- [Narrator] The genius of
our world's finest designers is difficult to overstate, but for every piece of ingenuity, there's a design that leaves your face firmly buried in your palms. From the intentionally
devious to the utterly dumb, let's check out the work of some of the world's worst designers. (light music) Clamshell packaging. It's something we've all had
the displeasure to encounter at some point or another. It's almost impossible to
open without something sharp, and you usually cut
yourself in the process. While this product is designed specifically to offer a sharp solution to our clamshell woes, it
misses quite an obvious issue, it comes in clamshell packaging itself. Oh clamshell knife, you've become the very
thing you swore to destroy. Moving on up now to when
bumbling architects in London paid homage to Bond villains
by inadvertently creating a death ray in 2014. This concave skyscraper on
Trenchard Street was constructed at such an angle that it
actually focused sunlight onto the street below,
with the same effect as a magnifying glass. Architects failed to take this
into account in their design, resulting in street temperatures of up to an astounding
243 degrees Fahrenheit at the height of summer. Luckily, after parked cars began literally melting in the heat, they installed an awning
to stop the streets turning into hell on
earth, but it was too late. The blunder was already
in the history books as one of the worst
design errors of all time. This next entry is almost as bad for anyone with an obsessive
need for architectural order, because this block of
houses is totally misaligned from the rest of the town. This likely occurred because
the original neighborhood was constructed in alignment
with true East and West, while the rest of the town was later built parallel to the coastline. But with the frustration this sight causes to perfectionists worldwide, I doubt the explanation
makes it any better. While most software is available
via online download today, some people prefer a good old
fashioned installation disk. But the designer behind this software case decided to infuriate both CD
lovers and downloaders alike. A CD case existing solely to
announce there's no disk needed has to be one of the most egregious wastes of packaging I've ever seen. While it may be an attempt
to use up old stock they had lying around, they
could have easily sold the cases to other companies who could use them for, you know, actual CDs. For anyone who likes to eat
jelly beans by the handful, I present these individually
wrapped abominations. These jelly beans have
been painstakingly wrapped one by one, supposedly to
stop them sticking together when subjected to warm temperatures. But if that's a concern for you, you're obviously not eating
your jelly beans quickly enough. Don't be misled by the claims plastered on the front of wet wipes like these, which are deceptively labeled flushable. Though it'd be reasonable
to assume the term implies they're environmentally safe to flush, flushable in this case is
actually much more literal. "Harmful to aquatic life
with long lasting effects" is written the back label,
revealing that while the wipes can technically be flushed
without clogging your pipes, you probably shouldn't. Although if you do flush a
couple, you don't have to worry about alligators in the sewers ever again. Moving on from aquatic hazards to genuine risk to human life, this Michael Fassbender endorsed ad encourages people to walk
backwards to test their vision, only doing so at this particular location would eventually land them
directly in the train tracks. Michael Fassbender, you should be ashamed. Unless maybe this is an intelligence test disguised as a vision test? Let's hope so. Speaking of serious hazards, these crosswalk lights, colors,
and symbols are reversed. The walking man means stop, while the stationary man means go. Now this wouldn't be too bad
for most people to figure out, but for colorblind people
who go by the symbol rather than the color, it
could be a death sentence. While this is likely a case
of faulty installation, the sheer risk to vulnerable folks lands whoever's responsible
for this failure a spot in the deepest
pits of the underworld. Some designs take being
literal to the next level. Case in point, this box
with pictures that imply you're getting two wireless ear buds, when it actually only
contains a single one. I mean, come on, who
sells a single earbud? I suppose they're being
honest though, in a way. When they say music earphone,
they certainly aren't lying. When it comes to product design, the deception Olympics can be put to bed with these misleading bedsheets. While the package seemingly proclaims to be an 1800 thread count
Egyptian cotton sheet set, only the most eagle-eyed
consumer would spot the teeny tiny side note. The small print reveals the product, actually a microfiber
sheet, is merely comparable to the feel of those
luxurious items it displays in its golden centerpiece. These unscrupulous hacks
basically sell their product based on what it's making you miss out on instead of what you actually get. But it doesn't get much
more misleading than this, found roughly 100 miles
before the actual highway exit to Niagara Falls. Doubtlessly the cause of
countless infuriated people searching for re-entry to the highway, it lures people to an
unofficial information center, hoping they won't spot the
ultra thin middle text. And if you're ever on this road
without Google Maps to hand, make sure you don't
Niagara fall for this one. This brownie company had
the brilliant idea to post gluten-free and organic on
the front of their product and then plainly confess to
their own chicanery on the back. This misleading tagline
is not only annoying, but also potentially harmful, depending on the severity of
a person's gluten allergy. Man, if you can't trust a delicious snack, who can you trust? This restaurant seems to
be offering a kindhearted money-saving option for
