Stefanie
Interior design is an art, but sometimes it turns into something closer to comedy.
This collection of design fails showcases moments where creativity clearly took a wrong turn, leaving behind spaces that are more confusing than functional.
From hideous patterns to unusable handicap ramps, these examples will leave you scratching your head and maybe laughing a little too hard at the awful taste and lack of foresight.
What were they thinking? That’s the question you’ll find yourself asking over and over as you scroll through this gallery of hilariously misguided design choices.
Take a look and decide which one takes the top spot for most baffling.
1. Every Waste Can In This Entire Major City’s Hospital Is A Lie
2. Those Are Stairs
3. If Only There Was A Way To Number Apartments So You Can Tell What Floor They Are On
4. This Is The Inside Of The Bathroom Door At A Bar In NYC. After Some Cocktails, It Is Impossible To Pick The Right One On The First Try
5. Accessibility Ramp At The Resort I’m Staying At In Mexico
6. Braille Script Instead Of Being Embossed, Is Just Printed In Vande Bharat
7. There Is A Door In The Ceiling Of Our School
8. Waiting Room At Pediatric Clinic Has Toys Secured Behind Plexiglass For Display Only – No Actual Toys For The Kids To Play With
9. “That’s What’s Missing – A Ceiling Mirror! Why Hasn’t Anyone Thought Of This Before?”
10. I Saw This At My School
11. Dublin Airport Didn’t Think This Through
12. Useless Access Ramp In A Dubai Shopping Mall
13. The Wallpaper In The Women’s Restroom At The Hotel I’m Staying At
14. It Took Me Five Minutes To Figure Out How To Activate The Water (You Had To Spin The Golden Tip)
15. The Way These Pictures Are Hung In The Hallway At Work
16. No Need To Measure … This Also Isn’t A Installation Problem It Appears Multiple Times Throughout The University
17. All Public Restrooms In America Seem To Be Like This – Why Bother Having A Door If It Doesn’t Cover You?
18. This Sink Drips Water Like Rain, It Is All One Pipe With Holes So If One Person Uses It Wastes Enough Water For 5 People And Doesn’t Even Provide A Steady Stream
19. When Booking My Ticket, I Was Told I Might Have A Slightly Restricted View. ‘Slightly’ Is A Bit Of An Understatement
20. The Nonsensical Placement Of These Lights In This Classroom
21. This Clubs Toilets Have No Doors
22. My School Tried To Make The Staircase To The Cafeteria Accessible To Wheelchair Users
23. My Hotel’s “Pool Area”
24. You Could Have At Least Put The Bowl Under The Faucet
25. This Stunning Mural Painted In My School Was Covered Up By Lockers Recently
26. Men’s Room Door At A Local Hospital. I Had To Turn Sideways To Get In, I Am Not A Large Man
27. “Shall We Cut The Wall Or Remove The Fan?” “No”
28. My Grocery Store Removed The “Minute Clinic” And Replaced It With Video Slot Machines
29. This Bathroom Floor
30. This Is Apparently A Clean Wash Basin
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