Europe Chapter Bad Ergonomics -Index

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter
Bad Ergonomics

In the USA Baddesigns.com is a nice site that demonstrates that there are a lot of designs that could do with ergonomic improvement.
In German you could call this Ärgernomie, in Dutch Ergernomie. And things are not much better in Europe, as you can see on these pages.

Example 1 : Press "go" to "stop"
Example 2 : Shifting gear
Example 3 : Foggy Logic
Example 4 : Colour
Example 5 : Stand-by "Off"
Example 6 : Coffee Maker
Example 7 : Coffee Machine
Example 8 : Pointer
Example 9 : Lift
Example 10 : Stove controls
Example 11 : Right?
Example 12 : Plug 'n play
Example 13 : Best before...
Example 14 : Home banking
Example 15 : Stove controls 2
Example 16 : Copy Machine
Example 17 : Record player
Example 18 : Lock your door
Example 19 : Speedometer
Example 20 : Plug and Play (computer)
Example 21 : Ballot
Example 22 : Clear search
Example 23 : Double negative ('Bez poplatku')
Example 24 : Way out -Ferry
Example 25 : Way out (2)
Example 26 : Way out (3)
Example 27 : Arrows
Example 28 : A is not the same as A
Example 29 : Escape by lift?
Example 30 : Feeling colours
Example 31 : URL
Example 32 : SMS Message
Example 33 : Vacuum cleaner
Example 34 : Track Ball
Example 35 : Ergonomics at Work
Example 36 : Invisible roll
Example 37 : Shower
Example 38 : Crosses and crossing
Example 39 : Way out (4)
Example 40 : Driving theory test
Example 41 : Yes, No, No, Yes (mobile phones)
Example 42 : Invisible Scrollbar
Example 43 : Doorknob...or not
Example 44 : Way out (5)
Example 45 : Keyboard
Example 46 : Cash dispenser
Example 47 : Tap controls
Example 48 : Human registration
Example 49 : Conditions to accept...
Example 50 : What is this button for?
Example 51 : Automatic door
Example 52 : Small man
Example 53 : Button abundance
Example 54 : crossw...alker puzzle
Example 55 : Welcome to Manchester!
Example 56 : Eject
Example 57 : Chameleonism
Example 58 : One way or the other...
Example 59 : Wordy sign
Example 60 : Off?
Example 61 : Parking receipt
Example 62 : Will the bus stop?
Example 63 : Read the hands
Example 64 : Directions
Example 65 : Colour combinations
Example 66 : Hidden switch
Example 67 : Battery temperature?
Example 68 : Stop the Flood
Example 69 : Run! or not?
Example 70 : Left or right?

We'd like to increase our set of examples of poor design, so if you have an idea, please email us.

disclaimer
By showing these examples, we do not intend to harm or malign people, companies, products or projects. We simply try to show that from an ergonomic point of view a better solution could have been chosen.

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