25+ Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (April 7, 2024)

JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor

Apr 7, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

There are so many things that I'd design differently if I was in charge. A lot of them are food packaging-related. Flour is so poorly packaged. Once you open it, it gets everywhere and it's impossible to close without making a mess. Just make the top of the bag resealable! Honey is also a disaster to store and use. If the squeeze bottle gets more than half empty, it's utterly useless. And then you try to store it upside down thinking you're hacking the system when really it just overflows and crusts and you just give up on using honey. What if they stored it in a toothpaste tube? Wouldn't that help?

But hey, I'm not in charge of the designs of the world. But I'd like to think I'd do a better job than the folks behind these design fails. I'd like to think… but of course, I don't know for sure.