Not everyone is good at their job, but the designers of some of these products and items took incompetency to an entirely new level. Somehow these totally ridiculous design fails made it past multiple sets of approvals, despite the potentially problematic end results. Whether they are comical, offensive, or inappropriate, these epic blunders show the importance of looking over a design one final time before sharing it with the whole world. For some seriously unfortunate designs that people actually paid good money for, read on!
Be Sure to Make It
Well, at least it can be said that they get extra points for creativity. They tried to come up with something unique and appealing, even if they failed to see its faults in the final end result. Everyone certainly wants to “make it count” but that is sadly not what people see at first glance. Who would have thought that one simple letter, an “o”, would make such a big difference?
The woman standing in front of this photo seems to be as clueless and oblivious as the original designers. How is everyone missing the disturbing text and picture in front of (or behind) them?
Plus Size Leggings or Skirt?
Somehow this advertising campaign is both extremely offensive and incredibly stupid at the same time. Instead of hiring an actual plus-size model to wear the plus-size leggings that they are advertising, they chose to use one of their in-house models and have her put one leg of the leggings on, wearing it as a skirt. Besides being super confusing (are they marketing a skirt or leggings), it is very inconsiderate.
All companies want to save money, but hiring a plus-size model to wear a plus-size product is the bare minimum that must be done when trying to sell a plus-sized product.
When the Sink Is a Slide to the Toilet
What started out as a cheap way to build a sink and a toilet together, quickly slid out of control (pun intended). Imagine putting your toothbrush down on your sink for just a moment, thinking it is perfectly safe, only to turn your back for an instant and see it sliding quickly right into the toilet bowl. It was too late to save it and now nothing is safe from the sink slide.
If you ever do get stuck with such a strange contraption in your bathroom, at least consider closing the toilet seat regularly. It could be a simple way to save some objects from the dirty toilet waters.
Fashion Fart
Very few people think of combining the world of fashion with the world of farts. But, this company whether intentionally or unintentionally, did exactly that. Although it’s quite clear that it is meant to say “Fashion Art” the overwhelmingly large “F” standing next to the beginning of both letters, did not quite have that effect. Maybe they didn’t have the budget to buy a new sign once they realized their mistake.
Honestly, the F and the Art are both far too large on their own. Anyone who looks at this sign will not think that the predominant message is fashion, but rather FART.
You Must Really, Really Want That Job
Perhaps this is the ultimate test of an applicant’s determination and motivation – to see if anyone will successfully manage to manually type in every number, symbol, and letter in this multiple-paragraph link. It’s unlikely that anyone would have the patience to go through the arduous task of typing this mess of a link into a search engine. Did these recruiters not even consider the convenience of a URL shortener for such a situation?
At least if this was online people could just do a simple copy and paste, but because it is actually printed, it’s hopeless. No one stands a chance to type all of this is and the recruiters will certainly get little to no applicants.
One Crazy Part of Town
Instead of buying multiple signs to explain the different possibilities of what is going on in this town, why not just buy one? And on that one you can put all the possible warnings you can think of…into one big mess of a statement that makes absolutely no sense. It’s the perfect way to keep your neighborhood safe if you like to confuse your potential threats into fear and retreat.
What exactly is the purpose of a sign telling you that people are eating (assuming it’s not actually meant to be a sentence together with the “children in the area” part)?
Only Ninjas Can Cross This Bridge
The purpose of a bridge is usually to keep you safe and dry and able to travel across a watery or wet area without getting yourself wet. However, this bridge didn’t seem to get the memo (or at least the architects of this bridge). One little storm caused this entire bridge to become a big puddle of water. You have two choices- cross and be soaking wet or turn to ninja-like tactics.
One person certainly started this trend and then all of the others followed suit, thinking that was the best and only way to successfully cross this puddle bridge.
The Difference Between O and Zero
This place must get a remarkably small amount of texts and a disproportionate number of complaints from their customers. Did you notice that that is not two zeros beside the 9 and 1? Most people wouldn’t. After all, no one expects there to be a letter hidden in a phone number, it just makes no sense. Either this company had a very poor luck of the draw or they enjoy torturing their customers.
The worst part is that they don’t even offer an alternative way to contact them, besides this confusing number and letter combination. They must have to deal with so many angry customers.
The Wheels That Never Stop
Apple has released a new product, offering wheels for the Mac Pro. What’s the only downside? These pricy wheels (around $550) don’t have any ability to break. What does that mean? They will just roll and roll and roll perpetually. Your Mac Pro may be right by you one minute and then you’ll turn around for a second and it will have rolled all the way over to your coworker.
People expected more from Apple, especially with such an expensive product. This seems to be more of a potential risk to your device than it is worth the possible convenience.