27 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (December 22, 2024)

JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor

Dec 22, 2024 9:00 AM EST

The holidays provide lots of opportunities for design fails. You may be hanging the stockings by the chimney with care, but are you ensuring that Santa's signature jolly phrase isn't confused with a string of insults toward women? You may be wrapping your gifts like a pro, but are you making sure the phrase "Let It Snow" isn't being bisected in a weird way, suddenly meaning yet another crude phrase? These are the things you must do to protect yourself from being a victim of design fails.

But it can happen to the best of us. A well-meaning attempt at a centerpiece using apples and bananas can quickly turn R-rated. It's not your fault. Plus, it can provide decades of laughs to you and your family. You can dine out on a design fail forever. But if you're in the mood for some design fails that aren't your fault, you're in the right place.