25 Shamefully Bad Design Choices Spotted In The Wild This Week (July 17, 2025)
I’m no expert, but if your design is so bad that I can spot it, that’s a problem. And judging by this week’s roundup of design fails, there are a lot of problems out there.
Thankfully, the internet is full of good Samaritans who spot these design disasters in the wild and share them with the rest of us.
1. “The thermostat in my hotel room”
2. “At what point do you just go ‘Ya know what, it isn’t worth the open floor water feature'”
3. “When you want privacy, but also want to make new friends.”
4. “Before you THINK. PARK!”
5. “This new ‘Boardwalk’ sign in Ocean City, MD”
6. “Marriott Hotel Night Stand LED Aimed at My Face”
7. “That’s one way to really drive the message home.”
8. “The timers on the remote for my lights”
9. “ATM in the wall AND window of a 1690 building”
10. “This oven’s temperature dial design is unintuitive to say the least”
11. “Orange is the new milk”
12. “Have A Shart”
13. “Fig bars barred by easy-access opening to only middle of middle”
14. “Love Handles”
15. “Saw this in a hotel in St.Augustine”
16. “Don’t me touch please”
17. “Rosemary is on my kitchen mat twice. Guess they couldn’t think of another herb.”
18. “Brand promotion to… an eerie quote”
19. “The threads on this bottle are glazed too. The lid doesn’t go on”
20. “This toilet at the hotel I went to”
21. “Italian toilet signs are truly something else…”
22. “Local ComiCon has a huge Hulk who appears to be in an uncomfortable situation”
23. “Ticket barriers at the steps leading up to Novi Beograd railway station”
24. “Daylight? Then you don’t get to read your speedometer.”
25. “The oven control is clockwise but the hot plates are counter-clockwise”
