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".

Managing Bookmarks in Windows

Reshma Maurya - IIT Kanpur

Windows does not give an option to open multiple saved bookmarks in different tabs. If a person has many bookmarks and wants to refer them again, he/she has to open them one by one in different tabs.

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2011 - 09.15.

Tap Design

Rasagy Sharma - Bangalore

The tap is too close to the edge of the sink. This gives less space for the water to fall into and makes washing hands harder. Instead, tap should be placed more centrally and little higher, so it becomes more usable.

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2011 - 09.15.

The glass plate in the microware oven which i cannot be adjusted everytime we take back the plate,the wheels which were provided under the plate are not well design so as it cannot be fit in to it so easily,where house wife's face the problem of fitting it into it everytime they take it out.

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2011 - 09.15.

Mechanical key operated locks

Mohit Gupta - New Delhi

A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object, such as a key. Due to regular performing the action of opening and closing the locks, our semi conscious mind develops a sense when the door is closed i.e. a particular sound (takk) is produced when the key successfully rotates in the lock and our brain gives the signal that the lock is closed.

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2011 - 09.15.

Talcum Powder

Mohit Gupta - New Delhi

Talcum powder is the most accepted commercial product in both – rural India as well as urban India. But is has a lot of design issues while its application by masses, which proves the bad design of its packaging.

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2011 - 09.15.

Nokia N95 8GB & Nokia 5230

Mohit Gupta - New Delhi

Most mobile phones have a “shutter sound” when one takes a photo. However, at times one might need to click photos without distracting others by the shutter sound (meetings, performances etc).

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2011 - 09.15.

Indian Railways Portal

Mohit Gupta - New Delhi

When booking a Return journey ticket on the Indian Railways Portal, the portal doesn’t check if the onwards journey date is before the return journey date.

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2011 - 09.15.

The bathroom doors in coaches of Indian Railways have two latch from inside – one is a rotating latch, that can be opened from both sides and other is a sliding latch that can be only used from inside.

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2011 - 09.15.
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