The Sign Fail

Presented by Output magazine, The Sign Fail blog is our collection of silly, careless, unlucky and sometimes stupid signage mishaps. But don't think we're all about the bad. Check out OutputMagazine.com for news, comment, features, blogs and more from the cutting edge of sign-making, wide-format print and digital signage. Why not click over to Outputting for Output's tumblr on well-executed, sharp-looking signage and vehicle graphics. Be sure to find us on Twitter @OutputMagazine and share your favourite #signfail examples with your followers. Although we work hard to bring you the best, funniest and most tasteful sign fails, Output is not responsible for content on external sites.

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Spotted at Loch Lomond Shores shopping centre. 

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It's the Andy Murray of the future! Well done printMax for spotting this SignFail of Olympic proportions.

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Thanks to Retail Eye for this picture. It appears to be 32 iPads forming a videowall to display a static image, with a couple of the screens not working.

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Just around the corner from Letsbe Avenue.

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More of a SignUnnecessary than a SignFail; I could barely see the 'Anti climb spikes' sign for the anti-climb spikes here in Birmingham. ^M

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Such a Deal Mommy!

We know that Indian Casinos have the best price when it comes to tobacco, but 18 and over smoking free? Well, that is a down right bargain.

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POS sign fails are dangerous. Especially when you mess with brand names of international food titans. But hey, we're glad they did it.  Source 

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We have punctuation for many reasons. One of them is to avoid ambiguity.  Because this is just silly. Thanks to englishfailblog.com

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Besides a personnel change, I don't see how this problem could have been avoided.  Source 

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The kids! Think about the kids.  Source