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From two gay lions on Noah’s Ark to a bottle of boy syrup, these hilarious fails show that designers are always just a tiny step away from screwing up. These pics were collected from a subreddit called Crappy Design, which features some of the funniest examples of their work that prove the importance of every punctuation mark and other little details.
These designers don't necessarily have bad intentions (except the one who decided to install mirror ceilings in the bathroom). Still, their creations turned out to be better at amusing people rather than carrying out the tasks they were supposed to.
So, ready for some laughs? Here’s a collection of the funniest design fails, the kind of hilarious mix-ups that’ll have you laughing out loud and wondering, “What were the designers thinking?”
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#1
Being Gay Was A Sin They Said
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#2
This Amazing Pregnancy Test
#3
A Graphic Design Fail? This Bus
What is Bad Design in Graphic Design?
Let’s break it down. Bad design happens when it doesn't do what it’s supposed to—communicate effectively.
Like a website crammed with elements (excessive colors, a jumble of fonts, images everywhere, and text packed like sardines), clutter makes it tough for the viewer to focus on anything. Instead, good design gives each element space to breathe and be noticed.
Inconsistency is another no-no. Mixing styles, fonts, and colors randomly can be jarring. Good design sticks to a theme, so users don't feel like they’re in a funhouse mirror maze—and that’s why many companies embrace style guidelines.
Typography shouldn’t be overlooked, either. Ever seen a menu where it’s hard to tell the starters from the desserts? That’s bad typography. Good typography knows what to emphasize, what to whisper, and what to shout, making the journey through the content enjoyable and effective.
Last but not least, bad design fails to consider different cultural perceptions. Understanding the target audience and their cultural context is key to great design.
#4
How Much Do You Trust Your "Multilingual" Ad Designer?
#5
Love Handles
#6
Two Flamingos, One Vagina
#7
We Are The Borg. Resistance Is Futile
#8
Sh*t Yourself!
#9
And The Award For The Worst Design Fail Goes To… Toilets And Mirror Ceiling
#10
This Flower Print Dress
#11
So, It's Fine Then?
#12
Okay. I Know This Cake Is A Number 1 And It Says “emma," But It Looks Like A Dick With Balls That Says “weed"
Amanda Codlin 7 years ago
This reminds me of the f.r.i.e.n.d.s episode when pretty much the same thing happened lol.
#13
Attention
#14
Wanna See A Design Failure? This Kid’s Balloon
#15
Our Wedding Is Going To Have Three Delicious Meal Choices
#16
My Arms Are About 7 Feet Long, So This Crappy Design Wasn’t An Issue For Me
#17
I Asked My Landlord To Install A Lock On My Door
#18
Thanks For Reminding Me
#19
Funniest Design Fail? This Maze Game
#20
No Thank You, I Think I'll Pass
#21
It's Better Because It Is All Automated
Michel M. Prins 7 years ago
I hope the employee near it gets is being paid extra for this. The (probable) sound has to make them insane after a while
#22
If Only There Was An Easier Way To See Who Was Outside Your Front Door..
#23
A Solar Powered Parking Meter In An Underground Garage
#24
"How About We Make That Billboard Rotate?"
#25
Artistic Kid Dies
#26
Never Split Your Legs When You Slide Down!
#27
I Cancelled My Transaction Twice In A Row By Accident. I Finally Found Out Why
#28
I Needed Red. Guess Which One I Grabbed At First
#29
"How Do We Make It Clear That It's A Male Hand Without Seeing The Nails?"
#30
When Your Dental Banner Features An Execution
#31
The Vent In My Hotel Shower Doesn't Seem To Work
#32
Fucking Hurry!!
#33
Funny Design: This Warning Sign
Verena Heisenberg 7 years ago
Warning! By leaning backwards on stairs you most definitely lose your amrs!
#34
Surely There Is No Better Way To Write Your Phone Number
#35
How Big Is That Watch?!
#36
If You Were In A Car, Would You Know What Accident To Do?
#37
This Hand Dryer Really Blows
#38
Another Example Of Unrealistic Body Expectations For Men
#39
Meme Says It All...
#40
Seems A Bit Counterintuitive
#41
But They Are Both Right Hands
#42
Bad Graphic Design Examples - These Kitten Socks
#43
Love, Morriage, Boby?
#44
Doesn't Sound Very Exciting
#45
Not A Car, Not The Police...
#46
Le Tits Now
Michel M. Prins 7 years ago
... I get the big feeling that this person knew EXACTLY what they were trying to do.
