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".

Best Before

Swathik Addala - Secunderabad

There is lot of awareness about ISI mark, which denotes the quality of the product, but ideally this mark along with best before tag completes the quality definition of a product.

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2011 - 09.15.

In all Nokia mobiles whenever it vibrates it creates disturbance for us, when mobile is in silent mode. We should avoid vibrations but also we should know when important call is coming when mobile is in silent mode during important meeting or discussion.

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2011 - 09.15.

Foot Rest for long drive

Abhijeet Choudhari - Secunderabad

The problem with this vehicle design is the foot-rest for the person at the back were he has to fold his leg at angle less than 90 degree which is not comfortable for long ride or in city. Same is the case with bikes like Yamaha FZ AND YAMAHA R15.

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2011 - 09.15.

Kick rod & Foot rest

Abhijeet Choudhari - Secunderabad

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2011 - 09.15.

Hope of Light

Ekta Sachdev - IIT Kanpur

  • Have to strain eyes to read
  • Poverty has lead future of india to study in difficult situations
  • This problem effects economic life, education and health
  • Kerosene lamps cause pneumonia and can also lead to accidental fires
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2011 - 09.15.

Bicycle

Archana Singh - New Delhi

The carrier of the bicycle is not comfortable for seating as it is meant for carrying stuff but users also using it for seating. Set of chain connecting paddles is a bad design as it is hard to repair due to its cover.

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2011 - 09.15.

Chalks and dusters

Reshma Maurya - IIT Kanpur

Chalks for writing on a blackboard/greenboardis a bad design :

  1. The dust coming out from them causes allergies to many.
  2. When they become small in size towards the end, they cannot be used for writing and have to be thrown away , causing material wastage.
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2011 - 09.15.

Pendrives

Reshma Maurya - IIT Kanpur

The design of pen drives has always confused users in terms of orientation to put the pendriveinto a computer or laptop.

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2011 - 09.15.
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