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".

Water Bottle

Samuel Pushpak K - Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

Different bottle mouths come with different problems. The one with larger mouth (top) is easy to fill (from tap/pouring by hand) but is hard to drink with as the flow of water is huge.

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2011 - 09.15.

The sinage of pendrive

Umesh Nomula, Madhapur

Most of the time it is hard to figure out which way to insert the pendrive, since there is no signage to show which side should be upwards. Adding a simple sign will help in solving this problem.

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2011 - 09.15.

White Umbrell

Uday kumar.B - Nalgonda

The difference between the glare of white umbrella and black umbrella shows the problem. It is very tough to use white umbrella in hot sun.

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2011 - 09.15.

How often do we ponder about the signage on buses ?

Sai Kumar.G, Venkateshwara College Of Architecture

Most bus drivers don’t use indicators when turning – unexpected turns might lead to traffic jams or accidents.

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2011 - 09.15.

Top Bottom approach

Prasad khasnis, Mumbai

The board at the entrance of a building lists the floors & offices in a clean manner.

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2011 - 09.15.

Short Run-Way for Air Planes

Syeda Afrah Fathima, Karnataka

An Air India Express airliner crashed outside Mangalore airport in Karnataka, killing 158 people when it burst into flames after overshooting a table-top runway and plunging into forest below.

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2011 - 01.22.

Using of ATM's In Rural Areas

Rajanikanth, Karimnagar

Most of the in cities are using atms but if village people have it then it is for them to take money so by keeping atms in village and issuing atm cards by checking thumb impression of that person he is able to take money and there is no stealing of pinnumbers and should not have to enter pin numbrs or forgetting of pin numbers.

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2011 - 01.22.

LPG Cylinders

Savyasachi Chourey, Indore

One can find LPG cylinders in almost every kitchen in India. The problem with them is that not everybody knows the way of putting the regulator over the nozzle of the cylinder to make it work. The prime users of these cylinders, the women folk have trouble in establishing a way to manipulate the regulator knob. They have to ask the help of others to put the regulator on the cylinder and on it properly. I think it is a problem which can seriously hamper the safety of a household.

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2011 - 01.22.
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