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".

Zinda Tilismath

Mujahid , Hyderabad

The bottle of Zinda Tilismath, the Unani Medicine which is being used from many years is made of very thin glass, if slipped from hand will be smashed in pieces in a fraction of seconds as the size of this bottle is also very small.

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2011 - 01.22.

Sending Friend rquests in Facebook

Nidhi Jalwal, New Delhi

Friend requests are send to all the people added in the mail account:
    Sometimes, Facebook sends friend requests without permission to all the members added in the e-mail address provided.

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2011 - 01.22.

poorer search engine in Face Book

Nidhi Jalwal, New Delhi

Poor Facebook search engine
     Facebook has an comparatively poorer search engine than Orkut. It is extremely difficult to find a person with no mutual friends.

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2011 - 01.22.

wireless headsets

Nidhi Jalwal, New Delhi

Fm radios in cellphones doesnt work without the earphones:
  Although there are wireless headsets developed for the same, the idea has not yet reached the masses which still makes it an unsolved problem.

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2011 - 01.22.

Drinking Straws

Rachna Madhavan

Thousands of drinking straws are used each day around the world. These are made of plastic and unsafe for children and even for adults.

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2011 - 01.22.

Inconvenient Back Seats

Rachna Madhavan

This car is a latest one and highly sophisticated to watch. This car is very convenient for the people sitting in the first seats.

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2011 - 01.22.

Flat Footwear

Rachna Madhavan

The flat footwear is a latest trend but at the same time it causes heal pain in the later stages of life of about 40+ years.

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2011 - 01.22.

Dangling Electric Wires

Rachna Madhavan

The electrical wire lines hanged around in the air causes inconvenience to public that could also cause death, when the wire breaks accidentally.

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2011 - 01.22.
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