The Bad-Designs Showcase

This is where you'll find the biggest collection of Bad Design examples from daily life!!!

The Bad Designs were collected over the years from the user submitted entries for the World Usability Day Contests under the name "Boycott Bad Designs".

Samsung star mobile

Bhanu Prakash - Hyderabad

FM radio works only when we connect the earphones to mobile phone even when the phone has an inbuilt speaker.

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2011 - 09.22.

No mug in toilet

Bhanu Prakash - Hyderabad

Indian style toilets cannot be used without a mug.

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2011 - 09.22.

Ceiling fan hook

Bhanu Prakash - Hyderabad

The new fan hook box is designed in such a way that there is no space to move the spanner to fit nut and bolt, as the hook is very much inside the box. This makes fitting the ceiling fan to hook quite difficult and inconvenient.

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2011 - 09.22.

Car door rear view mirrors

Bhanu Prakash - Hyderabad

A car’s sideview or wing mirror isa delicate car part,and because traffic on Indian roads is ever increasing.

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2011 - 09.22.

The dell studio charger

Supraja Narayanan - Secunderabad

The dell studio charger’s adapter (the black heavy part) is connected to the wire in a way that in a plugged in state, the heavy adapter is always hanging, applying pressure on the wire.

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2011 - 09.22.

The all new Ford Figo

Supraja Narayanan - Secunderabad

Ford Figo, one of the most hyped cars of the year, poses a serious problem of the back seat window. This back seat window can be lowered down to only half of its entire length.

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2011 - 09.22.

Wall mixer in bathroom

Anitha - Hyderabad

The handle of the tap in the middle confuses with the direction, it looks like a pointer to select hot or cold water.

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2011 - 09.22.

Different brands of buses are run by APSRTC, so there is no consistency in the size of route number boards.

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2011 - 09.22.
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