25 Photos Of The Most Idiotic Designs Spotted In The Wild

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We tend to assume that earning a qualification in any expert-led field requires at least a modicum of intelligence. Yet these photos of abysmally designed spaces, buildings, and products call into question not only the competence of individual professionals, but the credibility of the entire industry.

Designing anything is rarely an overnight venture. There are concept meetings, brainstorming sessions, approval stages, and countless other steps before execution. Looking at this bizarre collection of examples, however, you can’t help but doubt the whole system and wonder how so many people failed to spot the flaws right from the outset.

#1 Unbalanced Pan. Only Stands Correctly When There Is Weight In It – Pretty Annoying And Even Dangerous With Hot Oil

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#2 You Can’t Drink Out Of This Bottle Without Hurting Your Nose

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#3 This Entrance Sign Looks Like A “Do Not Enter” Sign

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

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#5 The Staircase At My Hotel Room Just Drops Off

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#6 This Gardening Nutrient Mix That Looks Like Ketchup. It Even Says “Great Flavour”

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#7 Battery Acid Looks Like A Refreshing Bottle Of Water

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#8 Hair Dye Which Looks Like Cereal Box

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#9 A Bicycle Path In Belgium

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#10 Long Invisible Steps

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#11 Been To This Guy’s Place Twice And Have On Multiple Occasions Fallen Victim To The Shin-Blaster 2000

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#12 Slanted Table Front – Stuff Slides Off

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#13 Dangerous Design For A Surface Cleaner

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#14 Roof Of University Building Intentionally Leaks Water And It Spatters Everywhere

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#15 Why Put Meltable Plastics On A Thing That Gets Hot?

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#16 This “Engineering Building” At My University Which Was So Poorly Designed It Was Deemed Unsafe For Use And Is Now Derelict

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#17 At What Point Do You Just Go “Ya Know What, It Isn’t Worth The Open Floor Water Feature”

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#18 This Black Lodge Floor Tiling That Supermarkets In My City Have Now

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A certain supermarket chain went through rebranding and is now changing all floor tiling to this. Yes, this is on purpose. Yes, it being uneven is ALSO on purpose. All of this is outlined in a brand book. Basically, it’s specifically designed to be uncomfortable to look at to draw shoppers’ gaze to the shelves to increase sales. Guess what? They’re about to lose sales because this gives me migraines.

#19 So Is It Off Or Set To 60 Watts?

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#20 The Entrance Of Possible End

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#21 Been Stuck Sitting In This Horrid Chair All Afternoon

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#22 This Is Elmer’s Gue… Don’t Eat It?

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#23 The Hidden Danger Of A Pineapple Lamp

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#24 These Are Very Sharp, Very Adult Knives

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#25 Accessibility Ramp At The Resort I’m Staying At In Mexico. There Are A Bunch Of Other Awful Ramps Around The Premises, But This Is Definitely The Worst One

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Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.