#47
Why Is It Not The A ??
#48
I Was Looking For Those...
#49
I'm Pretty Sure The Odds Are In My Favor To Win The Fight
#50
Teaching Kids The Harsh Reality Of Life
#51
Sometimes It's Okay To Judge A Book By Its Cover
#52
This University Isn't Very Good With Fractions
#53
This Jfk Memorial
#54
In Japan, You Have To Follow These Signs While Driving At 70 Mph
#55
Seriously?
Verena Heisenberg 7 years ago
Yeah, your glasses maybe don't look like £25, but the lady's face looks like it went through a blender or something.. :-D
#56
Why The Hell Do The Weights Make Up The First H But Not The Last One?
#57
This Music Poster Looks Like A Guy And Girl Being Hanged
#58
What's My Age Again?
#59
Cool... What?!
J. Philip vanHeijkoop 7 years ago
believe it or not, the Cantina Band music in starwars is actually call Jizz xD
#60
The Tans Will Fade...
#61
No Way Anyone's Getting Past That
#62
I Have No Idea What I'm Doing
#63
Happy 20170!
#64
While We're On The Topic Of Awful Pool Design...
#65
Proof Your Layouts, People
Intensive Panda 7 years ago
this might actually be on purpose. There was a magazine "SFX" about tech and video games and they placed a beautiful woman on every cover so that you might think that the magazine was calles "SEX"
#66
The Design School I Graduated From Sent This Postcard Out
#67
Hot Dog Anyone?
#68
If Only I Had Some Scissors...
#69
Correct Punctuation Is A Must!
#70
If You've Got It, Flaunt It
#71
Better Than Cream Cheese? No!
#72
Giant Is Seconds From Being Paralyzed
#73
Measurement Lines On An Opaque Bottle
#74
Poor Url Choice By A Fagas Strap Company
#75
Ndeeisgihgbnocrehnotoedr
#76
Are The All The Translations Really Necessary Heinz?
#77
This Watch Is Not Ez Read
#78
50 Lanes? Lets Merge Those Into 4
#79
...the "O" Has Already Been Guessed
#80
This Handicap Parking Spot...
#81
Fuck Or Treat
#82
All Ye Shall Come To Me For The Healing Of Burgers
#83
This Awful Slide Placement
#84
Which Is It?!
#85
Printing Shop In My Home Town
#86
What About When You Cross Your Legs?
#87
What A Great Packaging Choice
#88
Do You Squirt?
#89
We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy
#90
Friend Posted This From A Lift In Vietnam
#91
From Afar, This Sign Has A Completely Different Meaning
#92
The Grill Being Sold On Amazon Is Only Supposed To Be A Foot Tall, But Can We Talk About The Gondola Silhouette?
#93
Toss Me A Cold One, Will Ya?
#94
What
#95
Ass To Ass
#96
Sparkling Red "slippers"
#97
The Three Multiple Choice Options My Physics Teacher Gave For This Example Problem
#98
Marketing Skills At Its Finest
#99
I Want To Open A Shop In Goa That Slightly Copies A Popular Chain, What Should I Call It?
Anne Madag 7 years ago
Oh I remember there is a 8/12 here in Philippines > https://pop.inquirer.net/2017/04/7-eleven-copycat-competitor-called-8-twelve-convenience-store/ 8-Twelve-s...da-png.jpg 
#100
The Scaling Is So Bad...
Verena Heisenberg 7 years ago
ahahahahahah :'D I... I just can't... I mean, why? And how? And primarily WHO?! :'-D
#101
Baby Jesus/severed Thumb Christmas Ornament
#102
Give Up On Your Dreams
#103
The Printing On This Ball
#104
This Woman Looking Out The Plane Is Very Calm Considering She's About To Crash Into The Hudson
#105
The Official Emma Watson 'beauty And The Beast' Doll
#106
Ho Ho Ho, Shit Down My Throat
Anna Thouvenin 7 years ago
Believe me, there is worse than the Christmas one High-Grade...9a162e.jpg 
#107
Texcock Mextails
#108
This Monstrosity Will Surely Make Someone Want To Date These Handsome Men
#109
The Rails Should Prevent People From Hitting Their Head, But Instead They Trip Over Them. So Now, Traffic Cones
#110
Ate At A Local Restaurant
Michel M. Prins 7 years ago
That moment when you make a sentence, change a word in between, but forget to make the rest of the words fit the change.
