35 Hilariously Bad Design Fails Caught In The Wild This Week (October 15 ,2025)
Some designs just make you stop and go, “How did this get approved?” Every week, the internet unearths new examples of designs gone horribly wrong.
These design fails were spotted out in the wild by everyday people who just couldn’t believe their eyes. So here they are, in all their unintentional glory.
1. “Mmmm colour-blind simulator”
2. “On the Mcdonalds’ monopoly game they removed the ‘go to jail’ character’s whistle but left his cheeks blowing.”
3. “Which way do I walk?”
4. “This ‘sudoku’ Christmas tree decoration is clearly a bingo card”
5. “Please excuse the mess made, memories are being”
6. “My local park benches made of stainless steel. Too cold to sit on in winter, too hot to sit on in summer”
7. “Sinks that look like urinals mext to the actual urinals… at a beer garden. If you need a sign, it’s crappy design.”
8. “OOLS deluxe set”
9. “Bathroom and kitchen combined”
10. “My family took me to the Titanic exhibit for my birthday”
11. “these Leviton switches have raised lettering that love gathering and KEEPING dirt in them”
12. “Coasters from a local designer, but the sand is elevated so the cups fall off”
13. “These storage steps in a homemade tiny home look like an accident waiting to happen”
14. “Wasn’t planning on performing the impossible, but OK!”
15. “The place I’m staying has running water on top of a cabinet that doesn’t have a sink.”
16. “Ritz’s Guide to a Serving Size”
17. “Which way to temple 38? Or group F? Took me half a day to figure out that these signs are both pointing straight ahead.”
18. “Crappy Kids Floss Packaging”
19. “I don’t see anything wrong”
20. “I have no words…”
21. “Get Nailed”
22. “Long invisible steps”
23. “Stairway to Heck”
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26. “Three different O widths hurts my brain”
27. “Page Folds on Africa in Global Hunger Map in my Textbook”
28. “Hip-pinching chairs: I’m a skinny guy & these bang into my hip bones. How can they possibly be comfortable for anyone wider?”
29. “Safety Is Chimney Check Your Clean”
30. “Long invisible steps”
31. “Austrian elevators are hard to understand”
32. “If you ever wanna watch yourself taking a dump”
33. “Belgian Urban Design”
34. “The elevator in this brand new parking garage”
35. “The only ticket machine, photo taken from the only Blue Badge parking spaces (approx 50ft) outside Mid Devon Council / Job Centre”
