just the colours that suck, or that they cannot possibly add a layer that isn't that likely to pick up colour, as innermost layer. She had a few that were made that way, but they aren't made anymore ... still uses 2 or 3 of them, which look cleaner than the new ones.
