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35 Times People Encountered Such Over-Designed Things, They Just Had To Shame Them (New Pics)
As chaotician Ian Malcolm (played, famously, by Jeff Goldblum) states in Jurassic Park, some people spend too long “with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” In the case of the film (and book) there were multiple deaths, but generally, when engineers and designers don’t think about limitations they end up making things that are just confusing.
The “Design Design” group is dedicated to shaming and mocking some of the most overdesigned, overengineered items out there. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the worst examples and share your own thoughts in the comments section below.
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#1
This Bench Looking Like A Book
ABC NrEight FCK CENSORISM 10 months ago
This isn't over-engineered, this is simply beautiful. Trust me, I'm an engineer - and not only that, but a German engineer, so you can trust me on over-engineering as well 😂
Untamed Snark 10 months ago
It might not be comfortable to sit on with that curve on the bench seat, but it looks good.
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#2
These Corner Windows
Robert Beveridge 10 months ago
Having lived with skylights multiple times, I know there will be downsides. But they might well be worth it.
The Other Guest 10 months ago
Definitely cool to look at. I bet the top portion is a pain to clean, though.
#3
This Bread Knife In A Swiss Restaurant Has A Silhouette Of The Major Peaks In Switzerland
Trisec Tebeakesse 10 months ago
Art piece. I'd never use it as a real knife. Hard to wash; b***h to sharpen.
G A 10 months ago
Will lose its shape if you use it and sharpen it. Must be meant as a souvenir.
Barong 10 months ago
A serrated knife will last decades without needing sharpening if used only for bread.
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Robert Beveridge 10 months ago
I can imagine Jason Voorhees getting one of these and using it as a checklist...
Show thyself 10 months ago (edited)
I wonder how many of them they need to store. I'm pretty sure that at least 2, per season, are finding a new home in a random private kitchen as a souvenir. Despite beeing buyable.
Pheebs 10 months ago
Lol. I came here wondering the same. I, sadly, know at least one person who would “accidentally” take one of these.
Load More Replies...Sometimes less really is more, particularly in cases where the designer can’t explain the purpose of “more.” Sometimes there are reasons to overdesign things, but generally, this is just a waste of resources or, even worse, just a means to impress investors.
Take the infamous case of the Juicero. Founded in 2013, the company pitched a high-tech, innovative juicing press. Users would have to use special packs of fruits and vegetables, each marked with a QR code that the machine would read before turning it into fresh juice. So far so good, right?
#4
This Is Probably The Funniest And Weirdest Washroom Sign
Shelli Aderman 10 months ago
This one makes more sense than the ones above. Sit or stand. DONE!!👍🏻
Nicole Weymann 10 months ago
A strange place, where every woman is about one third taller than any man (if you "unfold" the squatter into a person)
Robert Beveridge 10 months ago
The one on the left has squatty potties and the one on the right does not.
Grazina Strolia 10 months ago
Same setting as the earlier one, with the gold stripes and the confused woman and child with matching green baseball caps. Is this in the Theme Park of Confusing Signs?
Ric Kagahastian 3 months ago
The image on the left, for someone who wants to poop regardless of s*x...
#5
1960 Bmw Isetta
Barong 10 months ago
These cars are awesome especially considering they were built for consumers of post war Europe as demand grew for inexpensive personal vehicles. The Suez Crisis cause a surge in oil prices and these efficient vehicles offered an economical way for people to travel. Other unique microcars of the period include the Kleinschnittger F125, Daihatsu Bee, Heinkel Kabine, Peel p50, and the Messerschmitt KR200,
Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago
A great thing about the Messerschmitt KR200 is that you could go as fast in reverse as forwards, supposedly. It had no reverse gears, but - or so I've heard - its two-stroke engine could run backwards.
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Sand Ers 10 months ago
It would be difficult to be more clueless than whoever put this on this list.
Warren Peece 10 months ago
When I was a child, my family had two of these that we rescued from a dump. We kept them for a few years thinking we were going to do some work on them. But then we sold them.
William Wood 8 months ago
I would love a car like this if I didn't have to share the road with cars that would swat this like a mosquito.
#6
This Whisky Glass
KnightOOwl 10 months ago
I love these, i think they're incredibly well designed. Unique glasses like this are very common in Scottish whiskey distilleries and you can usually buy them in their store.
