50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

Dieter Rams, the godfather of industrial design, defined ‘good design’ as making the product useful, understandable, innovative, aesthetic, unobtrusive, honest, and long-lasting. But that’s not even close to being all! It also has to be thorough to the last detail, environmentally friendly, and involve as little design as possible. Over time, these ten principles have become the blueprint for design, inspiring many creators worldwide.

However, not all stick to such guidelines, producing many various design failures, which this successful subreddit takes pride in collecting. We, at Bored Panda, have published quite a few articles reviewing them, and today we are treating you to a list of some of the best, or perhaps worst ones, that make people scratch their heads from confusion. To find them, all you have to do is scroll down.

While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with lead industrial designer Elodie Delassus, who told us what good design means to her.

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50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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This Amazing Pregnancy Test

Being Gay Was A Sin They Said

A Scene From An Indian TV Show

These Pull Tabs That Never Come Off

Smh

I Didn’t Qualify For This Paid Survey After Selecting “No”

Tunashamed

When Your Security Gate Is A Ladder

The Pockets On Women's Trousers

This Clothing Display

I Think I Know Why

Sign At A Local Beach

This Ad Placement

Pretty Sure He's Using It Wrong

Just Why

To Motivate

Professor, I Can't Get These Audio Files In Our Textbook To Play

Oh Boy, There's Platypus Period In My Tea!

Noted

We Are The Borg. Resistance Is Futile

This Kid Mannequin

So, It's Fine Then?

It's A Trap!

My Company Wanted To Make Our Fountain Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness. Didn't.... Quite Get It Right

We All Party Down Here

Idk I'm European

My Four-Legged Duck

Commas People

Rose Uh ?

This Bus

A Nail Or A Screw

Ho Ho-No

Nothing Like The Smell Of Coffee And A Good Eye-Stab In The Morning

This Ad For Graduation Photography

The Clock Hands Don’t Glow

Toilets And Mirror Ceiling

When Life Gives You Lemons

I Bought A Billboard To Promote My Business And They Screwed Up The Formatting

Our Municiplaity Made Bike Lanes For Us Finally!

Proofreading This Book Couldn't Have Been That Hard

Step 4: Just Go Sit In Some Other Chair

Crystal Furniture Set That Looks Like Raw Meat

Diapers For Mutant Baby

Games

Indrė Lukošiūtė

Indrė Lukošiūtė

Austeja Zokaite

Austeja Zokaite

Word Search

WordroW

Jigsaw

Crossword

Sudoku

Picdoku

Killer Sudoku

Kriss Kross

Word Flower