25+ Baffling design choices that make 0 sense

Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor

Sep 20, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Bad designs: you just know them when you see them.

I don't know much about architecture, but I just want to know why so many buildings are poorly designed. They'll have staircases that bump into each other, or maybe they'll have one of those bathrooms that are so narrow that you can barely shut the door without hitting the toilet. Why are these things never caught during the blueprint or construction phases?

Architecture aside, there are plenty of just awfully-designed items, like a bed frame that'll massacre any shin that gets within 10 paces of it. Or there's the snowflake waffle machine, which claims to make a snowflake shaped waffle, but according to the box, that just might not be possible!

Check out a bunch of interestingly designed items below — it'll make you grateful that your own staircase doesn't cause you to bump your head on it every time you walk up them. And at least your oven is probably centered with it's cooling fan, because if it wasn't, that would sure be annoying to look at every day. Seriously… if you lived in that house, could you stand to look at the unevenly placed stove every day? Or would the madness drive you to hang a sheet over it, and just start ordering takeout food every day? Check out #14 to see for yourself!

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Can you feel this in your shins? Because I can

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Hmm...

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I just know it's one of those trash cans that just combines into one bag

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Oh I'm sure

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What is going on here?

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What is this, stairs for ants' feet?

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How???

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25+ Baffling design choices that make 0 sense

Can you feel this in your shins? Because I can

Hmm...

I just know it's one of those trash cans that just combines into one bag

Oh I'm sure

What is going on here?

What is this, stairs for ants' feet?

How???

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