It is absolutely fascinating to discuss the balance between function and form when it comes to various designs. Here’s the problem, though: many people tend to assume that a product, ad, or work of art has to necessarily be either aesthetic or super-functional if it doesn’t strive for balance. How naive! We’re here to show you that there are some truly horrible design ideas out there. Awful taste, as well as awful execution, is putting it mildly.

And that’s where the ‘Awful Taste And Awful Execution’ (aka ATAAE) online community comes in. A subreddit uniting 81.5k members, it’s a celebration of everything that’s awful, taste-wise. We’ve collected some of their best (or would that be ‘worst’?) pics to share with you. The images are a great reminder that you, Pandas, have far better taste.

Scroll down, and let us know which of these designs you loved to hate the most by giving them a big ol’ upvote. Oh, and don’t be shy—share your honest thoughts with everyone in the comments.

#1 Yeah Nice

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#2 Maga-Themed Wedding Dress

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#3 There’s A Lot To Unpack Here

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The ‘Awful Taste And Awful Execution’ subreddit has been around since 2017. In the 5+ years since, the members of the ATAAE community have scoured the internet for some of the biggest insults to good taste to ever exist in our timeline. It’s truly puzzling how some people completely lack any and all aesthetic awareness.

#4 Don’t Actually Wear This

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#5 Toilet Brush Christmas Tree

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#6 I Think The Flooring At This Banquet Belongs Here

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Our tastes might play a large role in whether or not we find a design, product, or work of art appealing, but it’s important to remember that there are such things as objectively good or bad designs. Good design means putting the user first. Designs ought to be functional, pleasing, and ergonomic.

#7 Music Festival Season Coming Up

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#8 Out Of This World! I Was Told You Guys Would Appreciate This!

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#9 Found Outside A Xiaomi Store

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Tim Antoniuk, an expert in Design Studies at the University of Alberta, previously spoke to Bored Panda about good and bad design. He noted that good designs ought to constantly adapt to a changing, modern world.

“Given the speed of change that we encounter today in our lives in the digital environment that we live in, I believe that some great design is not necessarily timeless. One example is seen in Interface Design, Ux Design, and in-service design. As new layers get added into our lives, things naturally have an evolutionary cycle,” the design expert told Bored Panda earlier.

#10 Getting A Bad Tattoo Of An Egirl Might Be The 2021 Version Of Hitting Rock Bottom

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#11 Yeah. Dumb

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#12 Renovations Done To 500-Year-Old Caldwell Tower In Scotland

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“This is different from furniture which naturally can be more ubiquitous and designed to fit the human body. There is a great deal of fuzziness in this discussion but I do believe that the essence of this idea is true," the professor said that certain product designs have far more longevity than others, depending on the area.

#13 Only The Finest China

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#14 This Baby Announcement -- Sent To Relatives

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#15 Horrible Tattoo And Use Of A Birthmark

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"The gray area comes in when people start to talk about taste and about degrees of aesthetic. I may love the design of Bauhaus furniture, for example, while somebody may feel that it is too cold and void of personality,” the expert accounted for people’s differing tastes.

#16 This Is Disgusting

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#17 Originally Posted On Atbge, But Definitely Belongs Here

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#18 This Is The Logo Of A Local Bakery. Looks Like The Angel Is About To Eat Some A**

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“Not unlike great art, I believe that much of what came from this era is ‘great design,’ in part because it represents an era and a philosophy. When we start to mix in discussions of taste and preference, that is where the gray areas of good and bad design get blurred,” he said.

#19 I'm Unsure If This Atrocity Has Made Its Way Here Yet.. I Can't Unsee

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#20 Lil Uzi Vert Pierced His Forehead With A $24 Million Pink Diamond

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#21 What Exactly Is On Her Face

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According to Antoniuk, from the University of Alberta, people can generally intuitively feel what designs are good and which ones aren’t.

"Quite often, this relates to ergonomics and the usability or functionality of the products and services and systems. Having said that, I think far too many people expect poor design that doesn’t really work well," he told us.

#22 (Literally No One:) Kyle:

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#23 This Christmas Ornament

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#24 Balloon Elsa

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"For me, great design is what Dieter [Rams] talks about—it is also intuitive, it is deeply sympathetic and empathetic to the user at all levels, and at some level, it is emotional. It is a catalyst for giving us feelings."

#25 It Looks So Bad Its Almost Good

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#26 Well

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#27 Curves

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Which of these pics did you find the most painful to look at, dear Pandas? Why do you think some people have such a hard time realizing that their sense of what does and does not work totally doesn't match what's actually aesthetic? How would you break the news to someone to tell that they might just lack taste and may need to develop it more? Let us know in the comments!