bad design fails Archives – Barnorama https://www.barnorama.com/tag/bad-design-fails/ Welcome To The Fun Barn Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:03:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 23 Designs So Bizarre Someone Actually Signed Off on Them https://www.barnorama.com/23-designs-so-bizarre-someone-actually-signed-off-on-them/ https://www.barnorama.com/23-designs-so-bizarre-someone-actually-signed-off-on-them/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:03:08 +0000 https://www.barnorama.com/?p=1627779 Good design is supposed to be invisible, but bad design makes you stop and stare for all the wrong reasons, and these 23 do exactly that. So odd they almost feel intentional, which is somehow the most baffling part.

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]]> Good design is supposed to be invisible, but bad design makes you stop and stare for all the wrong reasons, and these 23 do exactly that. So odd they almost feel intentional, which is somehow the most baffling part.

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]]> https://www.barnorama.com/23-designs-so-bizarre-someone-actually-signed-off-on-them/feed/ 0 17 Designs That Failed So Hard They Became Legendary https://www.barnorama.com/17-designs-that-failed-so-hard-they-became-legendary/ https://www.barnorama.com/17-designs-that-failed-so-hard-they-became-legendary/#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 10:41:16 +0000 https://www.barnorama.com/?p=1618477 There's a difference between a design mistake and a design disaster, and this collection lives entirely in the second category. Every single entry raises at least three questions that nobody seems to have an answer for.

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]]> There’s a difference between a design mistake and a design disaster, and this collection lives entirely in the second category. Every single entry raises at least three questions that nobody seems to have an answer for.

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]]> https://www.barnorama.com/17-designs-that-failed-so-hard-they-became-legendary/feed/ 0 15 Designs So Bizarre Someone Actually Approved Them https://www.barnorama.com/15-designs-so-bizarre-someone-actually-approved-them/ https://www.barnorama.com/15-designs-so-bizarre-someone-actually-approved-them/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 14:13:38 +0000 https://www.barnorama.com/?p=1617294 Every one of these designs had a meeting, a revision process, and probably a budget behind it.

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]]> Every one of these designs had a meeting, a revision process, and probably a budget behind it. The final result somehow still ended up looking exactly like this, which says everything.

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