First of all, the machine was priced at $699 in march of 2016, making it a pretty exclusive piece of tech to have in your home. Sales were not great and by 2017, it was being sold for $200 dollars less. Why were wealthy, health obsessed folks not buying it? Well, in 2017, Bloomberg News revealed that the juice packs could just as easily be juiced by hand, making the device practically useless.
#7
The Look Of This Office Building
Richard Iachetta 10 months ago
I would have to think 2 or 3 times before going in the mouth oops door
#8
This Speedometer
Robin Roper 10 months ago
But officer, I thought I was driving at Bear and have no idea how I started going Kangaroo.
Carla Phillips 10 months ago
You know it's an American car. We'll use anything to measure, except the metric system.
Lai Goldenbach 10 months ago
"do you know what species you were going here? this is a turtle zone. I'm going to have to write you a ticket for going boy speed"
michele mbennett101044@yahoo.c 10 months ago
Uh, I was going Turkey but then Cheetah started chasing me, I had to outrun him!
Kira Okah 10 months ago
It's a design from a t-shirt, found it on redbubble very quickly.
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Thank You To The Designers
pug nose curly tail 10 months ago
That's what inthink of every time I see one.
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michele mbennett101044@yahoo.c 10 months ago
Reverting back to cueinform style of writing, hundreds of steps backwards!
Celtic Pirate Queen 10 months ago
I drive a KIA Soul and knew immediately what is was, although it did remind me of the logo for "Nine Inch Nails".
This would be embarrassing enough, but what makes it so much worse is that the company had 120 million dollars of funding, all for a machine that did… nothing. Just a classic case of not stopping and considering simple questions like “does this juicer actually do anything?” and “does a juicer need to be connected to Wi-Fi at all times?”
#10
Cat Spotlight
BookFanatic 10 months ago
My cat would pop up like a groundhog, grab my food, and make a break for it.
Robert Beveridge 10 months ago
The cats are already the centerpiece of mealtime. And bedtime. And shower time. And...
michele mbennett101044@yahoo.c 10 months ago
Like a cat needs anymore reasons to feel special! "I'm special and everyone of us hoomans need to do more for me!"
#11
Why Does The Logo Look Like It Belongs To A Keratin-Enriched Conditioner Bottle?
Jrog 10 months ago (edited)
Because that's an Olympic flame in the negative space, and a hint to the beauty, fashion and class Paris is known for. The font is a recall to Art Nouveau. Design-wise, it's a very well made logo.
Bill Swallow 10 months ago
Yep. And it *still* looks like a shampoo bottle.
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#12
Minimalist Nativity Sets
Kyle Simonson 10 months ago
You mean Republicans and Christian nationalists.
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Chris the Bobcat 10 months ago
My moms cat nativity is much more endearing. IMG_4323-6...a-jpeg.jpg 
Upstaged75 10 months ago
My mom has one like the bottom left that my brother "made" in preschool in the 70's. They drew faces on the blocks of wood and glued on fabric for clothing. It's hilarious and adorable. She still puts in out every year.
EmJay 10 months ago
I looked it up and found some ppl joking about it. This one made me cackle Screenshot...95c69f.png 
#13
What Is Even The Goal Of The Photographer Here?
Mary Peace 10 months ago
I guess the photographer wanted to do 'something different'. May have achieved that, but that doesn't make it good.
#14
There Must Be A Reason Design People Are So Obsessed With Stairs
pineapple87 10 months ago
All I think about when I see stuff like this is "imagine trying to clean that" - or in this case, under that
Tabitha 10 months ago
Not to mention thinking “imagine the potential lawsuits”.
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Debby Keir 10 months ago
Looks pretty. But, what about the people who actually need the banister to get upstairs - too impossibly huge to grip hold of.
Nicole Weymann 10 months ago
"Doesn't have to be good as long as it's original": motto of every ambitious designer. If there's no room for improvement, let's try and make it as impractical as possible.
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Man Ray Chess Set (1926)
LilliVB 10 months ago
It's not bad looking, but as a chess player it would drive me crazy at the beginning, with all the mental gymnastic to remember the corresponding pieces
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Hoi-Polloi 10 months ago
It's cute, in an IKEA sort of way, but I'd like juuuuust a little more distinction between King and Queen.
Lai Goldenbach 10 months ago
the biggest problem is that the pieces that look the most similar is the king and the queen
Robert Beveridge 10 months ago
The only proper place for this is right next to the Dali illustrated bible.
