25+ Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (April 14, 2024)

JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor

Apr 14, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

Much like love, design really is all around. Just looking out of the window at the coffee shop where I currently am, I'm confronted with hundreds, if not thousands of design decisions. There's the sign for the tattoo parlor across the street, the cars parked on the street, the hoodie that guy is wearing, heck, the computer I'm currently typing on. Someone, or teams of someones, had to sit down and draw up the plans for everything I just listed. Nothing is inevitable. Everything had at least some consideration put into it.

That's what makes design fails so funny. Because at some level, they were intentional. Someone had to approve the plans and give the go-ahead on production. But sometimes the best intentions create the funniest fails. It's incredibly human. It's also incredibly human to laugh at them. So go ahead, have some fun. Just remember that it might be you who is responsible for the fail someday.

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