Unless you’re a graphic designer or a person with an eye for arts and, well, design, you don’t think too much about it. We mean about the fact that the milk carton you have in your fridge was actually designed by someone or that the writing on your toothpaste tube is actually the product of somebody’s meticulous work. That is, you really don’t think about it until you encounter a case of bad graphic design. Then, the failed designs are glaringly obvious and utterly hilarious, making us think our thoughts sequencing around the key phrase, How on Earth did it pass the inspection? But, since most of us are human here and share the same passion for laughing at incredibly hilarious design fails made by someone else, we invite you to laugh at them together with this awesome list full of graphic design fails from hell.
So, the fact is you’ll find such crazy examples of bad design here, you wouldn’t have thought they were possible in the first place. After all, they are the fruits of somebody’s work; then someone had to approve them, then do the final layouts, and release these poor graphic designs into the wild. Again, How on Earth? Well, sure, some human errors can always slip through the cracks unnoticed, but these are just poor excuses for doing the job you were supposed to be good at. Anyway, more laughing stock for us!
Now, our top picks of the funniest design fails await you just a teensy bit below, so scroll on down and check them out. However, you probably shouldn’t check out this article while working, because once you start soaking in these bad designs, you won’t be able to stop until you’ve finished with the whole bunch - a hundred and five submissions!
Oh, right, before you start - don’t forget to give your vote for the Bad Graphic Design contest winners and share this article with your graphic designer friends; we’re sure they will appreciate this cringefest.
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Why Are They So Excited By This
This Habitat For Humanity Van
I wonder that with all the graphic design errors/foul -ups they do on these transit vans!
Load More Replies...But the freezers run out of room! Where am I supposed to put the bodies?!
The Land Is Blue And The Water Is White. I Am Not Proud To Say That I Spent Multiple Minutes Trying To Figure Out Why All The Cities Were Underwater
Wait, wasn't there another BP fact that fish can't actually SEE they are in water? So do they think they can fly?
Load More Replies...i was born in st. petersburg, can confirm it’s underwater (edit for typo)
I thought it was only sometimes underwater. Like Florida.
Load More Replies...Forget about the colour. IRELAND IS NOT CALLED ENGLAND. WE WILL GO TO WAR WITH THEM AGAIN UNLESS THIS IS CHANGED.
That’s trippy. I am having a hard time making my brain justify this
IKR?! And either Portugal went on a diet and got much thinner than I can recall, or it's been "absorbed" by the Kingdom of Spain...
Load More Replies...I thought that the white was a zoomed in part of a continent 🤦🏼♀️ shows how bad I am at geography 🤣
Speak No Evil, See No Evil
Silly, you only need 8 pounds of force to remove your ear :)
Load More Replies...if they had ear remover, I’d be happy cus i can’t hear people talk.
An Unfortunate Logo For A Fitness Center
I appreciate it. I was going to walk in, but decided to go to McDonald's instead.
Load More Replies...Teacher: What's so funny? Me: nuthing. Also me: *Subway surfer police man sobbing at this sign*
For people who want to stay fat. Or for people who just like food.
no wonder it is empty, Bonesko get the staff a McD while you are at it
I wonder if these are the kind of people that have seats installed in the refrigerator
My Son Is Too Terrified To Learn Anything From These Speech Therapy Worksheets, And Frankly I Don't Blame Him
...and those expressions are supposed to correspond with the pronunciation???
What the hell is with the eyes, and do we really shout words containing R
It's Pretty Good Advice
Do not exceed 20 children. Do not exceed 20, children. If you do have 20 children, for God's Sake don't let them drive.
I feel like this number should be much lower. Maybe don't exceed 2 children
The Paper In This Sliced Cheese Makes It Look Like It Has Mold Spots
🙅🏿♀️🙅🏽🙅🏻♂️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏿🤦🏽♂️🙎🏻♀️🙎🏿🙎🏽♂️🙍🏻♀️🙍🏿🙍🏽♂️ th re you go @Silvermidnight
This Bus
It's like Mr t said drink your school ,stay in milk. And remember kids you know enough
Do The Children Lay On The Road?
Do the children bring their own speed bumps and put them down when they are present?
