25 Photos Of Design Fails People Saw In Public Spaces

When it comes to public spaces that everyone uses, we expect the designs implemented to be practical and aesthetically pleasing. The functionality should be intuitive for anyone to use without too much confusion and chaos. Unfortunately, not all designers seemed to have got the memo on this, according to the images in the gallery below. These impractical designs will have most users utterly flummoxed, and they make us wonder who thought this was a workable idea in the first place.

#1 This Is The Inside Of The Bathroom Door At A Bar In NYC. After Some Cocktails, It Is Impossible To Pick The Right One On The First Try

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#2 Every Waste Can In This Entire Major City's Hospital Is A Lie

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#3 Accessibility Ramp At The Resort I’m Staying At In Mexico

Image source: Boring_Customer4982 There are a bunch of other awful ramps around the premises, but this is definitely the worst one.

#4 Dublin Airport Didn't Think This Through

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#5 If Only There Was A Way To Number Apartments So You Can Tell What Floor They Are On

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#6 I Saw This At My School

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#7 Those Are Stairs

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#8 Braille Script Instead Of Being Embossed, Is Just Printed In Vande Bharat

Image source: lemniscaterr Serving no purpose at all. What kind of people are taking decisions for Indian Railways?

#9 There Is A Door In The Ceiling Of Our School. No One Knows Where It Goes (Including Teachers And Janitors), No One Has Ever Used It. It Mysteriously Opened A Few Days Ago, And No One Knows How. You Can’t See Anything In It, It’s Just Darkness. No One Has An Explanation. Our School Is 98 Years Old

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#10 Waiting Room At Pediatric Clinic Has Toys Secured Behind Plexiglass For Display Only - No Actual Toys For The Kids To Play With

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#11 "That's What's Missing - A Ceiling Mirror! Why Hasn't Anyone Thought Of This Before?"

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#12 This Clubs Toilets Have No Doors

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#13 The Wallpaper In The Women's Restroom At The Hotel I'm Staying At

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#14 Useless Access Ramp In A Dubai Shopping Mall

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#15 The Nonsensical Placement Of These Lights In This Classroom

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#16 My Hotel's "Pool Area"

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#17 No Need To Measure ... This Also Isn't A Installation Problem It Appears Multiple Times Throughout The University

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#18 My School Tried To Make The Staircase To The Cafeteria Accessible To Wheelchair Users

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#19 All Public Restrooms In America Seem To Be Like This - Why Bother Having A Door If It Doesn’t Cover You?

Image source: thinkIgotitbutIdont This isn’t the worst I’ve seen/used. I’m just tired of it and mildly infuriated.

#20 It Took Me Five Minutes To Figure Out How To Activate The Water (You Had To Spin The Golden Tip)

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#21 When Booking My Ticket, I Was Told I Might Have A Slightly Restricted View. ‘Slightly’ Is A Bit Of An Understatement

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#22 This Sink Drips Water Like Rain, It Is All One Pipe With Holes So If One Person Uses It Wastes Enough Water For 5 People And Doesn’t Even Provide A Steady Stream

Image source: Toxic_Don

#23 The Way These Pictures Are Hung In The Hallway At Work

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#24 You Could Have At Least Put The Bowl Under The Faucet

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#25 “Shall We Cut The Wall Or Remove The Fan?” “No”

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