Some designs make life easier. Others make you question reality. This collection is dedicated to the second kind—the ones so bafflingly bad that they defy logic, common sense, and basic human decency.

Some design fails don’t just miss the mark; they look like they were approved by a committee that actively disliked the idea of “good.” The worst part is that most of them aren’t complicated mistakes.

It starts with a simple glance—then something feels…off. Maybe it’s a door that opens into a wall or stairs that lead to ...

From tech companies exploiting users to voting ballots that undermined democracy, there was plenty of bad design to choose from. "I just got sick and tired of all these success stories," says the ...

Design exists to solve problems—functional ones, aesthetic ones, or both. But sometimes, instead of improving things, it creates even more problems than it fixes. And if you need proof, just look at ...