Apparently, design isn’t for everyone. Some people will make the weirdest and most questionable design decisions, that if you so happen to see them, you probably won’t believe they’re real.
If the people who made these mistakes had just taken a bit extra time and care to make these things, then maybe they wouldn’t have turned out so bad. On the plus side, they’re kind of hilarious.
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“I my bike.”
If you look really, really closely at this button, you can actually make out the little heart next to the “I.” It’s almost the same color as the background, which is why it doesn’t show up very well.
Someone really messed up in designing this. And it would’ve been so easy to fix, too.
“Idnicvleurssiiotny?” (Diversity & Inclusion).
The long, illegible text on the bottom of the image is supposed to read “inclusion” and “diversity.” But the way that it’s all jumbled up like this just makes it look like a mess. Ironically, for something that’s supposed to promote diversity and inclusion, it’s pretty inaccessible.
“This hose cart creates water from thin air.”
Amazon product pages are always complete messes. They very obviously Photoshop products into scenes, and it almost always looks bad.
This hose reel isn’t even hooked up to anything, which is a problem considering the fact that the model in the picture is using it. Where’s the water coming from?
“I think someone got drunk while trying to place these letters on the wall.”
You ever go to a party and rearrange those magnetic letters and words on a fridge to make something ridiculous? Well, this has nothing on that.
In fact, I’m not even going to take a guess at what this is supposed to mean. What do you think it says?
“WeareSoproudoFyou.”
Ah, graduation season. A time where kids and young adults celebrate their achievements. And we celebrate with them. Maybe not with this banner, though.
The fact that there are no spaces in between the phrase “we are so proud of you” is only made worse by the weird capitalizations. Why are the S and (worse) the F capitalized?
“Great for anyone who needs to use disabled access/get between carriages.”
The worst designs are the ones that don’t bother to take accessibility into account. If someone has a disability, or they’re pushing a stroller, it’s going to be very hard for them to get through this aisle. It could’ve all been avoided if that one seat was just taken out.
“Found this Frankenstein of a shirt while packing my things for moving houses:”
Yeah, I have no idea what’s going on here. Is this the result of some kind of printing error? Was this shirt made to look like this on purpose? The two sides seemingly have nothing to do with one another, so the whole thing is just incredibly baffling.
“Why the chicken cross the road? To go in the bushes, apparently!”
Crosswalks are great, especially when they actually lead somewhere. Unless you like crossing the street and immediately walking into a shrub fence, you probably aren’t going to get much use out of something like this. What a waste of resources.
“I’ve been staying at my girlfriend’s for 6 months and I’ve just now noticed this in the rear neighbour’s house.”
There’s honestly nothing funnier than a door to nowhere. I mean, hopefully it’s sealed off so that whoever lives there doesn’t accidentally try to walk out and get hurt. But it’s such a pointless addition to a building that I can’t help but laugh at it.
“Congrats 2201.”
Whoever posted this sign has to be from the future! I wonder who it is; I have so many questions about what life is going to be like two hundred years from now and—oh, that’s supposed to say 2021… The placement of the numbers is really off.
“The [shutters] for this bathroom can be opened from the outside.”
I mean, at least if you’re using this bathroom, you can probably assume that whoever’s in that building with you will respect your privacy. But then again, who knows?
I definitely wouldn’t use a bathroom with such an obvious design oversight, not just because of privacy, but because those shutters would let too much sound escape…
“Meanwhile in a Turkish fast food restaurant.”
Pizza, pasta, what’s the difference? Well, there are a lot of pretty obvious differences between the two, but it should go without saying. Whoever made this sign either didn’t get the memo, or just had pizza on the brain. I kind of think that the latter is more likely.
“Pretty sure Weis hired a literal 5 year old to decorate this cake.”
Whoever did this may not have the brightest future as a cake decorator. This is such a mess, from the smudged, poorly written letters, to the weird balloons and border. It’s kind of shocking that someone paid money for this. But hey, if the cake still tastes good, the decoration doesn’t matter as much.
“The end of this Bike Lane in my city, Milano.”
The way that everything is congested like this is kind of stressing me out. The way it ends so abruptly next to a crosswalk like that makes zero sense.
