27 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (November 3, 2024)

JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor

Nov 3, 2024 9:00 AM EST

Design fails are all around us, we just may not notice them. All around, there are doors that look like "pull" but are really "push." There are unclickable pens and pencils with faulty erasers. There are tables with crooked legs and shoes that pinch your toes. And then there's whatever the heck is going on with the Samsung TV Plus. I don't know if you guys have one of those things, but it's basically useless. The voice recognition thing never works, each streaming service is hidden in a weird little folder. It's terrible.

Anyway, it goes to show ya that we all fail sometimes. Some of us just fail on a larger scale than others. But it doesn't mean that we can't laugh at it. We can take pleasure in the failure of others. There's a German word for that, ah yes… FailBlog. Now get to scrolling ya filthy animal.