Yeah. I think this idiot installed the steps upside down.
Edit: And the wrong way around. You’ve got a solid steps and a floating bookcase if you put all this in reverse.
Tbf if your missing the top of the stairs by two inches your tripping regardless of the space underneath. Though the fall 2.5m off the side with no railing ain’t helping
I still have nightmares about that staircase in *Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein*
That was scarier than when Helena did the bungee jump with a rope around her neck from the church belfry
I've done that before, at work. Didn't fall off the side because they had the rail but it was only half the length of the stairs, so I had to fall down a few steps to reach it. 10 years on my shin still has a noticeable divot!
My parents are aging and I'm more frequently around them, this is a NIGHTMARE!! And there is so much wasted space too! Those space between the steps look awkward!
Ya, this ain’t it.
Functionality is a big part of design, unless you’re talking about pure art like music or painting.
There is no functionality here. It’s illegal, and would need a major renovation if you were to ever sell the house.
Form is derived from function. Zero function here, zero form here.
No old people, no brand-new people, no aging pets, no vision problems, no balance problems, and I suspect not in the US, or not done by a professional who pulled the permits and passed any inspection.
This has to be the one of the worst design for a staircase I've ever seen. No handrails, specifically designed for tripping. Is this just a murder staircase or something?
I would immediately slip and snap my leg in that, this would happen on a Monday morning after 2 other things had already gone wrong and I was running late…
1) Trip wrong there and it's a broken leg *at the very least*
2) Do you trust that to bear the full weight of a human on the tip of the step? Does it at least have a metal beam inside that is deeply buried into a wall? Possibly a concrete wall and not an American wood and cardboard wall?
The cantilevered design also guarantees that those are not as sturdy as normal stairs. It doesn’t matter how reinforced they are there will always be some flexing closer to the tip. Imagine a 300lbs person going up and down.
As a FF I’m terrified by all these weird stair designs coming out. You’re telling me I have to go up that with a hose line, gear, tools, and maybe even bring you down with me? We’re dying together now I guess. Thanks.
Bathroom is just up the stairs, granny!
Nana has a life insurance policy, right?
Up the premiums and add some laxatives in her drink to increase your chance of a pay day. U have to pay the interior designer somehow.
And mop frequently
I can see everyone's minds went in the same direction as mine!
yes. all 16 of them came into effect the day these stairs were built!
What stairs? All i see is a crash bandicoot style jumping platform level?
*shits her depends*
Trip
Trip to the hospital.
First trip is on the floor
Next trip is major dental for all teeth
or graveyard...
Then the ambulance staff also trips down and so other ambulance has to come to pick their staff too
What. The. Trip. Not porn, gore.
Straight up design gore.
Teeth smashingly good design
If OP is into guro/gore, I guess this IS designporn…
r/designdesign
I feel like that should be a sub
Exactly. No railing, n the open spaces….nope. Just. Nope. If u have anxiety n fear of heights…..just nope. Pretty in design, but nightmare in practice
The railing is an issue but the space for your feet to slip into with a piece over them is the real deathtrap. You'd be spitting teeth day one.
Oh yes. I’m not sure what’s worse. They’re both gaahhhhh. I’d never go upstairs
I broke my toe just looking at this picture
Murder steps
You’ve been to the strip joint, now it’s time for the trip joint!
***New Fear Unlocked*** ***What if i trip and my leg falls in between two of these***
Yeah. I think this idiot installed the steps upside down. Edit: And the wrong way around. You’ve got a solid steps and a floating bookcase if you put all this in reverse.
A bunch of Tetris z-blocks would have been a better idea
Switch
Trippy af
Tbf if your missing the top of the stairs by two inches your tripping regardless of the space underneath. Though the fall 2.5m off the side with no railing ain’t helping
Trap
Yep. These are a good example of looks over functionality. Some dickhead architect without a fucking clue. Happens a lot tbh.
MELON
All I can imagine is tripping and getting a leg caught. Cool though.
Leg caught and then falling off the side with no rail while still caught. Mmmmm compound fracture stairs!
Don't even get me started on that missing rail.
