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".

LG Cookie camera

L. Venkat - Ibrahimpatnam

Camera sound will be produced, even if the phone is in silent mode while using the camera in LG COOKIE PEP MOBILE.

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2011 - 09.22.

Laptop Bag

Abhishek Srivastava - New Delhi

The laptop bad is one of the essential requirements for the office goers today. The design of bag does not allows it to remain stable and balanced on the seat.

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2011 - 09.22.

Three pin plug socket

Mohit Yadav - Pune

The three pin plug socket has been badly designed, by not keeping in mind, how it will be used if the user is only with a two pin plug. The inner mechanism of the socket, that gets triggered by the pin A (in 3 pin plug).

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2011 - 09.22.

Gmail and orkut chat

s.n.v. Sainadh - Chirala

In Gmail, when the chat option is enabled and then the user accesses his/her Orkut account at the same time chat tab works in both of them.

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2011 - 09.22.

The rear view mirror of an automobile is a serious design problem. The problem lies in visibility on a rainy day/night, when the side door glasses are closed & user in not able to wipe the rear view mirror.

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2011 - 09.22.

Typing a document in MacBook Pro

Ganesh K Burle - Hyderabad

Typing a document using the integrated keyboard in 'Mac Book Pro' is a horrible thing. The complete keyboard panel (along with touch pad) of the 'Mac Book pro' is a bad design.

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2011 - 09.22.

Soft Toys

Yasaswani Manikya Meesala - Bhimavaram

We gift teddy bears and soft toys & children play with them. But they are made of plastic which cause cancer, kidney damage, and other side effects. PVC is used for a range of soft toys.

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2011 - 09.22.

Ad-Hoc Devices

Shaik Abdur Rahim - Hyderabad

Laptops and smart-phones play a vital role in our day to day activities.

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2011 - 09.22.
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