You’ve heard of the fashion police, why shouldn’t there be such a thing as the design police? Is there such a thing as bad design or is it all a matter of opinion?

I think it’s fair to say that different types of design appeals to different types of markets. A flyer full of colour and vector images may be applicable for a 70’s night at your local night club, however it could be considered bad design as a flyer for your local solicitors. So first point covered - design is relative to the market place.

So is there such thing as bad design? Say I have picked up my brightly coloured flyer promoting a themed evening at the local social dwelling, if I can’t read the opening times due to small font, bad colour choice, ridiculous positioning, that surely constitutes bad design. So, point number two, there is such a thing as bad design, however I feel that there maybe some grey areas…

The design-police.org have created a range of stickers for you to cut out and stick onto bad designs. Judging by the stickers it is clear that there are some obvious faux pas when it comes to design: (more…)