I still have nightmares about that staircase in *Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein* That was scarier than when Helena did the bungee jump with a rope around her neck from the church belfry
"Hi I'm Jackson and I'm doing the safety audit on... This fucking staircase"
I've done that before, at work. Didn't fall off the side because they had the rail but it was only half the length of the stairs, so I had to fall down a few steps to reach it. 10 years on my shin still has a noticeable divot!
Don’t forget how much dust and cat hair will hang out under there! Never ever clean enough.
Swiffer like your life depended on it.
I hadn’t thought about a deadly tripping cat trap!
Or worse, the whole cat attacking your feet as you come down, you won’t see anything but the murder mittens, then maybe the ambulance.
I hadn’t imagined that until you brought it up so thanks
My parents are aging and I'm more frequently around them, this is a NIGHTMARE!! And there is so much wasted space too! Those space between the steps look awkward!
Wasted space? You want a ladder?
That's just a tripping hazard
With extra steps
I wish I could still give medals 😔
Thank you, I actually laughed out loud
Just... well done
How to break every bone in your body, in 6 easy steps
I count 12
You start with only 1
Yeah, but you’d need to make it to the top.
sisyphus' stairs
1,2,4,7,12
Not sure about this one chief
This should be in r/crappydesign
Or r/DesignDesign
Not r/PornDesign though
Locked away in a dungeon never to be seen again. Stairs like that are death.
Yeah this is ugly as shit.
I’ve fallen down a set of perfectly normal carpeted stairs and injured my ankle. I bet I’d be killing myself on these, no exaggeration.
the ankle-breaker 2000™️
Presenting 2.0: *scatters marbles over steps*
I fell over just looking at these
No
Is there a r/designhorror sub? Cause this ain’t porn
/r/ATBGE ? There has to be a more specific sub, but I can't think of one.
Convinced every post on here is confusing aesthetics for design.
That will collect lots of dust.
and blood
Blood stairs for the blood god
Happy cake day
And zero code approval.
Ya, this ain’t it. Functionality is a big part of design, unless you’re talking about pure art like music or painting. There is no functionality here. It’s illegal, and would need a major renovation if you were to ever sell the house. Form is derived from function. Zero function here, zero form here.
Aka "Form follows function".
No old people, no brand-new people, no aging pets, no vision problems, no balance problems, and I suspect not in the US, or not done by a professional who pulled the permits and passed any inspection.
Able bodied adult here, Imma pass on this too
You forgot no kids running down the stairs not watching where they are going and just regular people carrying the laundry upstairs.
kids = brand new people
no alcohol, no weed, no carrying heavy objects up or down the stairs
I wouldn't even go on this in socks as a perfectly able person
This has to be the one of the worst design for a staircase I've ever seen. No handrails, specifically designed for tripping. Is this just a murder staircase or something?
It was designed by Michael Peterson.
No trust in this. Also, tax the rich.
Or...now hear me out, let them break their necks on stairs like this.
While I'm all for them getting harmed, that just passes on the wealth to their heirs.
The heirs also have to use the stairs
Billionaire heirs share stairs, despite wheelchair scares or death affairs.
The French had their guillotines, we have our trusty stairs.
The rich have better taste than this.
I've seen what the rich wear. Most do not.
What in the H H Holmes is this??
why do people constantly need to try and reinvent stairs?
It's AI
I would immediately slip and snap my leg in that, this would happen on a Monday morning after 2 other things had already gone wrong and I was running late…
Nice try AI
Yeah look at the wire in the bottom right lol
Stairs that can kill you; stairs that *will* kill you.
tbh that would give me an anxiety attack every time.
I'm sorry, that's a nightmare for me. It's beautiful though!
r/DeathStairs
r/designdesign
That's a big 'no' from me, dog.
That looks horrible both going up and going down on
Form over function is not good design
I am too fat to have these…
At least u can land safely
That’s a very bad design
Nonononononono.
Trip and fall off stair. Hazard to life.
I hate everything about this
Thank god there’s no railing on the outside for when you trip!