Bryan Wright 10 months ago
Still prefer the Harris one that was obviously designed and built by Noggin the Nog.
Kerry Palmer 10 months ago
Although I do like it, I think the king and queen need a little more definition. Once moved from their original space, a new player may think , "wait, is the king round and the queen squarish or vice versa."
#16
Coffee Table With Bonus Mountain Range
#17
Sunglasses, Mask, Face Shield
Debby Keir 10 months ago
More like 'I can't see, I can't see' as your breath mists the entire lens.
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Bi.Felicia 10 months ago
I would imagine these would get extremely foggy, when worn outdoors during the cold months.
Bi.Felicia 10 months ago
Thank you my fellow Pandas for having my back. I wasn't even aware that I was being downvoted. Trolls are out in full force.
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Doozle bug 10 months ago
Reminds me of characters from the 1979 film ‘The Blackhole’. Still sad for Old Bob.
#18
This Is What Happens When You Let An Architect With Too Much Free Time Loose
Nicole Weymann 10 months ago
To paraphrase a remark I'm shaelessly stealing: "If you can't leave a mark on the world, as least leave a stain"
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Pyla 10 months ago
My sister lost a cat on one of those open staircases, you know the cement ones on apartments, it spooked, slipped through and broke it's back. Heartbreaking. I hate open stairwells.
Giles Favell 10 months ago
Should be tested in Architects house for a solid year before being fitted anywhere else....
#19
Panthermobile
UKDeek 10 months ago
No, definitely the Panthermobile, created for the Pink Panther Show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthermobile
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Zero 10 months ago
Lady Penelopes was a Cadillac's something similar with a soft top..I had one when i was a kid
Thomas Bache 10 months ago
Lady Penelope in the original thunderbirds had a Rolls Royce, in the live action movie it was based on a ford thunderbird to placate American industry types
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Logo For The Family Federation For World Peace And Unification Found Across The Street From My Apartment Appears To Contain B***s
Colleen Glim 10 months ago
I didn’t see them until you commented and then I went back and looked again
Load More Replies... Lai Goldenbach 10 months ago
there is a building that I pass every day (of course I forgot the name) that has mental health services for families and their logo is a father and son going sight seeing at bridges, because what other symbol would be perfect for mental health services?
Rich Black 10 months ago
This more commonly known as the "unification church", or "Moonies" . .
#21
A Sink That... Sinks?
Breadcrumb. 10 months ago
I do believe most men would be curious enough to try..
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Binny Tutera 10 months ago
Ewww, I can’t help but think about the drain pipe and all the muck and mold that would be inside of it- and what would you do if something fell in there!
BrunoVI 10 months ago
If Lefties are OK with it, I'm OK with it. I've seen dozen of designs to make sinks radically different, and this is one of few that seems to work well... at least for us righties.
#22
This Complicated Chair
Jaya 10 months ago
Looks really ugly (in my opinion) and weird, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually a really nice thing to sit on and read in this position, or if it's one of those seats that's actually really good for your body.
Nilsen 10 months ago
These are good. Or at least I remember them as good back in the late 80's.
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weatherwitch 10 months ago
I sort of like it. More comfy and lots of seating angles. Supports the weight of a book so great for my arthritis
#23
This Is Supposed To Be A Bathtub
*raspberry sound 10 months ago
Clearly unpopular opinion: I would bathe in this like a champ! I wouldn't have it in my home, but an airbnb or something, ABSOLUTELY. Pry me outta that bish
Just stopping by 10 months ago
Honestly I'd try it. I'd probably die trying to get out but🤷🏽♀️
Mike F 10 months ago
How would one drain said bathtub? I see the spigot to fill it, but where is the drain?
Sully 10 months ago (edited)
Probably into the “decorative” rocks, drain underneath.
Load More Replies... Nicola Thrope 10 months ago
Pebbles, thin hard plastic, and a huge glass window with oddly shaped spears. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?!
Nannychachi 10 months ago
My bathtub is a 110 gallon stock tank. $100 at Tractor Supply. It's wonderful!
#24
This Handrail
Grazina Strolia 10 months ago
But those people who actually need it can't use it.
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Damned_Cat 10 months ago
The heartbeat pattern makes me think this is in some kind of medical facility. You know, somewhere that has patients needing a safe railing to hold onto. I'm also amazed by the steepness of the stairs. I'd be wheezing before I got half-way up.
