50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

Dieter Rams, the godfather of industrial design, defined ‘good design’ as making the product useful, understandable, innovative, aesthetic, unobtrusive, honest, and long-lasting. But that’s not even close to being all! It also has to be thorough to the last detail, environmentally friendly, and involve as little design as possible. Over time, these ten principles have become the blueprint for design, inspiring many creators worldwide. 

However, not all stick to such guidelines, producing many various design failures, which this successful subreddit takes pride in collecting. We, at Bored Panda, have published quite a few articles reviewing them, and today we are treating you to a list of some of the best, or perhaps worst ones, that make people scratch their heads from confusion. To find them, all you have to do is scroll down.

While you’re at it, don’t forget to check out a conversation with lead industrial designer Elodie Delassus, who told us what good design means to her.

#1 This Captain Of The Submarine In My English Book

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#2 Spoiler

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#3

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#4 This Amazing Pregnancy Test

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#5 Being Gay Was A Sin They Said

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#6 A Scene From An Indian TV Show

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#7 These Pull Tabs That Never Come Off

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#8 Smh

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#9 I Didn’t Qualify For This Paid Survey After Selecting “No”

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#10 Tunashamed

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#11 When Your Security Gate Is A Ladder

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#12 Unfortunate Dog Placement

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#13 The Pockets On Women’s Trousers

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#14 This Clothing Display

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#15 The Elders At My Brother-In-Law’s Church Got To Design The Church League Softball Shirts. The Thought “Cli” (Christian Life International) Alone Wouldn’t Signify A Church, So They Added The Cross. Magnificent

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#16 I Think I Know Why

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#17 Sign At A Local Beach

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#18 This Ad Placement

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#19 Pretty Sure He’s Using It Wrong

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#20 Just Why

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#21 To Motivate

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#22 Professor, I Can’t Get These Audio Files In Our Textbook To Play

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#23 Love Handles

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#24 Oh Boy, There’s Platypus Period In My Tea!

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#25 Noted

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#26 We Are The Borg. Resistance Is Futile

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#27 This Kid Mannequin

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#28 So, It’s Fine Then?

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#29 It’s A Trap!

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#30 My Company Wanted To Make Our Fountain Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness. Didn’t…. Quite Get It Right

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#31 We All Party Down Here

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#32 Idk I’m European

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#33 My Four-Legged Duck

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#34 Commas People

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#35 Rose Uh ?

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#36 This Bus

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#37 A Nail Or A Screw

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#38 Ho Ho-No

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#39 Nothing Like The Smell Of Coffee And A Good Eye-Stab In The Morning

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#40 This Ad For Graduation Photography

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#41 The Clock Hands Don’t Glow

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#42 Toilets And Mirror Ceiling

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#43 When Life Gives You Lemons

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#44 I Bought A Billboard To Promote My Business And They Screwed Up The Formatting

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#45 Our Municiplaity Made Bike Lanes For Us Finally!

50 Truly Facepalm-Worthy Designs That Actually Got Presented To The Public (Best Of All Time)

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#46 Proofreading This Book Couldn’t Have Been That Hard

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#47 Step 4: Just Go Sit In Some Other Chair

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#48 Crystal Furniture Set That Looks Like Raw Meat

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#49 This Unfortunately Designed Kid’s Balloon

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#50 Diapers For Mutant Baby

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