I Guess My World History Class Skipped Quite A Bit
Obviously typed/designed by someone trying to do the number 2 in roman numerals.I think they were going for II but in a different font obviously,
There have been many world wars in BC but in the 9th World War we accidentally doomed our own civilization and humans got wiped out. Labs underground just released a butch of premade human individuals to the ground and then activated self-destruction.And here we are the new world
No, it's right. They changed the calendar after WW 9.
Load More Replies...It Almost Seems Intentional
Am I the only one who is bothered by her arm??! The white dress makes it look detached.
Sad fact from the national institute of health:Research involving Chinese vocational school students found that mobile phone dependence was positively correlated with suicidal ideation, and the risk of suicide was much higher among students with mobile phone dependence and depressive symptoms (25).Jan 27, 2022
Don't buy this phone, it'll only make you miserable and you will end up like Ashley here.
"kill yourself it only takes a minute you'll be happy that you did it so go over to the oven and shove your head in it" -bo burnham (dont kys guys ☺☺☺)
I Feel Like This Is Meant To Be Inclusive But
This toilet is exclusively for trans people with 3 legs or very short legs
That has to be a design fail, but there is no way it actually made it's way onto an actual area...
Who Thought It Was A Good Idea To Put An Image Of 7 Churros For The Sign Of 3 Churros
It's like bread stick but its more of a pastry. usually accompanied with chocolate sauce or something sweet for dipping.
Load More Replies...Jesus fūcking christ, one measly churro for $1.50?! In Spain you can buy 7 for about €2.00
I Mean It's Self Explanatory And They Failed
Picture a captured Captain Jean Luc Picard shirtless, yelling, "THERE. ARE. FOUR. BELLS!!!!"
I saw a shed all on its own in the desert that said: hotel, shop and fire station ....umm
I would make a joke, but I'm pretty sure I'd get banned for being racist, so I won't say it. XD
I will not be sharing how long it took me to see what is wrong with this picture
It's like the sea captain said arrrrr..... Six bells time for closing....... Fairly warned be thee says I...
So Are You Open Or Nope?
Wow! What A Bargain!
Damn they selling this now? I got one as a family heirloom years ago man!
HAhahaha... Hey, can I sell mine? Yeah, the entrance next doo... and why is this Familiar *CF* (what is CF, again?)?
This Woman Turning Into Fish Roll
What if that's how they get their entrees, luring people in?
Load More Replies...I See Your "Use Before: Made In China" And Raise You "Warning - Made In China"
Instead of all the safety advice, they just get right to the point;
Rip Troy
🧐 Is that a window or 3-D picture, because it looks like his zip-up sweater-vest is casting a shadow on the frame 🤔
I think maybe the picture dosen't fit in the frame well
Load More Replies...But Do Not Leave Children Unattended At Whole Foods
Bold Choice Of Layout For This Type Of Magazine Binding
My boyfriend finds timothee chalamet attractive (I think he needs to take better care of his hair) and I really want to send him the second pic
Disney Font Puts The Fun In Funeral
This was not created by a graphic designer, who would have immediately realized that (1) the background needed to be less opaque to increase contrast for legibility, (2) three different fonts is one too many, (3) the tagline does not need quotation marks, (4) having all the text centered looks amateur, (5) the logo needs to be more coherent, and (6) the graphic is weird, badly cropped, and not relevant in any way to the product. Did I miss anything?
You dont need to be a graphic designer to notice these
Load More Replies...should've used that font for the whole sign. That would have been FUN! heh. ...heh... ...heh.
I Followed This Bus For 4 Blocks To Wait For It To Pull Over To Share This Beautiful Work Of Art
Give a Babe Ruth. Sloth's been working hard. 😁
Load More Replies...This Map Showing Where A Seller Ships Items To, Where Nothing Is Even Close To Correct. Also, French Is A Country Now
i don't read this like a map, but as a non geographical list of countries delivered
"Arial" May Be Simple, But It Has One Significant Flaw
Even after reading that, you're still not 100% sure what letter it starts with.
Load More Replies...This font and many others have made my life even more difficult because I live in apartment i and it gets mistaken as a one or lowercase L. 😖
In my handwriting "could" and "COVID" are indistinguishable
Everyone In Wyoming Has Aids Now. Sorry, I Don’t Make The Rules
It's the bear's fault. Look at it, acting all innocent.