Ge Po 10 months ago
May be the whole point. Like a test on endurance and stability.
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TheElderNom 10 months ago
While cool looking it looks terrible to use for anything other than some casual support.
Nicola Thrope 10 months ago
Make this one of those electric toys you have to get the handle all the way up without touching the rail. THEN it's genius.
#25
This Restaurant Has Their Salt And Pepper In Pill Form
SugarBoogies 10 months ago
imagine accidentally leaving a salt capsule in your pocket and getting stopped by the police 🤦🏼♀️
Lyone Fein 10 months ago
Because what we need is more packaging, in addition to a delivery system that requires other customers to get their hands all over the item that you will be picking up.
Jrog 10 months ago
The "packaging" you complain about is actually water soluble cellulose-based gelatin, and is not meant to be consumed. You open it with your hand before using on food. Yes, it's a gimmick, but an inoffensive one. Sorry to ruin your misguided indignation.
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G A 10 months ago
I can sort of see the point. You break open a capsule rather like tearing open a paper sachet, but more wasteful than just having a salt cellar and pepper grinder.
Roxy222uk 10 months ago
If it's a restaurant and people are eating at the table then salt and pepper cruets would do the job so much better. This is making me grrrrr. Imagine someone with arthritis in their fingers, for example, trying to open and sprinkle a capsule. Ridiculous.
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#26
Handrail With Gaps And Sharp Edges
TheElderNom 10 months ago
I wonder if it's supposed to have something on top, like a wooden rail. Then it'd look pretty nice.
#27
Creature Cups
TuesdayDangerGirl 10 months ago
we have a set with clowns in the bottom b/c DH thought it was hilarious that I always intentionally mis-sang a line from "You're So Vain" (I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee) but seriously, it's amusing to sing about clowns in my coffee :D Ours are not dishwasher safe but it isn't a huge deal to get them clean
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weatherwitch 10 months ago
I bloody love these but I'd be dubious about getting them super clean 😕
#28
Cliff Cup
The Other Guest 10 months ago
Nope, actual product. https://www.amazon.com/Climbing-Cliff-Rock-Climber-Gift/dp/B07W9BT2TV
Load More Replies... Nicole Weymann 10 months ago
...and then there's me, who would use it for cold drinks and grab it like any old glass.
Bryan Wright 10 months ago
In my humble opinion this is nothing but another monumental design fail.
BrunoVI 10 months ago (edited)
Is it actually almost impossible to hang onto? Or does it subtly teach why rock climbing is way easier than it looks? (Because up close, it looks nearly impossible.)
Kit Black 10 months ago
I mean, given the size of the cup, you can just wrap your hand around it...
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#29
Having To Scan A Qr Code In Case Of Emergency
ZestyBison 10 months ago
It should also be in print, yes. But there is an arrow. I don't disagree with this format but you brought up a fair point.
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Binny Tutera 10 months ago
I know how to access QR codes, but I am so tired of being expected to get info this way, and this is just downright stupid and dangerous!
Debby Keir 10 months ago
Assumes having a smartphone with a QR reader downloaded... we have this sort of problem in the UK re car parks. No smartphone, no way of paying, so no parking.
Paolina Mitova 10 months ago
next step: install the Emergency app after watching 2 unskipable ads.
#30
Gosh
Show thyself 10 months ago
They might've been too broken, to be repaired. Something nearly invisible that requires more effort & money than recycling & replacing
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#31
Rip White Shirts
catastrophegirl 10 months ago
i am right handed but i am often doing something like writing or typing with my right and holding my cup in my left.
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Mary Peace 10 months ago
Surely the title should be R.I.P., not Rip, . . ., because I was looking for torn shirts.
#32
Another One
Shelli Aderman 10 months ago
Um… is the one on the left shrugging shoulders, or indicating big boobs? And is the one on the right supposed to be hands on hips, or a penis with testicles? I HAVE QUESTIONS! 🤣
SnootWaggling Fox 10 months ago
I think it might be big shoulders vs big hips? Unfortunately that points me in exactly the opposite direction of the big breasts vs big balls interpretation, so 50% chance I'd walk into the wrong one. Or is there any chance this is not actually a restroom sign?
Grazina Strolia 10 months ago
But is it a woman in a skirt, or a woman with bre@sts? A man with wide shoulders, or with large fists?
