Poor, Poor Design

So the DOET assignment Brian and I were given was to find products that were poorly designed, aesthetically or confusingly; just an object that makes no practical sense of what it's supposed to be. So where to look first? Why not one of the simplest objects around: chairs. Four legs and a seat. Not too difficult... right?


Alright, you're one leg short. I can't see how this thing would be very supportive of someone's weight. Plus the little half-completed backing is more awkward than anything. And I sense it would dig into my back and be pretty uncomfortable.


Now who's gonna sit on this? At least the other chair had a flat seat. If I wanted to sit on uneven rocky surfaces, I'd go back into the woods.


Well this makes a little more sense... but not really. There's considerably less ass space than for your legs. Or maybe you're supposed to straddle it the other way around, but even then you'd be hard pressed to get your arms around the looped chair backing. What the hell's going on here...

Bad design is not limited to just chairs, believe it or not.

Now this doesn't make any sense. You either build your stairs skinnier, or you have one set of handrails. Now you've just blocked off a considerable amount of stair space.


This can't be real, can it? No one could have lacked that much common sense. Maybe the poles were built afterward or something, but even then, it would be astounding. Could it get much worse than this?


Yes it can.