Some designs miss the mark by a little, but these miss by a mile. You know the feeling: you reach for a handle that isn’t a ...

Apple and design are almost synonymous in the tech world, as the company’s often-bold aesthetic choices have the potential to shape a generation of products. But for all its design clout, sometimes ...

Design can be a tricky business—sometimes, even the best intentions end up way off course. These funny and embarrassing design fails highlight exactly what happens when ideas don’t quite land. Whether ...

Some designs are so well thought out you barely notice them—and then there are these. This batch of truly baffling design choices raises a lot of questions, starting with “how did this get approved?” ...

When you’re neck-deep in your work, you can get so focused on a few details that you no longer see the forest for the trees. Before you know it, you’ve made some major mistakes that are glaringly ...

If you're of a certain vintage, then the most exciting nugget amongst the many pieces of video game news announced last night will have been the re-release of N64 classic Goldeneye 007. Long tied up ...

Sometimes, the internet blesses us with a graphic design fail so unfortunate that it makes me question, 'Surely that can't be an accident?' One such case is a recent Instagram post from Gonzaga ...

From tech companies exploiting users to voting ballots that undermined democracy, there was plenty of bad design to choose from. "I just got sick and tired of all these success stories," says the ...

Ikea’s Doomed Quest To Design A Couch You Can Carry In Your Hands Sometimes an idea is so good you have to try it and fail--twice. My First Big Screw-Up: Lessons From 8 Top Designers It happens to the ...

So many Fixer Upper fans are inspired by Chip and Joanna Gaines. The Waco-based couple took HGTV by storm, quickly rising to fame and becoming the most beloved renovators on the network. But their ...

Update published 7/14/22: One of the five “fails” cited in this story (and pictured above) describes outdoor seating areas at the University of Miami. At the time the story was written and the ...