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".

Glass with liquid

Jyothi Unnam

Generally, glass filled up with any liquid when falls down spills the liquid in it and sometimes breaks into pieces.

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2011 - 09.17.

Fevikwik

Kavitha Valeti

You use Fevikwik to stick tearing paper or any other material.  It feels hot to touch and sticks to your fingers inadvertently.  It is a painful and time consuming process to remove.

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2011 - 09.17.

Street lights

Kavitha Valeti

Street lights glow continuously at night even when there are no people or vehicles. This leads to inefficient use of power and reduces the lifetime of the lights.

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2011 - 09.17.

Badly designed ATMs

Deepti Aggarwal - Hyderabad

I find the existing ATMs designed badly for the following reasons:-

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2011 - 09.17.

Attached Hangers

Yasaswani Manikya Meesala - Bhimavaram

Hangers, posters, etc. make a great mess.  When you remove a hanger, the plastic remains attached to the wall. 

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2011 - 09.17.

IBM does not provide flexibility to users

Yasaswani Manikya Meesala - Bhimavaram

The IBM Website is confusing.  It is difficult to find what we need.  It does not allow user to reset password when needed.  The site does not support resetting account through verification of link.

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2011 - 09.17.

Air bags in cars

Sindhu Boppudi - Kandukur

Safety First!  All cars should provide air bags for passenger and co-passenger.

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2011 - 09.17.

Gap between the flatform and the train

Sneha Nalluri - Kandukur

It is so difficult for children, ladies and elderly to get on and off from the train. Reduce the gap between platform and train.  The level of platform and train should be the same.

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2011 - 09.17.
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