A collection of unfortunate design errors.
Some ten years ago, I found myself with a terrible job working for an equally terrible paparazzi company that involved me doing night shifts where, for a large chunk of the time, there was nothing to do. You had to make your own fun on those nights and there was only so many films that I could watch on my laptop, so at one point I decided to start a blog devoted to things that looked uncannily like sex toys. because, you know, why not? I don’t know what inspired this – presumably, I found a couple of pictures somewhere or other and decided that this could be an amusing distraction.
Of course, as soon as I quit the job, I forgot all about this particular blog, which was not exactly a passion project to begin with. It might have remained at the back of my consciousness, barely remembered, had I not received an email from Tumblr congratulating me on its first ten years. Clearly, their automated system doesn’t take into account just how long a page might have been dormant.
A quick look at the page made me chuckle in much the same juvenile way that it did at the time and so it seemed a good idea to share this collection of misguided, ignorant or – possibly – rather malicious design failures with you here. This is, no doubt, the tip of the iceberg and as ever, we welcome additions so that we can – ahem – penetrate the subject further.
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What a wonderful collection. Had me laughing like a fake ad in Viz.
Some of these designs are so (ahem) on point, they HAVE to be deliberate – fellow bored employees, maybe?
Typically, the ones aimed at kids are the funniest. That glowing E.T. finger gives new meaning to the phrase “I’ll be right…heeeerre.” (or worse yet, “Ouch”!)
Trust Shatner to be sporting the biggest. And bumpy too…for her pleasure, of course.
The Hannah Montana one seems oddly prophetic of her transition to Miley Cyrus.