Most things go through a few drafts, for good reason. In a similar vein, proofreaders will often get a second set of eyes on some project. However, there are some folks in charge out there who feel that one and done is all it takes and are pretty insistent that their ideas work despite, well, the mountain range of evidence to the contrary.
So we’ve gathered some of the worst design fails from across the internet to make you feel a bit better about your own not-so-successful attempts at making something. Get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts and stories in the comments below.
What makes these fails so shareable, though, is that most of them aren’t hidden in some technical backend nobody sees. They’re staring you right in the face on a staircase, a bathroom door, or a poorly cropped billboard. Visual absurdity travels fast because you don’t need any special expertise to spot it.
Anyone can look at a bench installed facing a brick wall and understand, instantly and completely, that a mistake was made somewhere between the blueprint and the concrete. That universal readability is exactly why these posts keep spreading and why scrolling through a pile of them feels less like judging strangers and more like bonding with everyone else who has ever stared at a confusing object and thought, who approved this.
#32 This Harvey’s Sippy Lid - Has A Hole To Drink From And Another One To The Left That Pots Your Drink All Over Your Lap!
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#33 Let's Make A Bottle Opener That's Hard To Use, Hard To Hold, And Uses Twice The Materials!
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