their elderly clientele, until you look at the fine print. Aside from being a trap to
those with poor eyesight, a required accompaniment of
both parents for the over 80s means this is a promise they'll probably never have to deliver on, unless the local over
80s take their revenge by filling the restaurant
with coffins and urns? Scam designs aren't limited
to the elderly though. This glitter bottle is sure
to give any young woman a dose of disappointment so hefty, only her wedding night will match it. While it's sitting on a shelf in store, the buyer would be none the
wiser to the con at play, until they took the bottle
home and rotated it 90 degrees. At least you can cover
those tears with glitter. Similarly, this pot of pomade was designed to make it look like you're
getting a lot more product than you actually are. In another attempt to squeeze consumers for every dollar possible, the
facet only becomes apparent once you're already
halfway through the tub. If you're unlucky like Reddit user TGITC, you might encounter the
tech world's equivalent of the previous scam products. TGITC's colleague picked
up a cheap hard drive that turned out to be cheap for a reason. The drive's creator had
the audacity to hot glue a stripped USB thumb drive
inside an empty hard drive case and sell it under the guise
of legitimate hardware. They even put metal weights inside to try and legitimize the illusion. I can't fault the ingenuity, but I can fault the moral
character of the creator. To hell with you! These flight information
screens at Tenerife airport are guaranteed to enrage, because they intermittently
display full screen adverts, concealing the important flight info. Of all the incredibly
inconvenient places to put an ad, this has to be the worst. You might miss your flight
waiting to see your gate number, but at least you won't
miss the new Whopper. Certain news sites have recently begun following a similar methodology. Publications will share articles that you can apparently read for free, until after you scroll down a bit and got hooked into the article, your reading is rudely interrupted. At this point, a paywall
will cover the page, not letting you finish reading
until you buy a subscription. What a tease. Some designs aren't so much evil as they are astoundingly stupid, like this advert we're a
clothing company decided to promote their plus size leggings, not by using a suitably large model, but by having a skinny model
pose in just one of the legs. Talk about adding insult to injury. This wolf mud was lovingly sculpted into an adorable drank
receptacle for all ages, but there's one crucial drawback. Every time you lift it to your lips, you gouge your eyes out. The lesson is clear, never
mess with the wolves, not even in mug form. Have you ever been swimming and thought, "You know what would make this better? "A giant floating female hygiene product?" No? Well perhaps you're not the market the makers of this pool float had in mind, or more likely the
designers totally missed the obvious resemblance to sanitary towels because they're terrible at their jobs. Whatever the case is, this
hilariously bad work of art is certainly a period piece. Tin cans are many things, but being sensitive to exposure
to air is not one of them. Yet this jaw-droppingly
stupid waste of plastic was snapped in a Chinese supermarket where it would seem Coca-Cola
can be in the produce aisle. That's right, among the other
fresh fruits and veggies. For every effort to reduce plastic waste, never forget that somewhere in the world, people are doing stuff like this. If you hate being comfortable on flights, this company's design for super low budget
alternative airplane seating is just the ticket. These so-called standing
seats are essentially glorified versions of those
uncomfortable leaning benches and are proposed as a
genuine standing up trade-off for cheaper flights, because who needs to be able to move or experience comfort when
you could cram more people into the cabin like sardines? Luckily, no one's adopted them yet, but knowing airlines, it's
only a matter of time. Another anti-comfort design
are these food court benches, which are intended to keep people from sitting in them for too long. With the intentionally
tiring, uncomfortable design, they can keep a flow of customers constantly moving in and out. More money for the cafe, bigger calf muscles for the visitors. It's a win-win, right? While you're sat on the benches from hell, why not tuck into this scam sandwich? Like a washed up supermodel,
the outside looks half decent, but it's hollow and empty on the inside. If this is what it looks like with those sneaky extra slices, I shudder to think what
it looks like without. Either way, it's still
not as bad as this one, which besides being one of
the worst food scams ever, it's just playing repulsive
however you look at it. If you're hungry for dessert
after your scam sandwiches, how about a cup of ice cream
that looks twice as full as it actually is? Someone needs to tell these disgraces to the noble ice cream industry that stacking scoops high
above does not excuse failing to fill the proper space below. To hell with you too, soft serve Satan! Hope your ice cream doesn't melt. Recently, building multiple
rear cameras into a smartphone has become a big selling
point, and as with all trends, some unscrupulous sellers
have hopped on board the multi-camera express,
ripping people off along the way. This phone, from the exterior, appears to have three different cameras, but removing the casing
reveals only one real camera, with the others just being glass facades. This is surprisingly common among cheap knockoff phone manufacturers, who will snap you up as a sucker before you can even say cheese. So I'd hold off on multi-camera
knockoffs if I were you, at least until the iPhone 40 comes out. Have you witnessed any truly awful designs you'd like to share with the world? I'd love to hear about
them, so send them my way at stories@beamazed.com. Thanks for watching. (light music)
