Good design is aesthetic and pleasing. But truly great design is deeply empathetic—it always puts the user first. And nothing could be more important than empathetic designs when it comes to public places. They’re meant to be for the public’s benefit after all!
However, the world is full to the brim with examples of poor design. From truly awful restrooms that anyone would think twice about using to unfriendly restaurant seating, disruptive decor, and stairwells that go nowhere. Our team here at Bored Panda has collected some of the worst public place design decisions to prove to you that everyone deserves better. Scroll down for the crème de la crème of bad interiors and upvote the pics you loved to hate.
#1 Not A Good Carpet Choice For Stairs If You Ask Me
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#2 This Mirrored Ceiling In Our Bathroom At Work
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#3 This Picture In The Hotel Lobby Looks Like Pubes
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#4 Waiting To Engage In A Dining Experience At My Favorite Taco Establishment
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#5 It’s Not Even Angled Or Anything To Guide The Drainage. It Just Dribbles Onto The Floor
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#6 Best Item To Hang Above Your Head At Dinner? Ah Yes, A Chandelier Of Knives
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#7 The Lighting At This Bar
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#8 It Looks Like The Hotel Cart Ran Someone Over And Is Dragging Their Blood Through The Halls
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#9 Toilet Door In A Pub, London
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#10 The Seats Doesn’t Match With The Desks In The Lecture Hall I Take My Exams In. This Is The One Of The Engineering Buildings
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#11 This Door Handle
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#12 A Chandelier Would Really Tie All This Florescent Lighting And Ceiling Tiles Together
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#13 Bowling Alley Located In Bangkok. Cracks Me Up When The Ball Rolls Out From That
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#14 You Have To Go Up The Stairs, And Then Down The Stairs To Get To The Door
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#15 All Toilets Must Be Centered In The Middle Of The Classroom So Kids Eating Their Snacks Three Feet Away Can Bare Witness To Their Classmates Defecating
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#16 These Coffin-Shaped Door Windows In This Hospital
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#17 The Clock In My School’s Band Practice Room
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#18 This Pillar
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#19 When Life Tries To Give Me A Sign
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#20 The Positioning Of The Mirror And Urinals In Our Office Building. This Is The Main Hallway
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#21 This Ticket Gate At My School
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#22 Imagine Walking Out Of That Cabin, And There’s A Guy Doing His Business Right In Front Of You, Blocking Your Way. So You Have To Wait There Until He Is Done, And You Can Pass
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#23 Semi-Transparent Bathroom Stall Doors
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#24 My Friend’s New Locker Has A Huge Pipe Running Through It
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#25 These Lights At The Mall
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#26 Hotel In Iceland. It’s Supposed To Tell You Which Rooms Are On Which Floor
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#27 They Couldn’t Put It In Between The Mirrors?
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#28 This Disastrous Thing In A German Restaurant
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#29 This Horrific SpongeBob Stained Glass Panel At The Dentist
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#30 These Taco Bell Self-Serve Kiosks
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#31 I Love Not Being Able To See The Person I’m Eating Dinner With
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#32 The Stairs To Nowhere
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#33 An Extreme Entrance To School Gym
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#34 One Of The Drawers At My Doctor’s Office That Always Annoys Me
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#35 These Bathroom Sinks Looks Similar To Urinals
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#36 This Clock. Can You Tell Me What Time It Is?
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#37 Maybe Wait Until You’re Home
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#38 My School Bought Modern Stuff. The Projector Was Placed Under The Screen
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#39 There’s Not Enough Room For The Cart To Get By
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#40 These Stairs In A College I Visited Had People Confused
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#41 This Wrestling Painting At A High School
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#42 I Have No Idea What Floor I’m On
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#43 This TV In Front Of The Evacuation Plan
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#44 The Main Hallway’s Roof In Our School Is Made Out Of Plexi-Glass So It’s Like We Are In A Sauna. We Can’t Stay In Classrooms During Breaks, So We Have To Burn Here
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#45 This Busy Ice Cream Shop In Seattle Put Their Menu On A Mirror So It’s Impossible To Read
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#46 This Sink In The Toilet Of A Restaurant In Amsterdam. It Seems It’s Suppose To Look Like That
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#47 Bathroom Mirror At A Bar In Italy
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#48 These Red Lights Leaking Into The Screen
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#49 A Table For Two, Please
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#50 I Went To Walgreens, And All The Drinks Are Like This. You Can Wave Your Hand To See Pictures Of The Drinks In Each Case, But You Would Know What’s Sold Out Once You Open It
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