40 Benches That Were Clearly Designed By Someone Who Has Never Sat Down
Sitting down is one of the oldest, simplest things a human being can do. We’ve been doing it for thousands of years. A bench has one job, and you don’t need a design degree to understand it, you just need to have been tired before.
And yet, somewhere out there, there are credentialed, employed, presumably chair-owning designers who looked at a bench and thought, “I can make this worse.” And then they did.
1. “Benches designed by someone who hates the concept of sitting down.”
2. “A bench that doesn’t drain”
3. “This bench. Where I live it is very hot and it is impossible to sit in this park”
4. “Innovative water trap disguised as public seating”
5. “A bench at a metro station”
6. “This bench area that floods when it rains.”
7. “This ‘bench’ that’s as comfortable as you’d expect”
8. “A water filled bench, as there are no holes…”
9. “This large polka dot human centipede park bench doesn’t seem to be in the best of taste.”
10. “These benches…”
11. “There is a gap between two roofs right above a bench”
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13. “This metal bench with sharp cut out edges and large holes.”
14. “Subway benches at 8th & Market in Philly.”
15. “Placing a bench so close to the edge of a roof so when a slight wind blows while its raining the bench gets wet”
16. “My local park benches made of stainless steel. Too cold to sit on in winter, too hot to sit on in summer”
17. “Stainless steel bench at the beach. The temperature today is 31°c.”
18. “A public bench where strangers can get to know each other”
19. “Shopping center has ceilings above entire walkway, except for where the benches are.”
20. “Hmm, i think we should put a bench here….”
21. “This bench”
22. “The most uncomfortable bench. Also your legs get stuck in the bars supporting the bench.”
23. “This bench at my local shopping centre”
24. “This comfortable bench”
25. “Perfect placement for the only two benches on a quarter-mile-long train platform with a specially built overhang”
26. “Picnic bench with an opening for wheelchairs, and a gravel trap so you can’t get wheels anywhere near it”
27. “A perfect train station bench……..If you have no legs”
28. “This is what happens when you build a new seawall but forget about the benches nailed to the ground”
29. “A solar powered bench IN THE SHADE”
30. “it’s not that they put a pole in front of it, why did they put a bench behind it”
31. “This bench”
32. “This park bench…”
33. “My back hurts from this bench design”
34. “Why would you put this on a bench?”
35. “Bench of doom.”
36. “These benches at a mall (yes you are supposed to sit on these)”
37. “The rain is ‘draining’ right onto the bench”
38. “Ahhhhh… I love to come to my comfy brick bench and look out into the tranquil waters of the sea.”
39. “Tactile paving for the visually impaired interrupted by giant bench.”
40. “The backrest of this bench is directly aligned with the downsloap end of the pavilion, defeating the purpose of shelter from the rain.”
h/t: r/CrappyDesign