Have you ever opened a bag of chips to find it only about 1/3rd full?
Or, how about, have you ever tried to use an Apple charger in an electrical outlet but couldn’t because one was already there, taking up all the space?
Those are both examples of “asshole design” and quite the opposite of what these following products and features are all about.
Turns out some designers, for no reason and often at the expense of the company, design their products to make them easier, more informative and generally helpful.
Known as “anti-asshole design,” there’s a whole subreddit devoted to examples of what they call “design that benefits the user at the expense of the company. Any feature, however easy to implement, that helps the user and makes the company no money (and cannot be advertised) is anti-asshole design.”
Here are some of the most clever examples of “good,” anti-a**hole design.
1. Whoever designed this toilet paper roll that includes a mini-roll inside, instead of a hollow tube.
46. Disney + jumps you to this scene when you “Skip Intro” so you don’t miss a Simpson’s couch gag.
47. “In Norway, you get a small amount of money for recycling bottles/cans. They’re often collected by poor people, the homeless, etc. A lot of our trash cans have these holders around them so people don’t have to search through the trash to collect them.”
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48. Amazon designed it so you can either cancel now and get your money back or enjoy the rest of what you paid for already.
49. This restaurant thought to warn women of pervs.
50. Lipton designers gave us a teabag holder that comes with the tea.