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weatherwitch 10 months ago
With the way my boobs have sagged over the decades this is more a twenty something versus fifty something dilemma than a sex issue 🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣
Rinso The Red 10 months ago
Obviously, the first one is a gym-bro with his arms crossed and the other is... is... I got nothing
Sven Horlemann 10 months ago
Left is a woman with big boobs, right is a guy with a fat a**. Easy.
#33
Because People Love Sitting On Bike Seats When They Don’t Have To
Grazina Strolia 10 months ago
I think this is furniture designed to move people along quickly. Maybe a charging area at an airport? Charge your phone, charge your laptop, >MOVE< to make space for the next person.
BrunoVI 10 months ago
OK folks... who thinks this would be more comfortable than a typical flat round surface? Less comfortable?
Barong 10 months ago
I rather have this than a typical hard wood stool, but in general I prefer chairs at a height that I can put my feet on the ground
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Eliyahu Rooff 10 months ago
An expensive way to do it. Those Brooks B-33 saddles retail for aboiut $200 each.
#34
Chairs In Despair
Karma Black 10 months ago
I'm going to build this for Eliza Pancakes now.
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#35
Dangling A Toilet Above Another Toilet
Tabitha 10 months ago
Oh great. A piece of heavy porcelain over my head that could fall on me any time. Sure, THAT will make sitting on the throne a whole lot better. Uh-huh. (/s, ffs)
Firstname Lastname 10 months ago
Well, at least if I'm constipated, the idea of a toilet falling on me should scare the poo out of me.
Hoi-Polloi 10 months ago
See, this is why people get annoyed at "art people". Because of things like this.
Christelle McCann 10 months ago
You just know some d******d’s gonna walk in there drunk and try to p**s in the toilet on the ceiling…and still miss!
#36
A Ladder Innovation
S. E. in Indiana 10 months ago
Once again, an architect with way too much time on his hands. And you definitely need a double handrail.
#37
This Wavy Sidewalk Is More Fun And Less Practical
Verfin22 10 months ago
I can see moving away from the trees so roots don't break thru eventually, but still keep the other side straight. Must be a b***h to upkeep if your grass.
Rob D 10 months ago
Look at those houses. You think anyone's doing their own lawn?
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G A 10 months ago
Irritating as it makes you walk further. People will wear a straight line-a 'desire' line.
Grazina Strolia 10 months ago
Except you'll just walk into the trees if you do that. I don't think this is meant to be wavy for form's sake; this is just going around all the planted trees. Easier to get a few variances for the trees than to get variances from EVERYONE to go farther up their lawn with the sidewalk.
Load More Replies... Mike Rodrick 10 months ago
It's to prevent tree roots from destroying the concrete years later.
Phillip Moderow 10 months ago
We have these in Las Vegas. It goes with the casinos that guide you past the most slot machines possible.
Crissy Newbury 10 months ago
For kids learning to roller skate. I would have loved this as a child.
#38
The Forks They Had At The Restaurant This Guy Went To
#39
Design First. Design Second. Safety Third
#40
Who Designed This Mouse? I Tried It And It Is As Uncomfortable Ad It Looks
#41
Life Size Horse Statue / Lamp
Remi (He/Him) 10 months ago
I've seen these on a boat and in a shopping center and I still can't decide if they're horrible or horribly funny
#42
Looks Comfortable
Saint_Zipcodus 10 months ago
Careful, if you're a Jedi on a space station this thing will start shooting lasers at you
Robert Trebor 10 months ago
I guess rhere could be a light in that upper part but I see a scorpion tail.
#43
What Is This Oddly Shaped Sink Used For?
Mike F 10 months ago
Well, it's serving it's purpose, I don't even own it and it's annoying me.
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#44
Re-Imagining The Egg Carton
highwaycrossingfrog 10 months ago
But at least you can see them without having to open the carton and check inside!
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Kat 10 months ago
Eggs come from a chicken's butt (cloaca) . Putting them in a closed carton doesn't change that fact. Someone potentially touching it doesn't make it worse.
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A Modern Floating Staircase With Wooden Steps
Jaya 10 months ago
Who are you gonna sue though? Yourself, for buying it?
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Just Saw This Bench Made Of Playground Slide
tee-lena 10 months ago
S**t. You could cook hotdogs on that thing in summer
Load More Replies... Cole Earnhart 10 months ago
This bench is giving me the red a$$ both figuratively and literally!
