The biggest design fails online

In a hilarious Bored Panda thread, people from around the world shared the funniest design fails they have ever come across. One passerby spotted this unfortunately placed advert while on holiday

Meanwhile nurses in this retirement home surely resented whoever decided to install a fire alarm control switch right next to a light switch 

In one instance an innocent Airbnb guest was left perplexed on stumbling across a toilet placed in the middle of a stairway, making for very awkward run-ins in the corridor

And what may have initially seemed a good idea turned rather more revolting, when the design for this golden toilet seat turned into what resembled dripping fluids 

Meanwhile a student wasn’t sure what to think when he stumbled across an awkwardly written sign for a group counselling session on Suicide Awareness And Prevention Day

One form user was left rather perplexed when a questionnaire asked him whether he had ever been in an accident that had resulted in his death, in the hilarious thread of design fails

And one rather spooky night light which left just the goldfish’s eyes beaming red after lights out would surely be less than comforting for any child

Elsewhere a North London electricity company’s slogan would surely leave most unsuspecting wives filled with fear, in a series of hilarious design fails

And an advert for ‘fun clowns for kids’ was perhaps not the most appealing as it appeared to be written in fake blood, in the series of design fails

Elsewhere this security gate which unwittingly doubled up as a ladder was perhaps not the most clever design to ward off would-be burglars

And a statue of a woman cradling a chicken was rather less angelic after the placement of her finger was revealed, in a series of hilarious design fails

Meanwhile in another questionnaire fail, one young user was left confused upon being asked to explain why he was under the age of 18

Elsewhere an eagle-eyed viewer couldn’t hide his amusement when he spotted the result of a nude coloured bike saddle in this hilarious picture

And an art school was less than arty when their design spelled out ‘3 farts’ and was made all the more amusing by the addition of a ‘be picky’ slogan, in a series of funny fails