6 Diabolically Dreadful Web Designs

Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by Taiyab in Showcases

On the web, we like showcasing beautiful, inspirational design work – and why not? But, we tend to miss out the other side of things. Therefore, in the spirit of being unbiased, I thought it was only fair for me to compile this article as a counter to ‘6 Absolutely Stunning Design Portfolios‘ and call it ‘6 Diabolically Dreadful Web Designs’. Get ready to go back in time to the good ‘ol Angelfire/Freewebs days.

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1. OneGlobalCommunity

2. Paperrad.org (Note: Use Extreme Caution)

3. MSY Technology

4. Haven Works

5. Gaging

6. Dinghy Insurance

Seriously, what are these guys thinking?

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29 Responses to “6 Diabolically Dreadful Web Designs”

mark

10. Sep, 2009

PaperRad is what the kids call “ironic.”
Roland

10. Sep, 2009

had a great laugh thanks for sharing
Jamie Carter

10. Sep, 2009

PaperRad almost made me go blind!

Nice post, terrible sites.. lol
Damien

10. Sep, 2009

One good example of bad design that works is http://www.lingscars.com/
Haiko

10. Sep, 2009

*shivers*

Can’t say all my design attempts -especially the first ones- were all good, but these are truly horrible. Nice post, though
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10. Sep, 2009

6 Diabolically Dreadful Web Designs…

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Daniel (DesignPlusUltra)

10. Sep, 2009

Those sites are horrible.
I can’t believe that there were times when we the web looked like this.
Anne

10. Sep, 2009

Thanks for giving me a headache before I’ve even got through my cup of coffee! … how did you find these gems? I’m amazed that the owners of these sites think that they are actually doing their site visitors a service (except sending them to the nearest padded room in sheer desperation).
Ling Valentine

10. Sep, 2009

Wah, Damien, you sound like messenger of the devil!

My site LINGsCARS is beautiful, not terrible. It is one of the most alive sites on the web. I have won awards and my website sells over £35million (that’s $50million+) of new cars a year through that single route to market.

What you all want, boring maccified sites with 10px grey text everywhere like…. this one?

Everyone’s socialist web attitudes make me wonder if any of you “designers” will ever break out of conventional thinking?

My website leads the automotive industry in the UK. No other leasing company has more visits, more life, more energy or more noodles.

Ling
Ling Valentine

10. Sep, 2009

Actually, I will add that a Blitish designer forum ran a competition for a prize of approx UKP£250 to redesign my website. There were 4 credible designs. I show them here: http://www.lingscars.com/news.php#designerstalk but that is BIG page – wait to load and find named anchor.

Last month I put me with an AK47 on my index page – pageviews have doubled to over 1m. The gun stays. Bang Bang.
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Emrah Omuris

11. Sep, 2009

I am voting for http://paperrad.org/ . This must be a joke!
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11. Sep, 2009

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Aquesenami

11. Sep, 2009

DIABOLICAS!!
Craig Scott

11. Sep, 2009

I think Paperrad is deliberate….pretty cool though!

MSY Tech just seems to be a lack of knowledge that has produced this.
Daniel

11. Sep, 2009

AWESOME, mine isn’t mentioned!

No seriously, those are truly diabolic. Gotta be exorcized by people like u. Thanks for that
Kristina

11. Sep, 2009

These are pretty terrible. I have seen worse, but these definitely deserve to be on the list.
Someone

11. Sep, 2009

Seriously I don’t want to say my name but these are nothing compared to this design who claims to be professional :

http://www.southrhinswebdesign.com

Have a laugh.
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11. Sep, 2009

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splodgebunny

11. Sep, 2009

I have a contender: http://www.ilovechudleigh.com

Check it out
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12. Sep, 2009

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Anne

12. Sep, 2009

… to keep in the spirit of things … for your viewing pleasure:

http://www.sheettech.com/

It must be noted that “This home page functions correctly if you use the Internet Explorer of Microsoft only.”
Taiyab

12. Sep, 2009

My God that is terrible!
Adorian

14. Sep, 2009

What about http://www.taxitrollhattan.se ?
Shoaib

16. Sep, 2009

http://www.lingscars.com/ is the shittest website I’ve ever seen, I don’t know how you get ANY business! The site looks as if was designed before the start of the WWW in 1989!

I think the reason you are thinking you are making money is because of what Theo Paphitus said, you don’t keep a book, you probably dreamt that figure up! And Peter Jones was right, your lack of business skill is terrifying, especially with a website like that!
Selvam

29. Sep, 2009

give good knowledge what to & what not to ?
The Real SRWD

15. Dec, 2009

Re The Above ‘Anonymous’ Quote: “Seriously I don’t want to say my name but these are nothing compared to this design who claims to be professional :”

Don’t want to say your name eh? We can probably guess it, – signing y’self as us was the give away. See ya round wee man…

As for professional, given the very large client base (including some very large industrial clients) we have, your comment is at odds with the reality. Feedback from our clients is very positive and most of our work comes from client recommendations.

But if you, mr anonymous, are so-o-o-o good, lets have a URL to your latest production. It wouldn’t happen to be yuet another purple template by any chance would it? Hand built (sic) by Trellians web builder?

Laugh? I thought we’d never start. FOAD laddie.