Today I came across an article about the Dycycle (Typing this took me four tries to get it right), or rather, the Dyson Tricycle. Anyway, it’s a rather intriguing concept and I’m muchly intrigued. It features a hubless pair of wheels (think of it as an exposed hollow axle) and a giant front wheel containing a “double planetary gear system”, the mechanism of which I cannot even begin to imagine.

But that’s not the point of this post. If you would scroll down, you might see a little guy named Carl being a bit of a troll, declaring it a “complete toss..!” and “all that glitters isnt gold”^[1] . Normally I wouldn’t really care about trolls, but I noticed the guy had a name-url, so I clicked it. As soon as the page loaded, I was flooded with a mix of emotions and reactions and it took me quite a while to parse it. Should I scoff? Should I laugh? Should I wince? Seriously? You give unconstructive criticism on a design issue and you give me this? Canidesign.com? Can/i/design?

No sir, you cannot.

While not as atrocious as other websites out there, the sheer gall of this guy’s reactions coupled with the pretentiousness of this site causes me to react. That is, to start an entire category based on bad design^[2]. And this guy has the distinction of being the first awardee. Kudos, mate.

»canidesign.com

[1] Complete logic fail. “all that glitters isnt gold”? When you want to use an idiom, make sure you use it right. When you try to modify an idiom for your purposes, make sure you don’t shoot yourself in the foot.

[2] From this point forward, I will post objectionably designed websites, objects and printed material because I am mean. Non-pretentious subjects gain immunity. (i.e. people who don’t go about marketing themselves as some sort of design competition resource, and at the same time demonstrating that they will unequivocally lose whatever design competitions they organize.)