30 Dangerous Designs That Somehow Made It Past The Planning Stage
Design can be a complicated field. You need to be creative, smart, and pay close attention to detail. But, like any industry, there are people who have off days. Like accounting for safety.
Designs can be just as dangerous as they can be thoughtful.
It’s hard to believe no one spoke up during these. Maybe no one was listening, or maybe no one cared enough. But it’s no surprise that, living in today’s age, people would put a slide in front of a pole. It makes for a fun day at the park, I guess.
If you see any of these dangerous designs in the wild, make sure you share them with the world so we know what to look out for.
1. “Make One Wrong Turn – Designed To Rupture”
2. “A nightstand overlapping with the bed to break your face while sleeping”
3. “Schrodinger’s stovetop light looks both OFF and ON”
4. “This fork and bottle opener combo pokes your lips when you eat”
5. “These stickers on the escalator that appear to be encouraging children to slide down outside the railing.”
6. “At least it’s padded?”
7. “Well-lit sidewalk with bike lane and tactile path for the blind”
8. “Highway Demoted to Street Light”
9. “This unreasonably dangerous walkway”
10. “Good luck blind people!”
11. “The rails should prevent people from hitting their head, but instead they trip over them. So now, traffic cones.”
12. “Seen outside a hotel near Las Vegas, accessibility room up a stair”
13. “That slide seems like a good time”
14. “One slip and you die.”
15. “Reflective tile in my office bathroom”
16. “These aren’t stairs. They are decorative waterfalls. My friend walked into them and slipped, i laughed my butt off.”
17. “New front steps from a local sub”
18. “Guys, we should put some railings here. Someone might fall in.”
19. “Perfectly Camouflaged Door Stopper to stub your toes”
20. “My girlfriends toilet is right next to the radiator so whenever I relax on the toilet I get a 3rd degree burn across my thigh”
21. “Accessibility is key.. so let’s block it.”
22. “I’m not sure how to hold this coffee mug.”
23. “This sign in a hotel elevator is a little hard to read”
24. “Bear pokes your eye every time you drink from it”
25. “There’s a heat vent for the oven that comes out right where your hand is when you’re using the oven, so you can burn your hand”
26. “This sink I almost mistook as a urinal”
27. “If I slip on the steps, I can always stab my hand onto the railing for a firm grip.”
28. “Treadmill buttons are reversed, causing me to fall on my ass when trying to turn it down.”
29. “If you walk on the right you fall down a staircase”
30. “Every time you want to change the temperature on our electric stove you risk getting 2nd degree burns… Thanks Miele”