Dog Mom to Zoe 10 months ago
When I was a kid, we'd go to Russian River in California. They had a very long metal slide. I hit my toe, and it busted open with blood oozing all over. Between the heat and metal, I was doomed.
#47
This “Dynamic” Clock
#48
A Ring With A Candle In It
#49
Fully Transparent Urinal Glass Partition. More Cr*ppy Than Interesting Imo
#50
This Is A $1,000 Armchair
Mike F 10 months ago
I'm picturing my dog getting hung up on the damned thing after seeing me sit in it.
Kiss Army 10 months ago
My cats would sit there and "ping" the strands for their amusement and my irritation.
Load More Replies... Jaya 10 months ago
I've seen this one (or a similar one) at a museum, it wasn't actually uncomfortable. Because there are so many lines, your weight is distributed amongst them, making it not that different than those camping chairs where you sit on netting. As long as you wear jeans or something, with bare legs or a very thin skirt it might be much more uncomfortable.
#51
How Are You Supposed To Know Which Bathroom To Use??
Lyone Fein 10 months ago
The door on the left is for people who don't want to talk to anyone else, the one on the right is for friendly chatterbox types.
BrunoVI 10 months ago
I'd tell you if you didn't shoot the messenger with accusations of sexism.
Je souhaite 10 months ago
Ha ha the left one is for men who don't chat in the men's room and the right for women who tend to go to the bathroom together to chat and do some touch ups on their make ups LOL
#52
Hmmm
Atom Bohr 10 months ago
This is the same image as the crouching person and the standing person, except with different signs and people added. Seems fake
Dog Mom to Zoe 10 months ago
One can almost argue that the lower lines on the right might look like a "W" for women and the one on the left looks like an "M" for men. Then if you go by antomy, it's reverse.
#53
Inspired By Another Building Post, I Present The Ugliest Building I Have Ever Seen
Tamara 10 months ago
So what happened there? Did the architect lose a bet?
Load More Replies... Debby Keir 10 months ago
Reminds me of an old punch card - there's probably a code somewhere in there.
Joe Reaves 10 months ago
Well we went in totally different directions. It reminded me of Klimt.
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#54
This Bundle Of Planks Being Passed Off As A Coffee Table
Delineator 10 months ago
No… it’s a coffee table made look like a bundle of planks. The wood is far too straight to be actual planks and you can see where the metal frame is recessed into some of the ‘planks.’ It appears to be on casters as well.
Skitty Young 10 months ago
At the warehouse: “Boss, I crushed the new coffee table with this pallet of wood! What are we gonna do?!”
#55
I’m Bothered By Like Three Things
#56
Here, Now You’re Bottom From The Started
Lost Panda 10 months ago
Read it like you read the markings on the road.. .as they come at you
#57
No One Can See Your Cards, Including You
Symbols only visible if you hold a light to it at just the right angle. Purchased at RISD a decade ago.
#58
Troye Sivan’s Lifestyle Brand Is Selling A $610 “Bottomless Bowl.”
Aaaa Bbbb 10 months ago
The price is stupid, but the object itself isn't so bad. It keeps little objects like rings, glasses, etc. from rolling off of a side table where you might set things at the end of the day.
The Other Guest 10 months ago
You know what else keeps little objects from rolling off the side table? A bowl.
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This House, Where You Will Never See Any Sun Or Sky, Complete With Unusable Pool
Jrog 10 months ago (edited)
That's a rendering for a series of extreme architectural design for unusual residential houses. It is not a real house, and is not intended for actual building. Design by Takei Nabeshima Architects for the Solo House project, that was intended to create extreme rental properties. Only 2 pretty modest ones were built out of two dozen unrealistic designs
olaff 422 10 months ago
Me too! It's fun saying whatever I want on the internet.
Load More Replies... BrunoVI 10 months ago
The house seems impractical, but the pool looks fine. Why is it unusanle? (It looks like an overly designed sink, actually.
General Anaesthesia 10 months ago
"Unfortunately the pyramid shaped swimming pool below the house has been removed from the final design..." - https://medium.com/the-naked-architect/bizarre-buildings-part-3-inverted-pyramid-house-5dd88a3ba8d3
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#60
'minimum' - Please Let Me Know What You Think
BrunoVI 10 months ago
No worse than carolinian blackletter script from the medieval era. Look it up; not just the modern computer font vaguely reminiscent of it
Shark queen 🦈🦈🦈 10 months ago
I could at least tell that the medieval was actually trying to spell a word
Load More Replies... Damned_Cat 10 months ago
It's like one of the magic eye pictures. You have to look at it for a minute and then all of a sudden the word appears.
