48 Dumb, Misleading, Or Inappropriate Designs That Businesses Clearly Did Not Think Through At All

1.This kids coloring book drawing that accidentally makes this woman look...curvier:

Cartoon of a family scene with a woman lighting two candlesticks, surrounded by children, a man, and a cat

2.This hand sanitizer bottle that's bound to cause a very thirsty person to make a big mistake:

A hand holds a bottle labeled as "Handitizer" with a sanitizer warning. Newspapers are out of focus in the background

3.This sign that I'm guessing you had no idea was for a ski lift:

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4.This packaging for body wash that anyone would mistake for honey:

Bear-shaped honey bottle repurposed as body wash container on a shelf
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5.This logo that's for DEROTIC Emergency Equipment and not whatever else you thought it was:

Sign reading "Derotic Emergency Equipment" on a building exterior
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6.These abstract, confusing bathroom signs:

Bathroom signs featuring minimalist stick figures, one with pants and the other with a skirt, against black circular backgrounds
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7.This cheese wrapper that makes it look all gross and moldy:

Packaged slices of Tilsit cheese, labeled in Spanish, shown from front and back views in a store setting

8.This tissue box that imagines if Spider-Man could shoot webs from places besides his hands:

Tissue box with Spider-Man design, featuring an image of the superhero in an action pose. Tissues are visible from the top

9.This doormat where the letter "M" is virtually invisible:

A doormat reads "HOME" but is partially obscured, showing "HO E," placed in front of a door on tiled flooring

10.This pool float that looks like a menstrual pad:

Inflatable pool floats on display in a store, with one resembling an oversized sanitary pad

11.This mug design that tried to make a "W" double as a "V":

A mug with the words "London," "Tokyo," "New York," and "Barcelona," with the letters "L," "O," "V," "E" highlighted to spell "LOVE."

12.These nearly identical bottles for toilet cleaner and dish liquid:

Bottles of Earth Choice cleaning products, one for toilets and one for dishes, mistakenly placed together
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13.This logo with haunting animation:

A logo of donkeys
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14.This door art that makes using the door handle suggestive:

Silhouette of a person wearing sunglasses painted on a door inside an eyewear store, with a display of glasses on the left

15.These restroom tiles that would make me walk out immediately:

Bathroom with a white toilet, gray tile walls featuring brown leaf designs, metal toilet paper dispenser, and a toilet brush on the floor

16.This confusing warning sign:

Circular button on a pole with contradictory instructions "PUSH DON'T PUSH."
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17.This business center's logo that looks like someone sitting on the toilet:

A logo that looks like someone sitting on a toilet
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18.This design of a woman with cartoonishly long arms:

a silhouette of a woman playing volleyball with really long arms
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19.This design that...wasn't thought through:

Image of soldier-shaped keychains, some with glitter, depicting a soldier kneeling with a rifle. Text mentions this design honors fallen soldiers

20.This logo for coconut water that's actually the chemical equation for dicarbon monoxide:

"C2O" on a bottle
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21.This very detailed logo on knockoff sneakers:

A knock-off Air Jordan shoe

22.These duplicate elevator buttons where one set is only supposed to be used for emergency:

Elevator control panel with 15 buttons, including a "Fire Fighting Only" sign, emergency call button, and floor numbers; buttons are arranged in a vertical grid
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23.This logo for kids toys that looks like a swear word:

"ass toys"

24.These trash can labels that make sorting the trash confusing:

labels placed in the middle so it's hard to tell which bin it's for
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25.This unsuccessful motivational poster in a doctor's office:

it looks like it reads keep smiling, give up
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26.These crappy tie-dye socks:

the tie dye looks like poop stains
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27.The message on this sign that should've been ordered differently:

every child garbage, matters recycle
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28.These mug handles that are nearly impossible to keep a steady grip on:

handles of the mugs are letters and not easy to grip

29.This button for 2-year-olds that's so small it's a choking hazard for anyone under three:

Birthday badge with "Happy 2nd Birthday." Side text: "NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OF AGE."
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30.This not-safe-for-kids cleaning product that has child-friendly packaging:

A hand holding a bottle of Viss cleaning product with whimsical cartoon characters and German text promoting communal cleaning
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31.This hotel key card that can't fit in a wallet:

A wallet with cards inside and a partially visible circular sign reading "We Are Not Square."
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32.This hotel room carpet with a design that makes the carpet look worn out:

Hotel room window with view of street. Patterned carpet and part of a chair visible
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33.This hotel water bottle that SEEMS complimentary because they made the fine print so small:

Water bottle with a note: "Please enjoy. A $4.00 fee per bottle will appear on your bill."
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34.This decorative sign that actually says "eat":

Decorative metal and wood wall shelf with 4 hooks, designed with the word "EAT" and swirl accents, displayed on a store shelf
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35.This hideous, unreadable daycare center sign:

A colorful mural reads "Barber's Hilltop Daycare" with various animal skin patterns and illustrations like a butterfly, bird, and ladybug
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36.This traffic sign that looks like it's telling people to follow others home:

A blue road sign reads: "Follow traffic rules. Someone is waiting at home for you. Obey traffic rules."
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A blue road sign reads "FOLLOW TRAFFIC RULES - SOMEONE IS WAITING AT HOME FOR YOU. Obey Traffic Rules"
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37.This sign with directions that couldn't have been executed any worse:

Sign with the text: "PAPER TOWEL. WHITE CUSTOMERS. BROWN EMPLOYEES." with a small drawn face on the right
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38.This logo that makes reading "bunch of grapes" much harder than it had to be:

"Brunch of grapes" written in staggered letters
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39.This sign that reads like it insults certain employees:

The image shows a wooden door with a sign that reads "TRASH EMPLOYEES ONLY"
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40.This double-sided exit sign:

Illuminated exit sign in a hallway with carpeted floor
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41.This bathroom sign that desperately needs some rewording or punctuation:

A sign reads "Disabled Baby Change" with text in bold, purple and white letters on an orange, white, and green background
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42.This logo that looks like a dog-human hybrid:

A logo that appears to have a dog/human hybrid
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43.This sign that says "cook"...allegedly:

Storefront with the name "Cook" displayed above the entrance. Signs are visible on the door and inside the shop
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44.This logo for a singing tavern that looks like people being killed:

A logo that appears to have people hanging from musical notes
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45.This AI-created logo that was not checked for spelling:

Quick Gyro logo depicts a gyro sandwich with ingredients around it. Text: "Quick Gyro" at the top and "Neditne Tarrrreeaan" at the bottom. Payment options include Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay
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"Logo for Quick Gyro restaurant, featuring a gyro sandwich with tomatoes and fries. Text reads 'Quick Gyro Mediterranean'."
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46.This stop sign that reads more like a "stup" sign:

Orange sign with an octagon shape that reads "Danger Ahead, Stop Big Orange Country."
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47.This logo that actually says "Sid's" but you wouldn't think that at first glance:

A logo that looks like "STD'S"
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48.And lastly, this sign that needs to be WAY bigger so people could see it before they make a MASSIVE error:

Hand washing station with a sign that reads, "This is not a urinal. Hand wash ONLY." Multiple soap dispensers and faucets are visible above a long sink
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Sign on a metal surface reads, "This is not a urinal. Hand wash ONLY."
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