18 far-out phobias

SVA MFA Designer-as-Author's 3D champion and groundskeeper extraordinaire Kevin O'Callaghan curates this rollicking mini-golf course of phobias with the first-year students in the school's MFA Design department. Each student designed a golf hole and created a suite of products related to their chosen phobia—all on display for a limited time.

  • 1

    Macrophobia

    Fear of waiting

  • 2

    hoplophobia

    Fear of Firearms

  • 3

    Rhabdophobia

    Fear of Magic

  • 4

    chorophobia

    Fear of Dancing

  • 5

    barophobia

    Fear of Reversed Gravity

  • 6

    Kabourophobia

    Fear of Crabs

  • 7

    gelotophobia

    Fear of Being Laughed At

  • 8

    vidigameaphobia

    Fear of Video Games

  • 9

    gigaphobia

    Fear of Tall People

  • 10

    Ichthyophobia

    Fear of Fish

  • 11

    selenophobia

    Fear of The Moon

  • 12

    Bolshephobia

    Fear of bolsheviks

  • 13

    disposaphobia

    Fear of Throwing Things Away

  • 14

    Asymmetriphobia

    Fear of things being asymmetrical

  • 15

    nephophobia

    Fear of Clouds

  • 16

    nucleomituphobia

    Fear of Nuclear Weapons

  • 17

    testophobia

    Fear of Taking Tests

  • 18

    zuigerphobia

    Fear of vacuum cleaners