Delineator 10 months ago
Why is the serif on the “u” pointing up and right? Maybe pointing down and right like usual? Could be a lot more legible after adding serifs on the “m” and “n” that point up and left.
#61
Yay Or Nay?
Shark queen 🦈🦈🦈 10 months ago (edited)
I agree and I'd be willing to cleen it
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𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋 10 months ago
I imagine it would then make it very uncomfortable to sit on, as the lid would be pressing into your back. Because it wouldn’t be flat against the back of the toilet, no? So you’d be leaning forward.
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Rebecca O’Donnell 10 months ago
Going by the decals on the wall, my guess is you sit on top of the frog’s head. This is for young children. There is no lid.
#62
Server Had To Go Around And Tell Everyone At The Table That The Sharp Side Is The Flat (Top) Side
PattonPawter 10 months ago
whoever was on the fork design post asking what the knife looked like…here’s your answer
Roxy222uk 10 months ago
Sorry, I mean design a knife like that (or buy them), not warn people so they don't hurt themselves or struggle to cut their food.
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Lcoinmmcoln
Joe Reaves 10 months ago
Oh THANK YOU. I got Lincoln. I couldn't get Common.
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Tried Holding These Mugs But The Handle Made It Unnecessarily Hard To Do So
#65
For The Beer-Drinker Who Hates Drinking Beer
The Other Guest 10 months ago
Well, there's the whole "how do you wash it?" issue. Also when the beer level gets low enough, you'd *really* have to tip it high to get the fluid to the level of the - whatever the pinchy-part of an hourglass is called.
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#66
W The In R
highwaycrossingfrog 10 months ago
Based on the snowflake design, I'm going to take a massive deductive leap and guess that they're trying to combine Winter and Walking in the air? Best I can come up with
highwaycrossingfrog 10 months ago
Or possibly just Winter in the air? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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#67
Opaque Bottle Has Drinking Goal Marks
#68
Anyone Care To Decipher This?
#69
The Lampshade Is Not Something That Needs To Be Reinvented
S. E. in Indiana 10 months ago
Seeing that it really doesn't shade anything, I don't think it qualifies.
#70
This Hammer
Delineator 10 months ago (edited)
Nail pulling claw looks completely ineffective at getting under the head of a nail that’s sunk flush with the surface of the wood. The handle looks too short to get a solid blow on anything but the tiniest nails for hanging a picture frame, but imagine trying to sink a 3-1/2” or 90mm framing nail with that!? The metal coming halfway down the handle probably makes the balance point awkward.
#71
Salt & Pepper Shakers Designed To Look Like Grinders. They Had To Add Instructions
#72
I Mean… It’s Kind Of Cool Though
#73
My New Laptop's Keyboard Has The R And E Intentionally Printed Backwards
Kira Okah 10 months ago
Acer were promoting their dedication to sustainability - r and e are the first letters in "reduce, reuse, recycle", so the letters being reversed are the representation of this.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 10 months ago
So that "backwards r's" phrase people use in connection with me is about some laptop?
#74
Demistella Console Table By Ettore Sottsass For Up&up (Italy, 1990)
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 10 months ago
Remember that one Wii game where you stacked blocks? This looks like someone playing that irl.
#75
The Dune Popcorn Bucket
#76
Square Toilet Is Really Uncomfortable
Michael Largey 10 months ago
It's for people who have just gotten off an eight-hour flight.
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Brazen 10 months ago
Nothing. It's just the reflection of the lights. It does look weird though.
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This Lift's Jumbled Floor Indicator
#78
This Cup I Got At A Brunch It Also Leans Towards You
Shark queen 🦈🦈🦈 10 months ago
Yeah that's a no for me. I'd likely drop it within 30 seconds of holding it.
Kira Okah 10 months ago
It's not about dumbness, it's about dexterity. Any problems with your hands, this cup is going flying.
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This Trashbin At My Dentist
#80
The Rustic Asthetic Is Not Worth The Incredible Discomfort Of These Arm Rests
#81
Ashtray Chair, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nicole Weymann 10 months ago (edited)
To be fair: There aren't many things that go well with cigarettes, especially health-wise.
