17 Designers That Don’t Really Care About Beauty or Comfort

You can see designers’ work everywhere now. They make packaging for food and unusual apartments. But some of them make things that cause very divisive reactions. Transparent doors in a bathroom or a pole right in the middle of a bicycle lane are just some examples.

We at Bright Side hovered over each of the photos from our compilation, trying to understand the ideas of these creative people.

“We had to stop. We kept mixing our pieces...”

• White won. Not sure which white though. © ShirosTamagotchi / Reddit

“This is what my pavement marking contractor tried to submit to me for approval.”

• Looks like he asked his kids to do it with chalk. © SirTickleMePink / Reddit

“To the person that made such a door right in front of a toilet, I have a few questions for you...”

These address numbers seem a bit confusing.

• They need to add the street name underneath in smaller print. © TrevorJordan / Reddit
• Or on top, but just upside-down. © SethKadoodles / Reddit
• Diagonally. With rotating letters. © someguy3 / Reddit

“That’s how I broke my leg.”

• It’s more of a modern natural selection and eye vision test. © R____I____G____H___T / Reddit

But if you cut an avocado, the film won’t help.

A closet for those that really love minimalism

• And this is where I keep my shirt. © CMacDiddio / Reddit

This toilet has a full-length mirror right in front of the urinal.

• You say bad design, I say innovation. © the_real_Snail_pope / Reddit

“The terrible design of my school — this is the place where every hallway intersects.”

“I’m in room 920. How do I find it?”

“I found the room. It was not between 919 and 921. It was next to 922 on another spur across the hall.”

• I like how 922 can’t be found with the sign either. © LMAbacus / Reddit

The amazing almost invisible step everyone trips over

“Our A/C blows cold air when the button is red and hot air when it’s blue.”

• It turns blue to tell you “press here to make it cold.” © xswatqcx / Reddit
• This drives me nuts. © Pomegranate_36 / Reddit
  

“There is only 1 toilet paper dispenser at my school bathroom, and every time you must calculate the amount of paper you will use.”

• Our school took it to another level — there was one dispenser for male and female bathrooms in the hall outside so everyone could see how much paper you took. © gougim / Reddit

You can’t close this window until you go outside.

“My fridge has this indicator to let you know the door is open. The light is hidden behind the door when it’s closed.”

Don’t go too fast in this bike lane.

• I don’t see a problem, it’s bike lane 9 3/4. © NickFiash / Reddit

Another creative design for the bathroom

• I just need to talk to the people who make these decisions. © libra-luxe / Reddit

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