Liene Erdlāne 7 years ago
Did they mean - " Welcome! May all who came as guests leave as Friends" ?? :D
Dave Blank 7 years ago
My head hurts. nope i cant get that to make any sense.. I'm going for a lay down in a darken room.
Jess Reeves 7 years ago
It took me legit about 30 seconds to figure out wtf it was supposed to say
Nostalgic Hyena 7 years ago
I've been looking at this for a few minutes and still have no idea.
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Shawn Battmer 7 years ago
It's a decal, you're supposed to reposition the letters as the phrase best fits on your wall... obviously they just put it up as is smh
Sondre Strøm Linde 7 years ago
"leave as WelcomeF May all who guests came as riends" I've always found this to be SO true!
Liliauna Whitlock [STUDENT] 1 month ago
Welcome. May all who came as friends leave as guests/Welcome. May all who came as guests leave as friends
Corbyn Wittig 7 years ago
I'm amazed this didn't get more upvotes; I easily laughed for five straight minutes. In no small part as a reaction to the comments by people trying to parse it, repeatedly
Martin Haljaste 7 years ago
Welcome! May all who came as guests leave as friends - is what it's supposed to be, I reckon. Fail though.
Alia Stephen 7 years ago
Leave as welcomef may all who guests came as riends. Yes, sounds right.
#111
When Does The O's Play?
#112
We're Sorry...
#113
Why Not Use The Selfie?
#114
These Hotel Room Directions
#115
One Of The Worst Flow Charts I've Seen In A While
#116
"12 Wa S Y U Can Tell You Ha E Th Right"
Christine Blonowicz 7 years ago
#13, They create their ads by cutting letters out of magazines like a serial killer.
#117
The Stairs Leading To This Bedroom
#118
There's A Line Forming Behind Me. I Have No Idea
#119
The Awful Name Of This File
#120
Do Love What You Do What You Love
#121
This Fucking Outlet At My University
#122
Beautiful Driveway. Sucks You Can't Use It
#123
Can't Possibly Think Of A Better Place For The Eiffel Tower
#124
This Coat Rack
#125
Stressed Backwards Spells...
#126
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pgup 9
#127
The Eight In This Clock
#128
I Just Want To Heat My Hot Pocket
#129
Beer Coaster
#130
Literally Can't Fall For This Scam
#131
Lots Of Hope For Sure
#132
Suicidal Holiday Introvert, Look No Further
#133
Heart Shape Headphone Splitter Looks Like A Nut Sack
#134
Let's Come Up With An Easy Acronym To Let People Know We Support The Military
#135
This Sign
#136
This Slide With No Side Rails...
Jespren Ray 7 years ago
I keep seeing these and I can't figure them out, several of the parks in the area have them.
#137
Good Luck Wheelchairees
#138
My Gf Is A Teacher. This Sits On Her Desk And The Lack Of Punctuation Disturbs Me
#139
Fake Zipper On Levi's Boots Makes Holes In Your Boot When You Walk
#140
The Worst Thing About Lenovo Laptops. A "Close Current Page Without Warning Button" Right Next To The "Volume Up" Button
Michel M. Prins 7 years ago
Use: "CTRL + SHIFT + T" to get back the exact page you just closed down. This works for Google Chrome, but there are similar ways on other browsers to re-open closed down pages.
However, to get back to the picture, I have something similar, but a lot worse. I have this order: Mute Sound - Sleep Mode - Sound Down - Sound Up. IMAG1579-5...9e8e07.jpg 
#141
No Use! Only Charge!
Virgil Blue 7 years ago
A classic. Just like my battery powered Apple blue tooth keyboard that needs a friggin coin to release the battery catch.
#142
This Forced Acronym
#143
An Ohio State Scoreboard Clock Where The Visitor Is Almost Always Winning
#144
This Abomination
Allison Galbari 7 years ago
Ooo! This is my favourite song! Let's turn it up! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
#145
That's Like Asking To Get Your Speaker Kicked In
#146
This Door At My Dentist's Office
#147
Like It's A Load Thing!
#148
This Carpeted Bathroom
#149
I Made An Account Just To Post This Unforgivable De$ign Choice
Jespren Ray 7 years ago
I read this as sollar like six times and kept thinking (rainbow helped) that they had misspelled solar, like it was a farm supply store that sold solar adapters for gardens, barns, tractors, etc. Took me way too long to realize they meant dollar.
#150
In The Shadow Of Every Yes Is A... Different Shadow?