Load More Replies...This Paper Towel Sign
White paper towels for customers, brown paper towels for employees.
Load More Replies...Brown means "not bleached" paper towels. Actually, it's a way better choice than white paper towels.
In this case it sounds like the brown ones are thinner, poorer quality (I.e. cheaper) and that's why the white ones are only for customers. I've used good quality brown ones before and I do prefer it.
Load More Replies...I hope they are trying to explain that the roles that are white go in customer bathrooms and the roles that are brown go behind the counter?
Please edit that to "rolls" because "roles" has an entirely different meaning!
Load More Replies...At A Local Library. Have No Idea What’s Going On
Boy, did Gen Z REALLY mess up when they recreated the idea for the Walkman.
If you have no head, how else are you going to use headphones? People are so quick to judge these days
Ah Yes, Popular Condiments Salt & Eppe
Thanks. You just helped me finish my crossword.
Load More Replies...My Son Who Just Started To Read, “Hell Baby. Hell Baby. Hell Baby!!!”
I Can't Even Figure Out What They're Trying To Say
Hark! Methinks it doth be a woeful occasion to have thy eyes!
When you order we smash that fresh ball of beef on a hot-buttered ball and delicious burger, grill to sear the burger you can taste. Possibly??
When you order, we smash that fresh ball of beef on a hot-buttered grill.... (rest unintelligible)
when you order, grill to we smash SEAR that fresh ball of beef SEAR on a hot-buttered the burger YOU CAN TASTE and delicious burger
It's A Trap!
Dusty House? Why Not Breathe In Chlorine!
No no no, this is just the first step. Next you use ammonia to clear out the bleach.
That really made me laugh! Don't forget to chug some of that bleach to clear out any viral infections as well...
Load More Replies...All Ye Shall Come To Me For The Healing Of Burgers
Good gravy, good meat, good lord, let's eat. In the name of the father, the son and the holy ghost, who eat's the fastest gets the most. Ramen.
The Maze On The Kids Menu Is Impossible To Get Through
Verily doth it be! Oh, and how terribly verily be it thus so.
Load More Replies...Lol I was going to comment these exact same words
Load More Replies...😂 True! I didn’t notice that before reading this!!
Load More Replies...No Farting On Pregnant Women
I thought it was no pregnant people or people with back pain and backpacks
Load More Replies...Sorry but I found this clear enough: No pregnant prime or those with back pain. Stay 6m from other cars. No taking photos whilst driving. Not the worst on here.
Don't ride the go-karts if you're pregnant or have back pain.
Load More Replies...This Bag That You Don't Want A Child To Come Across
"+ de THC, + défoncé" = "more THC, more high", explicit :D
It's actually a pot edible made to look like a kid's candy
Load More Replies...You would think that this is the actual reason they are banned in the U.S
This Entirely Nonsensical Airline Safety Warning
there is no danger we are not on fire, sinking or breaking our windows,all is fine, enjoy your flight with HELP Airlines
I Dont Think I've Been To A Mcoads Before
I worked at McDonald's not too far from the corporate office. This was in the 90s. Though I never went to the Corp office, I once heard they served beer there if you were of age at the mcds on site and that it was set up like a fine dining establishment as well. Does anyone know if there's truth in that?
This New Wall Art In My Office
You're reading it wrong. It's 'Nothing is possible. Every I'm'
Load More Replies...I love it. Sounds like my motto. No to everything. I am impossible. Just add "leave me alone, thanks," at the end.
What do you want to bet that's right outside their Communications Dept?
Can U Read It Properly?
Unfortunately, the female lead had not deciphered this message in time, no matter how much the audience yelled.
Load More Replies...Listen up boys . . . home is where we are to get her . . .remember the plan . .
Home is where we are to get her....THIS HOUSEHOLD HAS SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS!
Herpes!
pretty sure they tried to spell "herbs", but also added an E. whoever made this needs to go to graphic design school and go back to the third grade.
I Had To Create An Account Just To Share This Here!
:D yes, the shoulders crushed by the weight of life and the heart torn away
Load More Replies...Hmmm... Not exactly what I envisioned. I know! Let's randomly make some of the letters bold for no functional reason. Also, the header and subheader must be justified, even if it means sacrificing punctuation and grammar.
