Look design is challenging. There's a reason that people get paid quite a bit of money to do graphic design, interior design, and any other kind of design you can think of. But there are some things that should be obvious: make your designs readable! Evenly space your lettering! Imagine you're the stupidest human being on the planet and see if you can still interpret the words correctly! Just don't make them, well, horrible.
Basically what I'm saying is that there is a lot of bad design out there. Some of it will make you cringe. Some of it will make you laugh. Some of it will make you twitch until you can just fix it. But thanks to Reddit, there's a place where you can see all of it and feel all of the feelings (like "I could absolutely design better than that, someone hire me"). Let's check out some of these horrible design choices, shall we?
Let's start with a real whammy shall we?
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Even if you're not covering a letter, you can still make some bad letter-missing mistakes.
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Kerning. Get used to it.
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Sometimes it's not so much the words you choose as the order you put them in.
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Remember kids: people read left to right and top to bottom.
But I will absolutely visit "liftmyarm" to fix my ankle pain.In fact that goes for letters too.
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There are levels here.
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What is this even supposed to say?
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I have no idea how this design ever made it to production.
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At first blush this might not look like the worst design.
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Seriously everyone, think about where you're putting things before you make it permanent.
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Even hallways can be misplaced.
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Sometimes a misplaced design element is truly cruel.
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Speaking of where you place things...
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Even if your words are in the right place, sometimes you need other elements too.
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Sometimes it's not about what you put in, but what you don't put in.
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When you're designing, it's also important to think about the images that you're including.
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You should also remember that stock photography exists and you can use it!
Because photoshopping crochet needles into someone's hands is just never a good idea when you can buy a dang picture of someone actually knitting (yes, they are the wrong type of needle, nothing about this photo makes sense).Protip: use the right kind of photos!
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On the other hand, sometimes you might not want to use stock photos.
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Another important element of design is consistency.
Make sure that all of your pieces fit together. Seamlessly. Without gaps.If there's one place that has a wild amount of room for bad design, it's bathrooms.
There should be full on laws about the appropriate places to put a urinal.Like this "maximum efficiency" bathroom.
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Or just in case you want some friends while you do your business.
You can use this chair-filled bathroom! Everything is better with an audience.Look I don't want to act like a know it all, but I feel like there's a very basic piece of information that was lost during this design process.
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Similarly, you would think that parking spaces are for cars to...ya know...park in.
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And if you're going to use an image in your design, it should be there for a reason!
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Today I learned that 67% and 76% are the same thing.
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Some designs are so bad that you honestly don't even know what they are.
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Look we all get weird ads from Wish sometimes.
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What is fashion?
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Here's another free design tip for you all.
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In fact just avoid those bits of animals altogether.
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Context is also important.
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Would you like to use the Apple Pencil or the Apple Pencil?
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There are levels of pain to this image.
BACD? WHY??? I can't even.Dollar Tree we know you don't have much money but at least make an effort.
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Making designs that are accessible for people with disabilities can be tough.
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All images should probably be run past a teenage boy just in case they can be interpreted poorly.
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Sometimes the bad design isn't immediately apparent.
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