There’s barely any room to move through it; you’d almost have to go onto the street. Which, you know, defeats the purpose of a bike lane.
“The cowardly lion has seen some things…”
This may be a statue of the Cowardly Lion, but it’s really scaring me. That face is not okay. Those beady eyes, that weird, small nose, the fact that it has eyebrows… yeah, no. It’s disturbing. Whoever made this statue really messed it up.
Odinero
I’m not gonna lie, it took me a long time to realize that that sign is supposed to say “diner,” not “odinero.” The two O’s on each end are actually logos. But their placement and size make them look like they’re supposed to be part of the word. A really silly design oversight if you ask me.
“Much more convenient!”
So you’re saying, instead of just…you know, posting the hours, this mall is making you scan a QR code to see them? How is that going to be any faster than just posting the hours? I’m getting irrationally angry at this. I’m laughing, but I’m also angry.
“I thought this was the urinal… very close call!”
So you’re saying that a public restroom somewhere in the world decided to install sinks that not only look like urinals, but are the same height as them? Hopefully this doesn’t cause too much confusion, or else… oh, that would be so gross. Maybe don’t use this restroom.
“Bab be and today Boss every.”
Is it possible that some words or letters are missing from this sign? Because otherwise, there’s no possible way to read this and make it make sense. It’s literally just a bunch of random words put together, in different fonts and colors. It definitely isn’t worth that $5.99 price tag.
“Front gate to my parent’s home, nice and secure.”
So the front gate is locked. That’s good. Except… you can still open it from the other side. And the bars are wide enough that you can fit your hand through it. Not good. This is a definite design oversight that could cause some security issues.
“The marketing for the local newspaper doesn’t quite understand the idiom.”
There’s just so much wrong with this advertisement. Okay, so if they’re the pod, and your ad will be the pea, then how exactly does that make us “two peas in a pod?” And shouldn’t your pea (ad) be in their pod (newspaper)?
“This unfortunate placement of a handle.”
You’d think if you’re designing an ad to go on a truck, you’d consider the truck design. Ask yourself questions like, ‘Will the handle create a Hitler-esk mustache?’ I feel bad for the model. Maybe they pitched it to her as being a Charlie Chaplin mustache, instead?
“Rainbow Capitalism at it’s fineness; Can’t even match the flags to the proper names.”
Whoever made this sweater really doesn’t understand what a bar graph is because that’s exactly what this looks like, which is far from the point of this sweater. The only potentially redeeming factor is they were probably trying to do something for a good cause.
“Why is CLEAR a green button while ENTER is yellow? I kept accidentally clearing my PIN.”
Does anyone else think whoever designed this keypad might be a problematic driver?
Green = Stop.
Yellow = Go.
Red = Cancan (like the dance)?
That might cause some traffic collisions.
“Wolf Gorl.”
Gorl? What’s a gorl? It sounds like Gru from Despicable Me was trying to say, ‘girl!’ Could they not have moved that wolfish ‘O’ to the other side? Commentor Poofielerd nailed it by writing, “Wolf G-awooOOoo-rl.”
“Is this cake like Deadpool?”
Now, this is a cake I can get behind. No matter how many slices you take, it will just keep regenerating. Next time you go for a slice-view, DQ, maybe omit the writing. Unless this magic cake actually exists…
“Cinnabo sign at our local mall.”
I’m sorry, sweetheart, I was going to surprise you by taking you to Cinnabon, but this mall only has Cinnabo .
But, in all honesty, who could be surprised by a trip to Cinnabon? You can smell its sweet aroma from miles away!
Because smoking = swimming apparently.
I’m not really sure what I’m looking at, but I don’t like it. Is it supposed to ban people from smoking? Swimming? Both? I have far too many questions that I doubt will ever be answered.
“Bathroom upgrade needed.”
So, yeah, this is definitely a problem and a surefire way to flood a bathroom. What I’d like to know is who installed this and thought to themselves, ‘Yup, that’s good enough.’
“Women’s jeans, I want the rest of my pocket…”
Why? Just why? There’s a perfectly useable-sized pocket already there, and then they had to go ahead and ruin it! Whoever stitched half of this pocket closed clearly doesn’t believe in convenience and practicality!
