Nate
The best designs go unnoticed and the easiest way to do that is to not make a simple solution harder than it has to be. Unfortunately, it can’t always be that way.
Awful designs are all around us. The toilet paper holder was in the wall that was the farthest away from the toilet. Making life very inconvenient when it didn’t need to be. I’m lucky compared to the people who have to live with these design fails.
The Instagram account “Typical Rykozhop” shares pics of the worst designs that fail to offer any solutions but actually create a new set of problems.
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1. This is not what I was expecting when you said the bathroom is down the hall.
2. Take a bath while you do your laundry.
3. Installed the new door, boss!
4. A bathroom in the kitchen is a one-stop shop.
5. The bright yellow really distracts from that balcony.
6. For when you want new furniture but want it to feel like you’re on the bathroom floor.
7. Now you can keep an eye on the stove while you pee.
8. This just drives me up the wall.
9. Get an aerial view of the kitchen while you poop.
10. Installed the lightswitch but now we need a new wall.
11. Never worry about leaving the seat up again.
12. No one will notice.
13. Feeling safer already.
14. Anything for in-unit laundry.
A designer’s job is to communicate to the person building or executing their design. It’s supposed to look a certain way and work with ease but what happens when there’s a miscommunication or misunderstanding?
15. Installed the new drain, boss!
16. No, that’s exactly how I wanted it to look.
17. Exposed brick, but to you’re privates.
18. The cloudy day just adds insult to injury.
19. I love that someone was like, “Okay, first we put up the area rug. THEN we install the air conditioner.”
20. If this guy can find a job, anyone can.
21. Well, that’s enough for today.
22. Nope, looks great!
23. Finally found a way to hide those pesky cords.
24. The design fail so nice, they did it twice!
25. Everyone sits to pee in this house.
26. Sure, that works I guess.
27. Having never done plumbing, I can confidently say, you’re pretty bad.
28. I was gonna suggest putting all these right there.
29. Clark Griswald was here.
People tend to associate design with interior aesthetics but it can also be applied to practical areas, like construction. Engineering a product to function with ease is a skill set that requires a keen eye and the right experience. That’s why it can be expensive to get the job done right. It’s when you start to cut corners or do it yourself, you may run into problems.
30. Close enough.
31. Laid the tile, boss!
32. Thanks for shoveling!
33. I don’t know what that says but I hope it says, “Who did this?”
34. Perfect toilet for after a night of Taco Bell.
35. Your career in design is circling the drain.
36. Me in high school with every project I did the night before it was due.
37. This shoe rack goes great with the carpet city rug.
38. Just keep the lights off so we never have to see this again.
39. It didn’t have to be like this.
40. Just how they designed it.
41. Wash your hands before and after your shower. A germaphobe’s dream.
42. When the plumber charges by the foot.
43. No one will even notice.
44. Job well done.
45. Very descrete.
46. You’ll never have a hard time finding the valve.
47. This is whatever the opposite of pipe fitters do.
48. Oh man, we almost ruined the doorway…
49. Gonna have to suck it in if you wanna go in there.
50. Just how they wanted it to look.