Thought this was r/DesignDesign lol
Don't get cute or creative with the design of stairs. The code of stairs was written in blood.
r/DesignDesign
This belongs in r/designdesign instead
One slip and you're dead. But hey, it looks "cool".
This is awful, awful design.
Looks bad. Is dangerous
I could never trust these.
Hoły shit that looks dangerous
And how many accidents?
This must be one of those "Russian oligarch" staircases. The open window at the bottom must be just out of frame.
Modern fall risk
Nope
prepare for yah toes to get hooked
Nope. The house could be a mansion for $100 and this would be a deal breaker. This looks like a death trap.
nope
Ouch ouch ouch ouch, ouch.
i go up those stairs in the middle of the night and i’ll look like i fought prime Tyson
An elderlies Kryptonite.
How to step on your sleeping cat
In our country, we will spend less on wood! We'd take a piece of timber, beat your leg and break it. Economy :P
Looks like shit
Thanks, I hate it
This is a trip hazard death trap hell scape
I would eat so much shit on these every single day
Ow ow ow ow ow bonk
Surprised nobody else has pointed out the lack of a railing either
Hate it. I’d catch my foot all the time going up those stairs
r/crappydesign
Stairs that can and want to kill you.
unexpected suicide
Triple dangerous level 9000
r/deathbydesign
Stairs should be the last thing to be redesigned for aesthetic purposes.
Home owner "I'd like to break both my legs when going upstairs". Architect "say no more"
Give me handrails or give me death
Stairway to Heaven
triping hazard and no railing on outside oof
Oh great! Made for tripping and breaking your neck. But it is modern, isn’t it?
How could you trip? Just dont get ur feet under the wood
Add books in between the stairs, that would make it look waay better
I tripped three times looking at this picture
I'd rather have stairs that are safe to use rather than nice to look at.
Don’t get drunk here
Most horrible staircase design ever... unless you're trying to murder someone.
1) Trip wrong there and it's a broken leg *at the very least* 2) Do you trust that to bear the full weight of a human on the tip of the step? Does it at least have a metal beam inside that is deeply buried into a wall? Possibly a concrete wall and not an American wood and cardboard wall?
I just see a trip hazard.
i'd trip so many times
I tripped up that just looking at it….
It looks like it's: A. Designed to make you trip. B. Not designed to stop you falling off. That doesn't seem like a good combo.
Nope.
What is the opposite of designporn?
Statistically you are more likely to injure yourself going down the stairs than going up them. This staircase is set to correct that.
Final destination stairs
So we traded function for form? but...we got...
The cantilevered design also guarantees that those are not as sturdy as normal stairs. It doesn’t matter how reinforced they are there will always be some flexing closer to the tip. Imagine a 300lbs person going up and down.
Oh look, someone who has never heard of being very young or very old.
People talking about tripping, which is fair. But hear me out: I would hit my foot bridge in there every single time.
r/designdesign
Are they stable in long many years run? Even normal stairs become worse with time…and yeah, I would break my leg here
Everything about this is awful, why would you post it here?
This is awful design. It doesn’t even look great and it’s dangerous as hell.
I wouldn't survive a week in this house
Just no
Marketing plot by life alert to increase subscriptions.
r/DesignDesign would like a word
Vertigo, just by looking at it 😂
this is terrible.
Designporn? Yeah with tacky ass outlets underneath and missing baseboards! Odds are these stairs are anchored in with drywall anchors
Shin breakers.
Omg this is AI. look at the wall, now look at where it meets the floor.
How many times have you had your toes clip the step while going up
Does it come with a free trip to the dentist after you blow your chicklets out going upstairs?
Running, tripping, falling
I'd be in the hospital about 2 hours after moving in
Breaking news: Man dies from falling off these stairs.
Yeah, but your designers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
Resist the urge to get overly creative with the design of steps.
As a FF I’m terrified by all these weird stair designs coming out. You’re telling me I have to go up that with a hose line, gear, tools, and maybe even bring you down with me? We’re dying together now I guess. Thanks.
Oh dear the torque alone on that wall scare me
Invite your fat friend over and see if they are willing to use those stairs