# Mixed Product Families

> Combining products from different incompatible families, producing inconsistent sets of objects.

Record: `lex:mixed-product-families`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-mixed-product-families

## category

- [Creational Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/creational-patterns.md)

## referenced-by

- [Abstract Factory Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/abstract-factory-pattern.md)