Funny,FailsSEP 13, 2026

82 Hilariously Bad Designs That Make You Wonder If Their Creators Had Any Taste (New Pics)

Rugilė Žemaitytė and Jonas Grinevičius

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We all deserve quality. Well-designed products, environments, and advertisements should be the baseline for everyone. But that’s naive. The upside of less-than-perfect design decisions—as frustrating and icky as they are—is that they create a lot of room for unintentional comedy. And they help you see what your sense of taste is like, too!

Today, we’re featuring some of the most hilariously bad design fails ever, and you have to wonder how they ever got approved. These are the things that should never have left brainstorming sessions, blueprints, and blackboard drafts!

#61 Spotted In The Nashville Airport

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#62 A Tounge Sticking Out Underneath Her Mouth

A blue dog toy, possibly from Blues Clues, showing a funny design fail with its eyes.

House0fmouseworks

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#63 A Pie Chart Used In A Workplace Training

A pie chart from a Gallup Poll for 2024 showing 52% Not Engaged, highlighting an unhinged design fail in engagement.

gampsandtatters

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#64 Cyber Truck Bike Rack Blocks The License Plate And Brake Lights

A car on a highway with a bike rack that completely obscures the license plate, a clear design fail.

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#65 $1800/Mo 1 Bedroom Apartment In NJ

Light switch partially covered by a door frame, showcasing a clear design fail in home construction.

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#66 A Poster I Saw On The Train

An unhinged design fail on a Flavour Network ad with the words There's food and tacos with peppers and lime.

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#67 New Lids At Starbucks. The Barista Said "They're Not Easy To Drink Out Of. "

A Starbucks cup with a compostable lid, showcasing a design fail with an unhinged small drinking hole.

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#68 I Could Handle Straddling The Toilet While I Wash My Hands, But The Doors…

A small, poorly designed bathroom with a sink, toilet, and narrow window. This is a design fail.

Ithinkthisllwork

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#69 This Monitor Made For Bending Cables (Already Took One Hdmi Life Fs In Chat)

A poorly designed power outlet, resulting in a cable that bends at an extreme angle.

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#70 This Isn't How Wordle Works

Blue shot glass with a Wordle-inspired design showing LUCKY GUESS, an unhinged design fail.

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#71 Tea, Teaea, Tea!

A black tea canister with vertically stacked letters spelling out TEA TEA, a hilarious design fail.

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#72 Measuring Tape Using Cm, But Its Length Is In Inches

Yellow and black tape measure with a metal clip, showing a design fail where the clip is screwed over a measurement.

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#73 My Work Keyboard Has Swapped Volume Keys… Why Would This Brand Do That Smh

A pink keyboard with white round keys, showing a red circle around the F3, F4, F5, F6, 5, and 6 keys, indicating design fails.

Critical_Hurry_8270

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#74 The Switches Don't Really Match Up

A framed sign showcasing a design fail: Cell phones off, Learning on with distracting doodles.

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#75 The Urinal Is Right In Front Of The Stall Door In A Bathroom At My University

Hilariously unhinged design fails: A urinal placed awkwardly close to a stall door in a public restroom.

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#76 Sprinkle Scented Wax Melts That Look Like Sprinkles

A jar of Pink Zebra Sprinkles for home fragrance, a design fail due to its resemblance to actual sprinkles.

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#77 The Letters In This Star

A Blanco County Sheriff's Office deputy emblem on a police car, a design fail with scattered letters.

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#78 I Guess You Have To Sniff These To Tell The Shampoo From The Conditioner

Hilariously unhinged design fail: shampoo and conditioner bottles labeled with North 39° and North 39°.

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#79 So We Drinking Out Of Mermaids’ Buttholes Now

Green mermaid tail straw and cup display at a coffee shop, an example of design fails in retail.

lik3r_of_things

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#80 You Can Have Both The H And The R, Or You Can Have Neither

Hilariously unhinged design fail on a white van with misspelled company name HETTER instead of BETTER for heating and cooling.

thatbrunettethere

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