Sarah Skinner 7 years ago
This doesn't actually bother me. Sure, it could use some polish, but I didn't have any trouble understanding the message. Just needs a professional treatment.
#151
Billionaire.
#152
This Sign At My Daughter's School
#153
We Need A Poster That Says "Wine"
#154
This Stupid Microwave
#155
This Could Have Been Avoided With 1 Focus Group (of Women)
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John L 7 years ago
I could be wrong, but I suspect that there are some folks who are currently searching for another job. :D
Jennifer Stewart 7 years ago
You've got it! and I haven't gotten anywhere yet.
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Scott Jackson 7 years ago
This was how I found my 4 year old's glove on the floor. O_o Creepy-591...84edbc.jpg 
NaKina Talbert 7 years ago
#89...they don't have fourth floors like some don't have 13th floors. 4 is an unlucky number in some cultures.
Perry Bruns 7 years ago
I love that boredpanda puts pictures of bad design in a listicle that's split up into 31 pages. Way to keep with the theme!
Stephen Douglas 7 years ago
Hey! I used to work at the Neighborhood Design Center!! (#80) It's on High St. in Columbus, Ohio. That's so funny. I always hated that poorly designed sign... Ironic.
Caleb Tomisser 7 years ago
also, why do you put 10+ instead of how many there actually is in your posts? is it cause you're too lazy to type out 154, or is it just to fool people into clicking on the post cause you know/think no one would click on it if you put "154 of the funniest fails by 'crappy design'"? like honestly, you're the only site that does the 10+ thing, all other list sites like this actually say how many there are, but then again, other sites don't put 154 pictures to go with the post.
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Judy McPherson 7 years ago
ABSOLUTELY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, UNDENIABLY, WITHOUT ? , THE VERY BEST YET !!!
Steve Thompson 7 years ago
I think #3 (amazing pregnancy test) isn't a mistake, just a badly executed joke.
Louise Clarke 7 years ago
Oops I looked it up and it is a pregnancy test. sorry
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Noshita Pap 7 years ago
In picture #77, the PT stands for Portuguese. In concluision... In Portuguese tomato is not called tomato but tomate. Guess how many others are wrong :)
Gail Giarcrehcra 7 years ago
Picture #2 animals went into the ark male and female. Good one though.
Caleb Tomisser 7 years ago
the two lions were both male lions in the picture, female lions don't have manes like male lions do
Load More Replies... John L 7 years ago
I could be wrong, but I suspect that there are some folks who are currently searching for another job. :D
Jennifer Stewart 7 years ago
You've got it! and I haven't gotten anywhere yet.
Load More Replies... Scott Jackson 7 years ago
This was how I found my 4 year old's glove on the floor. O_o Creepy-591...84edbc.jpg
NaKina Talbert 7 years ago
#89...they don't have fourth floors like some don't have 13th floors. 4 is an unlucky number in some cultures.
Perry Bruns 7 years ago
I love that boredpanda puts pictures of bad design in a listicle that's split up into 31 pages. Way to keep with the theme!
Stephen Douglas 7 years ago
Hey! I used to work at the Neighborhood Design Center!! (#80) It's on High St. in Columbus, Ohio. That's so funny. I always hated that poorly designed sign... Ironic.
Caleb Tomisser 7 years ago
also, why do you put 10+ instead of how many there actually is in your posts? is it cause you're too lazy to type out 154, or is it just to fool people into clicking on the post cause you know/think no one would click on it if you put "154 of the funniest fails by 'crappy design'"? like honestly, you're the only site that does the 10+ thing, all other list sites like this actually say how many there are, but then again, other sites don't put 154 pictures to go with the post.
Load More Replies... Judy McPherson 7 years ago
ABSOLUTELY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, UNDENIABLY, WITHOUT ? , THE VERY BEST YET !!!
Steve Thompson 7 years ago
I think #3 (amazing pregnancy test) isn't a mistake, just a badly executed joke.
Louise Clarke 7 years ago
Oops I looked it up and it is a pregnancy test. sorry
Load More Replies... Noshita Pap 7 years ago
In picture #77, the PT stands for Portuguese. In concluision... In Portuguese tomato is not called tomato but tomate. Guess how many others are wrong :)
Gail Giarcrehcra 7 years ago
Picture #2 animals went into the ark male and female. Good one though.
Caleb Tomisser 7 years ago
the two lions were both male lions in the picture, female lions don't have manes like male lions do
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