24 Weird, Questionable, And Spiritually Concerning Design Choices People Actually Made

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John Summers • Contributor
Nov 24, 2025 7:00 PM EST

Some design decisions feel like they slipped through a crack in the simulation. And not a small crack, I mean a fully collapsed portal where logic, aesthetics, and sanity all fall through at once. Because every now and then, someone out there looks at a pair of medieval woodworking clogs and says, yes, these should be shoes for walking to the supermarket. Or a toilet should feature a royal bird mural so that you, yourself, may feel like a monarch being judged while you pee. Or maybe a washing machine belongs in the middle of the living room, proudly greeting guests like a confused but enthusiastic pet.

This collection is dedicated to those choices. The ones that make you squint and tilt your head like a dog trying to understand calculus. Are they bad? Are they genius? Are they performance art? We may never know. But we can stare at them together and whisper what in the IKEA hackery is going on here.

From traffic cones turned into floral couture to a dresser made entirely out of milk crates that somehow looks… chic, these are the design crimes and masterpieces that remind us that creativity has no brakes. None. Zero. The brakes were sold for parts.

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