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Press Down For Soap! It Could Come Out... Well, Anywhere, Really
#83
A Bag That Things Can Fall Out Of
#85
I Don’t Know Where I Am At Target
S. E. in Indiana 10 months ago
What do you mean you don't know where you are at? You are in Target standing in front of that sign. Geez!
#86
New Store At My Mall. I Have No Idea What Its Called
Arthur Waite 10 months ago
Maybe that's the way to the 'washroom', you know, for a 'movement'.
#87
A Story A Is Will Deal Storr
#88
This Hotel Room Tap
Lyone Fein 10 months ago
I'm trying to understand the advantages of this. Makes it easier to wash my hair in the sink?
#89
Relax, They Say… No, Not All Design Must Be Practical, But There’s Surely A Reason To Why We’ve Evolved, Away From Drinking Horns
Lyone Fein 10 months ago
What's the problem? Same shape as most every other cup, glass, mug, stein.
Nicole Weymann 10 months ago
I prefer my cups to have a handle, especially for hot drinks, but the bigger problem is the bottomless saucer. Why make a cup/saucer combo, if the saucer is unusable for the one thing it's supposed to do, aka stop spillage from staining the table?
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How Someone Even Does This?
#91
Skateboard Chair By Florent Lasbleiz
#92
Semco37hls
#93
Outlet At My Hotel
#94
These Sticky Notes…
Firstname Lastname 10 months ago
If the bottom line is sticky, I'd use it as a bookmark with the peaks sticking out.
#95
Surely These Uncustomisable Chocolate Squares Belong Here?
Roxy222uk 10 months ago
Are they marketing as part of the dedication to helping their consumers eat a healthy diet? They tried that over here when they turned kingsize Mars or Snickers bars into two smaller bars in the same size packet - "one for now and one for later" or "great for sharing". F.u.c.k. off, you know full well people are just going to eat the same amount as before.
#96
"Hoopla" Doughnuts Made With "Doughnut Quarters" Apparently
#97
These Chairs
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kissmychakram 10 months ago
This should have been two different lists - WOW! and WTF? Anyone who thinks the BMW Isetta and the ashtray chair should be considered in the same class need their heads read.
Ken Beattie 10 months ago
Absolutely, some of the top voted items don't deserve to be on the list because they're not "over designed" they're perfectly designed.
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Ruth Watry 10 months ago
As somebody who uses stair rails due to a knee issue, some of those railings would kill me
Jaya 10 months ago
Once again, BP completely misses the point when stealing from another site. The point of that subreddit isn't about designs so bad that people had to shame them, it's about designs that are both fantastic and bad at the same time. Which is why so many of the designs in this post are really impractical yet totally fabulous.
Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago
TIL that there's quite a bit of bad design I actually really like
Elbert Jones 8 months ago
I love the BMW ISETTA. So many people buy BMW cars now a days because it costs over $30,000. The ISETTA is the one BMW a money obsessed person would not want to be caught in.
jjdubs W 10 months ago
BP I'm not paying to see the full content of what you ripped off from other people. FFS.
jjdubs W 10 months ago
I can just wait until People rips it off from you :D
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Michelle Randazzo 10 months ago
All I can think of are little kids getting their necks stuck, in that stair rail.
kissmychakram 10 months ago
This should have been two different lists - WOW! and WTF? Anyone who thinks the BMW Isetta and the ashtray chair should be considered in the same class need their heads read.
Ken Beattie 10 months ago
Absolutely, some of the top voted items don't deserve to be on the list because they're not "over designed" they're perfectly designed.
Load More Replies... Ruth Watry 10 months ago
As somebody who uses stair rails due to a knee issue, some of those railings would kill me
Jaya 10 months ago
Once again, BP completely misses the point when stealing from another site. The point of that subreddit isn't about designs so bad that people had to shame them, it's about designs that are both fantastic and bad at the same time. Which is why so many of the designs in this post are really impractical yet totally fabulous.
Disgruntled Panda 10 months ago
TIL that there's quite a bit of bad design I actually really like
Elbert Jones 8 months ago
I love the BMW ISETTA. So many people buy BMW cars now a days because it costs over $30,000. The ISETTA is the one BMW a money obsessed person would not want to be caught in.
jjdubs W 10 months ago
BP I'm not paying to see the full content of what you ripped off from other people. FFS.
jjdubs W 10 months ago
I can just wait until People rips it off from you :D
Load More Replies... Michelle Randazzo 10 months ago
All I can think of are little kids getting their necks stuck, in that stair rail.
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