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Pariah Burke
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March 1, 2017
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What are some examples of bad design?

  • March 1, 2017
  • 16 replies
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Provide photos or screenshots!

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    16 replies

    Ussnorway7605025
    Legend
    September 26, 2017

    web design 1:01 = different pages on a related site should have the same navigation so people trying to use the site can find their way around

    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 20, 2017

    In France, we have a famous tumblr of fame that presents the best of ugly design.

    Enjoy: http://soixante-millions-de-graphistes.tumblr.com

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    OldBob1957
    Inspiring
    September 25, 2017

    Two more for the mix. I would ask; What were they thinking? But I am afraid in these instances, nobody WAS thinking.

    Damien Berest
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    September 26, 2017

    In defense of the drowning one, the design looks like it could predate the use of 'lol'

    No reason not to update it, though...

    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 20, 2017

    When "where" becomes"whore".

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    JR Boulay
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 20, 2017

    Typo fail.

    You are expected to read "vos amis", which mean "your friends" in French.

    But what you see is "vos anus", which mean "your anus" in French.

    ;-)

    The complete sentence is : "Share a Coca-Cola zero with your friends/anus".

    Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    Participant
    March 24, 2017

    i love these kind of threads. here is a logo that i found. i used to live near this mall - it's a fitting logo.

    here is some tasty publication design. this combo of the logo, colors and photography. it's so bad it's good 

    Ussnorway7605025
    Legend
    March 24, 2017

    lol does she really carry an axe into the ring?

    OldBob1957
    Inspiring
    September 18, 2017

    I do not think this is what Starbucks had in mind.

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 23, 2017
    Pariah Burke
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 22, 2017

    I just ran into this one a few minutes ago. It's pretty bad user experience design requiring five security questions to manage one's Verizon Cloud storage in the browser.

    try67
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 22, 2017

    Neat video about how bad typography (although I think they're using that term wrong, it's mostly bad design) can screw up award ceremonies and world politics: Bad typography has ruined more than just the Oscars - YouTube

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 22, 2017

      wrote

    Neat video about how bad typography (although I think they're using that term wrong, it's mostly bad design) can screw up award ceremonies and world politics: Bad typography has ruined more than just the Oscars - YouTube

    That's a good one!

    Nancy

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    VL Branko
    Inspiring
    March 16, 2017

    When I first began studying how to design websites I got the book Web Pages That Suck - Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Web Design. They also have a website that collects many examples of, you guessed it, web pages that suck. www.webpagesthatsuck.com

    Have fun.

    Brad Lawryk
    Legend
    March 6, 2017

    Can I just provide a link? Love the service, love the product .....the 'design' is okay but the 'user experience' is horrible. ;-)

    http://stock.adobe.com