Not everyone has an eye for design. And that’s perfectly fine! Some of us are meant to create the vision, while others are best at making it come to life. But what happens when those with questionable taste are in charge of a project?

We took a trip to the Awful Taste But Great Execution subreddit and gathered some of their funniest posts below. From bizarre taxidermy creations to fashion designs that should have never made it past the sketching phase, it’s hard to understand where these ideas came from in the first place… But we have to admit that they’ve been pulled off surprisingly well! Enjoy the wild ride below, and be sure to upvote the monstrosities that you find most impressive.

#1 Psychedelic Chessboard

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#2 Tennis Ball Hair

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#3 This Koi Fish Purse W/Baby Koi Coin Purse

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The Awful Taste But Great Execution subreddit has been a staple on the platform for nearly a decade now. It has amassed an impressive 2.3 million members, and it has become a treasure trove for some of the strangest designs the world has ever seen. 

The community describes itself as “for everything that displays quality craftsmanship in the least elegant way possible. All things gaudy, tacky, overdone, and otherwise tasteless. Work done so well, you won’t know whether to love it or hate it.” What makes this place so special is that it simultaneously roasts and appreciates all of these bizarre pieces. So we hope you’ll get a kick out of them too!

#4 This Nightmare Rabbit Topiary Bush Thing

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#5 Ant Mario

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#6 Not Sure What The Occasion Is But Congrats I Guess

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While some people may argue that design is purely subjective, a “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” situation, experts believe that there certainly is such a thing as good (and bad) design. According to the Interaction Design Foundation, German industrial designer Dieter Rams came up with ten principles for good design that have influenced countless designers across the globe.

Rams believed that good design must be innovative, make a product useful, be aesthetic, make a product understandable, be unobtrusive, honest, long-lasting, thorough down to the last detail, environmentally friendly and involve as little design as possible. 

#7 Saw These On Our Local Marketplace, I Kind Of Hate And Love These Mystery Machine Crocs

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#8 Road Glide, 85k

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#9 Handmade Watermelon Table With Duck Feet

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On the other hand, there are several factors that can immediately make a design “bad,” according to the Interaction Design Foundation. The first issue that may arise is a lack of clarity and usability. They cited the example of the infamous Clippy, Microsoft’s Office Assistant. If you’re old enough to remember trying to use this little guy, you’ll know that he was infuriating, as he couldn’t ever actually answer questions or offer any help. But he always appeared in the corner, seemingly mocking users, pretending he was eager to assist them. 

#10 My Buddy’s Friend Made These Patchwork Shorts For Him. I Lowkey Love It Though (Oc)

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#11 Finally You Can Be A Proud Owner Of The Chernobyl Disaster Humidifier

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#12 Their Description: Rad Opossum Dragon Champ Stamp

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Poor accessibility is another factor that can ruin a design. For example, have you ever tried to use one of those CAPTCHAs that is supposed to “prove that you’re a human” but found it impossible to decipher what you were supposed to type in? Bad design. And if the creators ignore user needs and feedback, it becomes impossible for their design to be considered successful.  

#13 The Ratocaster

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#14 Permanent Gardener Statue In Front Of Their House. Like, What

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#15 The Barber Who Did This Is Using Their Talent For Evil

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Now, aesthetics are certainly an important aspect of design. But compromising functionality just to make something look pretty is a huge mistake. Lucky for the people whose creations are featured on this list, none of them made that mistake! But Interaction Design Foundation notes that there’s no point in making something beautiful if it doesn’t serve its intended purpose. It will just be frustrating. 

#16 Found In A Clinic In Rural Ukraine

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#17 On My Flight Today

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#18 What In Tarnation

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Inconsistency can also become a major issue in design. On a website or in marketing, it can be jarring to see various color schemes and fonts splattered across a platform. It can seem chaotic, unintentional and negatively impact the user experience. But that doesn’t mean that designs shouldn’t ever change. In fact, they should definitely keep up with the times, so they don’t become outdated! 

