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".

Spilling of ink in ball pens

M. Ratna Susmitha - Bhimavaram

Spelling of ink in ball point pens spoils the shirts(at pocket  corners) and it may damages papers too.

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2011 - 09.21.

Missing 'off' button in the calculator

M. Ratna Susmitha - Bhimavaram

In calculator we doesn’t see 'off' button

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2011 - 09.21.

Cap of the Grinder

M. Ratna Susmitha - Bhimavaram

The cap of the grinder is attached to it so that it creates problem in cleaning and difficult to take the grinded material.

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2011 - 09.21.

blocking of ice in defridgerators

M. Ratna Susmitha - Bhimavaram

Blocking of ice in DeRefrigerator is the bad design especially in godrej Refrigerator.

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2011 - 09.21.

Umbrella in rain

Rashmi H.G. - Banglore

Umbrellas does not protect  completely  us from rain.

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2011 - 09.21.

Multiple Message Deletion

Abhinav Asati - Bhopal

There is no easier way to delete multiple messages in mobile phones ranging from entry-level to high-end.

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2011 - 09.17.

The newspapers and websites

Abhinav Asati - Bhopal

The newspapers and the websites create much hype which could affect the young minds in a destructive manner

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2011 - 09.17.

USB Port positions on a HP Laptop

Saravanan Ganesh - Coimbatore

A few laptops are designed in such a way that plugging-in more than one USB device at the same time is almost impossible.

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2011 - 09.17.
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