HCI Halls of Shame
Overview
A great way to understand design is to recognize and critique existing design for the bad and good qualities. To this end, various folks have collected examples of bad design, sometimes called 'Halls of Shame)
Collections
| Bad Design's extensive Hall of Shame, categorized by topic. It includes illustrations, critiques, and design suggestions | |
| Vincent Flander's site collecting the worst websites by year. Includes commentary and links. |
Individual cases
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Why Bush won and Gore lost the presidency in 2000 | |
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How to make simple things difficult | |
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A spoof of some annoying things related to (an old) version of Microsoft Word. |