Funny,FailsSEP 27, 2026

74 Evil Designers That Made Everyone Suffer Because Of Their Badly-Made Products

Denis Krotovas, Beverly Noronha and Jonas Žvilius

Every day we use a wide range of apps, devices, and products without even thinking about where they really come from. In reality, some designer probably spent a ton of time figuring out how to create the best item, which is how it eventually landed in your hands.

The problem is that some products clearly aren’t made properly, or maybe it’s that the person creating them just wanted to watch the world burn. That’s why we filled this list with crazy design fails that show just how bizarrely some things are created, so that you know what to avoid in the future.

#21 Completely Covering Your Only Menu With Ads

Subway counter with out-of-order menu screens showing colorful graphics, demonstrating terrible product design

Mr_Impossibro

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37points

As you may have noticed from this list, some designers expect consumers to roll with the punches and accept the weirdest ideas ever. Unfortunately, this attitude won’t work in the long run because people want smooth, efficient, quick-working inventions.

Anything that makes an individual’s day better without requiring many steps is exactly what they’ll choose over anything flashy. With digital products especially, designers need to make sure their invention works on any device without lag, or users will drop like flies.

#22 Ea Decided To Add Full-On Commercials In The Middle Of Gameplay In A $60 Game A Month After It's Release So It Wasn't Talked About In Reviews

An ad for The Boys on Amazon Prime, an example of terrible product design with intrusive advertisements.

Ydino

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36points

#23 Unremovable Ads On My $2,500 Samsung Smart TV

An ad for Angry Birds on a smart TV dashboard, showing a terrible product design with unwanted ads in the UI.

BrownLandlord

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35points

#24 They Replaced Half The Mirrors In My Local Shopping Mall's Bathroom With Advertising Boards!

A mirror with a bright screen in the middle, an example of terrible product design

BradleyZ17

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35points

A major part of good product design is accessibility, which means an item should be made with different types of people and their capabilities in mind. For digital products, inventors need to consider font size, contrasting colors so nothing fades into the background, and adjustable text.

Physical products should be easy to manage, hold, and use, not complicated or bulky. The best way for designers to assess an item's accessibility is to run multiple tests with a variety of people and keep making prototypes until something fits.

#25 My Age Preferences Are There For A Reason, Tinder

A Tinder notification stating they expanded user preferences without consent, demonstrating terrible product design.

AppleSlize

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34points

#26 We Can't Even Pump Fuel Anymore Without Holding A Digital Billboard (Netherlands)

A gas pump with a built-in advertisement displaying terrible product design

gaius_julius_caegull

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33points

#27 Self Checkout In The Airport Prompts You For A Tip

An order summary screen showing a forced tip prompt for a single bottle of water.

theWet_Bandits

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33points

Being a designer isn’t easy, but it can be fulfilling if you make a product everybody likes. Unfortunately, some inventors are so chaotic they might be playing tricks on people with terrible products, as you can see in the photos in this list.

If you’ve ever come across something that’s been horribly designed, we’d love to see it. So please share your photos and experiences so we can all know what to avoid.