Life is full of weird and wonderful designs. We’ve seen plenty of oddities. There is no end of occasions when it’s clear that the design of a gadget, gizmo or everyday object clearly hasn’t been thought through. The result is a frustrating experience we all loathe.
We’re collecting some of the most frustrating and hilarious examples of these fails for you to marvel at.
Hot hairdryer
This hairdryer runs so hot it melts its own casing. That’s a pretty shocking design right there. Also fairly risky using it hoping that melting plastic doesn’t drip onto your head while you’re drying your hair.
Bathroom signage
Some public places like to use edgy signage for their bathrooms, but good luck working out which one of these is the right one. Are you a llama or a donkey?
Safe sex advice?
These condoms were given out at a school campus to help promote safe sex. We’re fairly sure that’s some bad advice to go with the sentiment though.
Security gate or ladder?
Although it might look fairly heavy-duty, this security gate isn’t going to be particularly effective at keeping people out. After all, it essentially has rungs for your hands and feet if you want to scale it.
False advertising
We’re not sure this company thought through the advertising on these doors or maybe if they do sell plenty of non-sliding doors, maybe they should consider rebranding.
It’s also a confusing message to send to visitors as well. Are these push-pull doors or will they slide? It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
Do die safely
Good solid road safety advice here. Do die safely or don’t drive safely? We love a good bit of design that makes your head hurt trying to decipher what it means.
Fat forever
What better advert for your local gym than a painful reminder that you’ll be fat forever, no matter how hard you try.
Come on in fatty, see if you can lose some weight. We dare you.
Braille fail
This hotel has braille numbering on the room plates to help the visually impaired work out where their room is, but it’s buried among a bunch of other nobbly bits on a bumpy surface. Useful.
Volume down
Turn the volume on this laptop down and it suddenly sucks up all the noise in the room. Fancy noise cancellation or lazy icon design?
Batteries and patience required
Isn’t it frustrating when you buy a gadget only to discover batteries aren’t included? Well, how about this design that goes one step further by requiring three AAA batteries - each with its own compartment that needs unscrewing?