#19 I Love And Hate This Static Tattoo With ‘Shaking’ & ‘Dizzy Effect

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#20 Marketplace Find

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#21 There Must Be A Deep Meaning Behind This One

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One of the most important factors to keep in mind to prevent bad design is understanding users. And in that case, as long as everything on this list was created with the users in mind, you can argue that these items can actually be considered good design! They might not be beautiful, but if they work well and the users are happy, then maybe they deserve a pass. 

#22 This Headstone In A Californian Graveyard

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#23 Taxidermy

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#24 This Nail

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We hope you’re enjoying this amusing list of questionable design, pandas. You might be laughing at the objects featured here, but you can’t deny that they’ve been executed well! Keep upvoting the images that utterly confuse you, and feel free to share any more examples of awful taste but great execution in the comments below. Then, if you want to see even more examples from this community that have been shared on Bored Panda, look no further than right here!

#25 Handbags That Look Edible

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#26 This Taxidermy Combination

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#27 Found This Gem 🤣

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#28 Why Not?

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#29 I’m Not Sure What It Is…. A Wine Stopper?

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#30 Fiat 500 Boat

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#31 This Goes Here

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#32 “Why So Serious?” Bmw

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#33 Wow

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#34 This Keyboard Jacket Is Something

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#35 What Rock Is This?

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#36 Tattoo Tuesday: Baby Corn Dog

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#37 Red Tattuesday

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#38 This Haircut I Found On Pinterest

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#39 Balloon Dog And Its Balloon #2

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#40 Dory Forgot Something

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#41 Big Feet Wet, Little Feet Dry

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#42 A Knife Mirror

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#43 Found This Gem On TikTok

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#44 Slimey Aesthetic

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#45 3.17% Neanderthal

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#46 I Don’t Even Know

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#47 Lamp In Dresden Hotel

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#48 This Beauty

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#49 Glitched Shoes

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#50 This Magnificent Haircut

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#51 Lung Shaped Ashtray

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#52 If A Fullbody (Including Face) Tattoo Was A House

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#53 Felt Appropriate Here

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#54 Sometimes You Need A Fresh Set (Of Shoes) For Going Out

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#55 Dp

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#56 When Barbie Hires An Interior Designer With A Greco-Roman Vision

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#57 Cursed Chainmail Mankini

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#58 Bri’moken

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#59 Low Budget Tron

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#60 Just Imagine The Amount Of Bacteria This Harbors

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#61 Joe Rogan’s Daughter Wanted A Sabrina Carpenter Cake For Her Birthday

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#62 Heirloom Foot Stool

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#63 New Pool!

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#64 Bruised And Veiny Nail Art

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#65 When Nature Calls

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#66 Stained Glass Puking Cat

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#67 Found In R/Blursedimages

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#68 Cigarette Pants

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#69 If Nautical Nonsense Be Something You Wish

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#70 These Cursed Furby Nails That My Sister Made

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#71 Fishing Lure Nails

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#72 It’s Called Fashion, Sweetie. That Hat From The 50s

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#73 Not Sure If It Counts As Good Execution, But This Room Has A Framed Cutout Of Its Own Wallpaper

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#74 Found On Instagram

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#75 From An MTV Revenge Tattoo Show

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#76 “I Can Fix Her”

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#77 Bikini Nails

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#78 Sexy Lady Shrek

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#79 Slug Nails

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#80 Spicy Fried Chicken Flavored Ice Cream

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#81 Butt Why?

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#82 Furbyture

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#83 Some “Sushi” Nail-Work For Your Viewing Pleasure!

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#84 This Moldy Orange By Kathleen Ryan

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#85 This Houston Style Bmw

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#86 LEGO Days

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#87 Tattoo That Looks Like A Bruise

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#88 I’m Genuinely Impressed At How Well Made This Is ! However

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#89 Creepy Vegetable Baby Ceramics

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#90 Jesus Take The…nips

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#91 Pigskin Soda Can With Tattooed Branding

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#92 My Eyes Are Down Here, Squidward

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#93 He Probably Begged For That Haircut

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#94 The Untouched Ear Is A Choice

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#95 Fried Egg Nails…

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#96 You Shall Not Touch

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#97 The Shrug

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