Barbara what happened?! Did you fight with Gertrude over bingo again!?
Someone needs to make a new font that's a different person for each letter lol
Someone Chose The Wrong Colors On My Boardroom Doors At Work
reminds me of a "poop alone" "poop with friends" drawing I saw on bp around a toilet stall lock.
Happy Birthday Ha
Read it from top down and you'll sound like a cowboy chasing cows. XD
The HR Departments Attempt To Discourage Human Contact At My Work
I think only the handshake between people of different color is forbidden. Same color contact is probably OK.
Taking Bad Graphs Into A New Dimension
That's painful, but at least they did not try to make a venn diagram out of it.
Not the best graph in the world but it gets the point across. Pretty interesting actually!
no, it doesn't, you can't tell which bits are bigger without a protractor, ruler and scientific calculator
Load More Replies...Found In A Thrift Shop, You Are What?
We were was born the world you were I was born?
Load More Replies...We were was born the world you were I was born. Makes perfect sense
sewere was born the world you were I go born was what I first read 💀
At first I thought this was a printer’s test or priming shirt with two designs on top of it, but the individual designs don’t make sense, either.
This Is A Poster By A Design School
Hours At My Local Subway
To be fair if the time does update, like Sunday changes to closing at 8:00 it will be easier to scrape off the 10 , and change it to a 8
Be… What?
Be Una Polo Geti Cally You = Be unapologetically you and cringe hard
And here I am trying to decipher the "spanish" and thinking "oh, they misspelled Pollo but what is the rest supposed to mean". Took me too damn long to realize 😂
Must have been a graduate of that terrible design school from before...
I Texted Two Zeros Multiple Times Before I Realized That Was An O
Hello. I'm here. You can see me parked on the curb. The blue car across the street.
The Color Coding For This Graphic
so everyone is dead then except people from Greenland as you are either purple and starving or red and in charge of the continents sinking, global warming and rising sea levels
“Thou Shalt Use 24 Point Font. Thou Shalt Not Use 23 Unless Immediately Proceeding To 24. 22 Is Right Out!
Ride On Spac Eship
guess they figured... "Nah, let it go as is. The kid can't read yet anyway".
Clearly that is the name of the character. The exciting new adventures of Spac Eship!
wE'rE gOiNg oN a TrIp iN oUr FaVoRiTe SpAc EsHiP (ik that's not the lyrics but its what i heard when i saw this)
This Is In Our Hotel Room. Sunshine?
hello? doctor? I think I've caught dyslexia. Is it contagious?
Load More Replies...Maybe it's a game and you see how many words you can make from those letters? Sunshine, sushi, shine, shin, etc... Smh!!!
Home Where Heart
I left it at mcdonalds after having a bigmac because it wouldn't work anymore.
Load More Replies...If you look hard enough it says home is where the heart is if anyone missed that
Meat Coffee, Anyone? Seen At The Clearance Section At Martwal
Many years ago when a new TV show came out, Walmart had these great Sponge Bob Square Briefs shirts and I wish I'd bought a dozen
I Don't Think Someone Thought This Through
If I understood correctly the drawing after "I" and before "my" was supposed to look like a heart
Load More Replies...No one is going to address whatever is cropped out of the picture under the "C" on the bottom left? It doesn't make sense because we don't have all the information.
A Fast-Food Place Signboard (With A Poor Choice Of Word Layout)
Pibu zzarger? I am personally offended by this statement about my hedgehoggy mother in my planet’s language!
Well, I personally think your mother is not a pibu zzarger but a shcnapom qweepi!
Load More Replies...Math Will Take You Places, But Not Mongolia
This Clock In A Maths Book Is Showing 1:30 O'Clock
The large clock in a local pharmacy had this problem for a long time. Confusing!
No wonder children and young adults can't read analog clocks anymore 😕
She Already Won, And 3 Pieces Are Floating. Epic
CONNECT 4 IS NOT AN UPRIGHT CHECKERS GAME!!! I am personally offended by this horrible design.
She is cheating again MOM!! She already has 12 pieces and is adding another while he has only played nine... CHEATER!!
I can't explain in words the massive feeling of "why on planet earth is this a thing" and "who thought this was a good idea".
