An ongoing collection of “Wait, who approved this design?” and “Are you serious“ moments. 🤦🏻‍♀️
This will be a non exhaustive list of inconvenient design choices I encounter in may daily life. I’ll be adding new entries whenever inspiration or pure irritation hits strikes.
By @Arthi Abilasha
Last Update July 16, 2025
As a designer and researcher, I am always looking out for great design.
A teeny side effect of that is noticing weird little design quirks that range from just mildly annoying to “What the hell were they thinking?”
Bad design, on the other hand, screams out its inadequacies, making itself very noticeable. -Don Norman, Design of everyday things
So essentially this blog is about noticing the
bad design of everyday things!
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1.đźš—Â Cannot Escape the mega sized popup
2.🎧 Dear Apple Podcasts, Happy 20th!
3.👀 Youtube: Fake it till ya make it!
4.🪞 Mirror, mirror on the car..
5.⌨ Predictive Text: Why the key chaos?
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Disclaimer: I don’t claim to be a perfect designer myself (pretty sure my own work has given someone a headache somewhere).
To err is after all human.
Spotted something similar? Send it my way!