25+ Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (January 12, 2025)

If you've ever been tasked to make a graphic, say your boss asks you to make a flyer for the office holiday party, or you're promoting your small business on Instagram, or you have to make something for school, you know how hard it is to make a good one. You quickly come to appreciate all the people who can use Photoshop in a meaningful way, not just rely on the Canva presets.

Good design work requires both a level of taste and a solid technical skill base. You may have one or the other, but you might not have both. For example, if I'm making a poster for something, I usually have some idea of what I want it to look like, but my knowledge of the image processing tools on my computer is extremely limited, so it comes out looking like something a 4th grader would have designed. It's so not inspiring.

All to say, I admire people who can do design work well. It takes a lot, and they should be well rewarded for their efforts. This collection of images, though, does not celebrate all the good design in the world. In fact, it laughs at the failures of others. But that's what makes us humans, isn't it?
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via u/pdoxr9
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via u/Ipoopoo69
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via u/Long-Last-Name
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via u/FunSorbet1011
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via u/Dramatic-Newt-6337
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via u/serendipty3821
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via u/Upper_Freedom_1128
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via u/MemorableKidsMoments
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via u/Sendnudes870
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via u/Charming_History7423
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via u/wruiz92
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via u/OldGSDsLuv
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via u/theseusptosis
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via u/Whitestealth74
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via u/iEyeLighterLight
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via u/RiyoDev
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via u/StinkypieTicklebum
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via u/Relative-Pen2207
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via u/Kit_Karamak
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via u/Shenanigans103
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via u/FroggyPengu
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via u/mydogbaxter
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via u/freshmemesoof
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via u/Party-Belt-3624
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via u/homer8675309
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via u/FrankFrankly711