We get used to seeing big-name brands like Pringles or Warner Bros everywhere. Like it or not, we form deep and even emotional ties with their qualities, logos, and characteristics. So when these companies decide to shake things up and change their “face” with a great brand refresh, the public takes notice. And since the stakes are this high, an obvious step in the wrong direction fires up our inner critic and almost begs us to poke fun at the results.
The margin for error is thin when it comes to redesigns, but it’s not only brands that get impacted by the obvious flaws designers didn’t pick up from the start. From products to artwork to our favorite animated shows, some updates simply go awry. In fact, they have even inspired one subreddit to go on a quest to shed light on some of the most unfortunate ones.
Aptly titled ‘Crappy Redesign’, this online community prides itself on sharing only the cream-of-the-crop examples of terrible changes in our favorite brands — and they mercilessly shame them online. Below, we have gathered some of the best cases from the community to share with you all. So continue scrolling, upvote the ones you loved hating most and let us know what you think of them in the comments!
Psst! If you’re in the mood for some more poor design madness, check out our earlier pieces here, here, and here.
#1 Ruh-Roh!
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#2 Just Why ? (Porky Pig)
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#3 What The Actual Fawk??
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#4 Heroes In The Half-Shell To Whatever This Is
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#5 Take A Design That You Can Use Correctly Even In The Dark And Replace It With An Abomination That You Can Get Wrong Even In Broad Daylight
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#6 Well This Is Lame
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#7 They Removed The Native American, But Kept The Land. Classic
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#8 Developer Downgrade
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#9 What Will Be Next ? It’ll Finish The Circle ? Nothing Is Going Right With The New Logo
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#10 A Pointless Redesign
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#11 Virgin Cgi Bob vs. Chad Clay-Mation Bob
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#12 Barbie Redesign
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#13 Look How They Massacred My Boy
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#14 Modern ≠ Good
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#15 When You Sell Classic Fairytale Every Single Kid In Czech Rep 🇨🇿 Loves To China 🇨🇳 (?), Little Mole And Friends Becomes Little Bad Cgi And Panda???!
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#16 From Restoration To Redesign Real Quick
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#17 So Will The Films Get More Simplified?
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#18 Look How They Massacred Pringles Logo
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#19 It’s Soulless, Fits Cia Perfectly
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#20 What Did They Do To Ms.frizzle?
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#21 This Is Just Awful
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#22 He Looks Cursed Now
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#23 From My Favourite Childhood Anime To Another Bland 3D Animated Show
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#24 Thousands Of Cgi Assets Wasted In One Fell Swoop
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#25 The New Intel Logo Is So Boring
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#26 History Logo
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#27 Why Change It? The Old One Was Just Fine
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#28 Probably One Of The Worst Redesigns In Cartoon History
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#29 Formula 1. I Understand Why They Changed It, But Dammit, The Old Logo Was Iconic!
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#30 Look How They Massacred The Google Photos Icon
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#31 How The Mighty Have Fallen
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#32 Fireman Sam. Norman Price Looks Like He Works For A Lipstick Company
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#33 This Is By Far The Worst Redesign I’ve Ever Seen
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#34 Rip Dash
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#35 I Can’t Believe They Just Did That
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#36 Why
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#37 I Don’t Like The New Fanta Redesign
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#38 Death Of “Avenger Chuck” Never Forget
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#39 Did They Really Have To Add A Bird?
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#40 Burger King Was Another Victim Of The 90s Redesigns
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