Last Updated on August 25, 2025 by Matt Staff
Design fails happen when clever meets careless, like a copy that contradicts itself, door to nowhere, and “features” nobody asked for. This roundup of 20 beautifully bad moments is equal parts cautionary tale and comedy reel.
1. We’re You’re Not ‘Til Not Happy?
2. Warning: reading this sign is the unsafe part
3. When “plugged-in” becomes the whole design brief
4. Premium light pole installed, in the middle of the street
5. How are you supposed to roll those blinds?
6. “No Everything Im Is Possible”: motivation by a word salad
7. Belle’s office chair, now featuring a three-foot neck
8. You have to put in the work if you really want that pizza
9. Two security barriers; infinite gaps
10. Aren’t those supposed to go on the inside?
11. Second-floor door to nowhere; gravity not included
12. When you order crepes, but end up with something totally different
13. Punctuation would really help you, Rob
14. Braille printed on flat paper; “Welcome”… to the problem
15. Sugar-free oatmeal, with maple and brown sugar
16. Anti-animal-cruelty hoodie, until the hood drops
17. White is black, and black is white
18. The legroom was sold separately
19. When Nike’s Quality Assurance failed us
20. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of, alphabet soup
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