26 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (April 13, 2025)

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Apr 13, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

When arranging your home, there are quite a few considerations you have to take. You have to decide what furniture should go where, what color to paint the walls, how many rugs to get and what size, where the lighting is going to come from and so, so much more. There are thousands of little (and sometimes big) decisions that go into assembling your perfect abode. So needless to say, a lot can go wrong. If some of those choices are off, it can throw everything into question. 

This is why some people seek the advice of folks on the internet to help them with their decisions. They may post a picture of their space and ask for advice. This is the sensible option. Ask for help. The people responsible for these photos did not ask for help. Or they did, and they were led astray by someone trying to sabotage them. 

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  • These images are a result of a lot of decisions gone wrong. They tried, and they failed spectacularly. But we're here to reap the benefits of that. Whether it was a room gone wrong, a product gone wrong, or a sign that got wildly lost in translation, we're here this week to look at some design fails. 

  • 01
    THRI AF
    via kansas80
  • 02
    The puzzle tile is too small to complete the bridge UN PONTE VERSO NUOVE OPPORTUNITÁ
    via u/teorosso
  • 03
    Cheezburger Image 10493121536
    via kansas80
  • 04
    Completely Flat sink that doesn't drain water
    via u/Erwasen
  • 05
    Cheezburger Image 10493122304
    via kansas80
  • 06
    Cheezburger Image 10493121280
    via kansas80
  • 07
    A plastic combination lock that can be pried open in seconds 2
    via u/SodaWithoutSparkles
  • 08
    A powerbank with a built-in compass. The compass doesn't work because the battery it's attached to disrupts the magnetic field around it. Telguna
    via u/SodaWithoutSparkles
  • 09
    555
    via kansas80
  • 10
    Cheezburger Image 10493123584
    via kansas80
  • 11
    "Safe road for children" СИГУРАН ПУТ ЗА ДЕЦУ
    via u/Paja03_
  • 12
    Cheezburger Image 10493122048
    via kansas80
  • 13
    Cheezburger Image 10493122560
    via kansas80
  • 14
    榨菜 と
    via kansas80
  • 15
    Cheezburger Image 10493123328
    via kansas80
  • 16
    Cheezburger Image 10493123072
    via kansas80
  • 17
    Cheezburger Image 10493126656
    via u/jgraham6
  • 18
    Cheezburger Image 10493124096
    via kansas80
  • 19
    HAH! The Mint LUXURY LOFTS 146 The Lint The MUL
    via u/LPineapplePizzaLover
  • 20
    Cheezburger Image 10493124352
    via kansas80
  • 21
    эксклюзивный предзаказ toto ZOZ 쿠무 AD MARGINEM Джефф История Чанг хип-хоп-поколения
    via u/PaulineKl
  • 22
    Cyber truck bike rack blocks the license plate and brake lights
    via u/Coin_Cam
  • 23
    Tattoo shop across hall from massage place. (It looks like soda ir coffee spilled all over). It's just the coloring.
    via u/Defective-Pomeranian
  • 24
    This heater that's melting itself Infapower
    via u/hepheastus_87
  • 25
    dyson dyson
    via u/cantaffordacar
  • 26
    OBUV SHOES
    via u/KukaakCZ

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