Mike
Some product designers clearly woke up and chose violence. I’m not talking about harmless design quirks—I mean the truly evil stuff.
Like bags of chips that are 70% air, shampoo bottles that look identical to conditioner, or packaging that makes it look like you’re getting way more than you are. You know, the kind of things that make you say, “Who signed off on this?” right before angrily eating it anyway.
These are product fails that weren’t just poorly designed—they were strategically terrible. Whether it’s to trick you, annoy you, or just mess with your day, here are some of the funniest and most infuriating examples of design done dirty.
1. One of the worst offenders.
2. Dystopian future here we come.
3. Should be illegal.
4. I Want My Money Back
5. The margarita pitchers at Blue Jays games.
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9. Gonna be a zero from me, dawg.
10. Breaking a child’s heart.
11. So…only one then.
12. It’s just plain rude.
13. By making a bench people can’t sleep on you’ve just made a useless bench.
14. No more fake pockets. Stop it.
15. Don’t kick the kickball.
16. No way to get around this.
17. Stop making us download an app. We don’t want your app.
18. Like a bad magic trick.
19. The water in this automatically charged Minibar is hidden well behind a 32€ Bottle of champagne. You can’t get to the water without removing other items and have them charged to your room.
20. There should be a fine for doing this.
21. More than half the cards require you to scan a QR code to get the info that could’ve just been printed on the card.
22. Read the faded print.
23. Honey Bunches of Lies.
24. The inventor of these should be in jail.
25. Pepperoh-no.
26. Stop it.
27. Funny little loophole.
28. Deceptive packaging on expensive popcorn from William Sonoma
29. It’s like 5 stickers.
30. Dude.
31. Dove deception – The entire left side is empty. It’s an entire box just half filled.
32. Are… are any of them qualified in maths?
33. Thanks Home Depot. Bolts in packs of 30, nuts in packs of 28.
34. Most ‘dollar’ menu items are more than $1, $2, or even $3
35. The way this goal has extra rings to make the goal smaller. You cant see it from the front when shooting the basketball to try and win a prize.
36. They removed the buttons to stop the gas pump ads.
37. I Chose The Bottle Because A Tube Wasn’t Enough! This Trojan Trickery Is An Abuse Coming From A Brand With Recognition
38. Brand New Protein Powder, Not Even Filled Half Whey
