Funny,Home & Design,FailsSEP 15, 2022

"Awful Taste And Awful Execution": 35 Hilarious Pics From This Online Thread

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It is absolutely fascinating to discuss the balance between function and form when it comes to various designs. Here’s the problem, though: many people tend to assume that a product, ad, or work of art has to necessarily be either aesthetic or super-functional if it doesn’t strive for balance. How naive! We’re here to show you that there are some truly horrible design ideas out there. Awful taste, as well as awful execution, is putting it mildly.

And that’s where the ‘Awful Taste And Awful Execution’ (aka ATAAE) online community comes in. A subreddit uniting 81.5k members, it’s a celebration of everything that’s awful, taste-wise. We’ve collected some of their best (or would that be ‘worst’?) pics to share with you. The images are a great reminder that you, Pandas, have far better taste.

Scroll down, and let us know which of these designs you loved to hate the most by giving them a big ol’ upvote. Oh, and don’t be shy—share your honest thoughts with everyone in the comments.

#21 Renovations Done To 500-Year-Old Caldwell Tower In Scotland

Gangleri_Graybeard

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According to Antoniuk, from the University of Alberta, people can generally intuitively feel what designs are good and which ones aren’t.

"Quite often, this relates to ergonomics and the usability or functionality of the products and services and systems. Having said that, I think far too many people expect poor design that doesn’t really work well," he told us.

#22 Poor Thing Needs To Be Put Out Of Its Misery

wolfie360

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#23 There’s A Lot To Unpack Here

bobilygarvelan

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#24 Horrible Tattoo And Use Of A Birthmark

TruckFluster

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"For me, great design is what Dieter [Rams] talks about—it is also intuitive, it is deeply sympathetic and empathetic to the user at all levels, and at some level, it is emotional. It is a catalyst for giving us feelings."

#25 When You’re Trashy But Also Complex

SarcasticBarbie96

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#26 100k And He Still Doesn't Look Like The Biebs

yomamasamilf

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#27 F**k Me

curiousiceberg

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Which of these pics did you find the most painful to look at, dear Pandas? Why do you think some people have such a hard time realizing that their sense of what does and does not work totally doesn't match what's actually aesthetic? How would you break the news to someone to tell that they might just lack taste and may need to develop it more? Let us know in the comments!