Showing posts with label Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Design. Show all posts

Thursday, May 21, 2026

What are some examples of bad design?

 These pictures are hilarious and are perfect examples of bad design .

  • Long yellow things.
  • This is almost beyond irritating.
  • Well done, Africa.
  • Forgetting anything?
  • This is genuinely quiet terrifying!
  • Getting the basics horribly wrong.
  • Total disappointment.
  • So close yet so far!
  • The editor messed up.
  • Ouch! Looks pretty painful.

The last one is my favourite!

  • Fork on the road.

Thanks for reading!

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Source : 27 People That Had One Job and Still Failed Miserably

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

What are some examples of truly good design?

 Here are some examples of simple, appealing, and thoughtfully designed pieces.

1. A chair that fits perfectly around the table.

2. A chair designed to resemble the sushi found in a sushi restaurant.

3. A bag for carrying pets.

4. A banana peel-shaped sign that reads, "Slippery. Danger."

5. Consideration for our customers

The orange basket is for people who want to talk to a store employee.

The black basket is for people who want to enjoy shopping on their own.

6. An advertisement for this watch.

7. The door handle at Snake Park.

8. Subway entrance.

9. Doors that can be closed from both sides.

10. Small door for children

Monday, March 23, 2026

What are the best examples of a really good design?

 

A library that opened up in China recently.

Here are some fun facts about this uniquely designed architectural marvel:

  • It has been given the shape of an eye, both outside as well as inside.
  • Look from outside, and it would seem like an eye is staring at you through the building’s glazed facade.
  • Get inside and it will feel like you are literally walking inside an eyeball; exactly the reason why the atrium of the building has a giant spherical structure in the center, you guessed it, like a pupil.
  • The five-story building has a row-like design from floor to ceiling to look like a continuous book shelf, where books exists till the 2nd floor only. Rest of the rows have image of books printed on them; maybe to ensure visitors have their attention glued to the books instead of marveling the design of this magnificent architecture. Subtle!
  • The continuous bookshelf design was initially planned to make every row accessible - floor-to-ceiling. Not kidding! The plan was dropped to fast-track construction.

For a world that was presumably moving to ebooks and online reading, this library redefines book reading.

About design, lets just say it hits the ball straight out of the park, where park is a metaphor for ‘Earth’! 

Friday, January 2, 2026

What’s the most ridiculous design fault you’ve seen on a building?

 

This is 30 St Mary Axe, London, commonly known as The Gherkin. It’s not immediately obvious from this shot but towards the bottom of the building the walls actually taper inwards. This meant that when it rained, the water ran down the side of the building until the walls became vertical, then the water dropped straight down in a 360 degree waterfall, making it impossible to enter the building without getting soaked. A later modification put gutters on the outside to redirect the rain.

This is 20 Fenchurch Street, just down the road from the Gherkin, popularly known as the walky-talky because of its concave windowed side. Unfortunately, this faces south, and in the first summer after it was built the concave windows acted like a mirror, concentrating the sunlight onto the street. It burnt carpets, damaged cars and caused great discomfort for those walking past. The architect defended its design by claiming he thought the sun never shined in London.