There's No Place Like Hame
Now then, I have visited Hame it is well loved but hates being belittled
I Am Lived
The voice of Miracle Max from The Princess Bride is reading this out in my head. "I am laaaaaaved"
Maybe they were trying to say livid but thought there was an e instead of an i at the end
I think they were trying to say loved, but the tree was a horrible replacement for the o
Load More Replies...The Serving Size On These Oatmeal Cookies Is A “1/3 Of A Cookie”
They also show the "facts" for a whole cookie, but the math is all over the place
A can of Cambell's tomato soup purports to contain 2.5 servings. You know, for those times when you thought, "Damn, I wish I had a half-serving of soup."
Eat the whole thing and that last bite gives you an extra 10mg of Sodium!!
Oh My God there is no cholesterol in a 1/3rd of a cookie, wow I shall have 3 then
I’m Having A Hard Time Figuring Out What I Should Remember And What I Should Forget…
It's Supposed To Be A Clock
i don't understand abstract clocks. they're for telling the time, not making you stare at this object on the wall in complete confusion for at least half a minute
I Don’t Understand Why Graphic Design Companies Don’t Have The Best Logos
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍 read it in a clenched teeth tone
Load More Replies...looking too long on a computer screen or phone and not looking up and outside at the sky you know real life and weather and the sun!
This Pub Is Supposed To Be Called “Bunch Of Grapes” And I Saw This Unreadable Logo And Asked My Mate “How Far Is The Pub Then?”
I never understand why businesses insist on this kind of wraparound graphic. Do you want people to find your place or not because you sure aren't making it easy!
They were (maybe) trying to create a logo, it might have worked better if it were center justified. (more like a bunch of grapes).
Win River Plumbing
Took me a minute to realize “Win River Plumbing” was not the intended name.
When you realise it say 'Twin Rivers' you can magically see the 'T' & the 'S'.
I actually saw that van today at the hospital I work at! Thought it looked familiar so I zoomed in on the phone number+city. Sure enough.....
Central Ohio Emergency Map, Shouldn’t Red Be Most Severe?
New Paint On The Wall At My Gym
My brain insisted on singing the righthand part in Harry Belafonte's voice.
John Is Not Listening To The Story In The Classroom
This Horribly Photoshopped Portable Cooler
That's exactly how i felt...I mean it's definitely photoshopped but i feel like it works
Load More Replies...Brace For Inter Wwith?
Not to mention that, according to the clock, they are bracing for winter in July
Today on American Discovers That Other Countries Exist:
Load More Replies...My Mom Showed Me This Cause She Didn’t Get It… And I Don’t Really Either??
ouch. my head hurts. oh, the pain. someone should just burn that school down to the ground, just burn it.
I didn't understand it either... can someone explain what's written here?
I THINK it's trying to say "breathe it all in, love it all out" like, breathe everything in, and then let everything out in the form of love?
Load More Replies...Pulve Fitness Club?
…Are you sure the person is still alright? That pulse looks ominous
The Sign On This Coffee Shop Is Terrible. I Can't Even Read The First Word. I Can't Imagine They Thought This Through
Owner: "The sign will be this *scribbles*" Contractor: "Say no more*
It’s unravel coffee, I saw this straight away. It looks like my handwriting
Load More Replies...This is what happens when u use electronic capture to sign your company name
Never New Mercury Looked Like That
Probably in a castle at the bottom of the ocean
Load More Replies...I’m Not Even Entirely Sure What This Is Supposed To Say
I think it's supposed to say I love the sound you make when you shut up?!?!?
Load More Replies...We’ve Got A New Continent Everybody
apparently my motherland is a continent now, maybe it’s finally big enough to hold putin’s ego. probably not though.
Why poor Canada? It's supposed to be continents, so North America would be accurate. (Or am I missing something?)
Load More Replies...Putin sits at home waiting for Climate Change to bring back the Bering Strait so he can invade Alaska.
Load More Replies...Why The Flag Of Czech Republic Is Upside Down
You literally need to be a native Czech to catch the error here. Hiding in the weeds is Great Britain from 1606 to 1801.
Actually, yes.. even though they're similar (and part of the same family, I think..) pomelo and grapefruit are not the same thing
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