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".

Clogging of Kitchen-sink

name not revealed!?

After the dish-washing the kitchen sink gets choked.

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2005 - 11.13.

Car Bumper Hitting the Pavement

M., Kiran, Hyderabad

While parking the car along the pavement there are chances of the bumper hitting the pavement.

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2005 - 11.02.

No Bus Number on Side of the Bus

B.Roja Reddy, SVCA, Hyderabad

Bus number is only displayed on the front and the back but it should also be present on the side of a bus.

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2005 - 11.02.

Window Position for People Standing in Bus

S. Shravani Gupta, SVCA, Hyderabad

Window position is improper when we consider people standing in bus who need to bend down again and again to catch the glimpse of approaching bus stop.

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2005 - 11.02.

Foot-rest of Honda Activa

Hitesh Bagai, Chennai

Every time one has to open the foot rest by hand, the position of this element is such that it just cannot be opened by foot.

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2005 - 11.02.

Ketchup bottle

Shruti Ramalingam, India

Ketchup being viscous in nature, it is difficult to pour it from a glass bottle.

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2005 - 11.02.

Shampoo Sachet

Shauraya Rawat, IISc, Bangalore

Shampoo sachets cannot be easily opened with wet hands.

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2005 - 11.02.

Train Berths of a 3 Tier Bogie

Shauraya Rawat, IISc,Banglore

The berths of a 3 tier bogie don’t provide enough head space. When someone is sleeping on the middle berth, people on middle as well as lower berths can no even sit due to less head space.

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2005 - 11.02.
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