# Mixed Product Families

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

Record: `lexicon: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#lexicon-mixed-product-families

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Global Mutable State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/global-mutable-state.md) and before [Scattered Construction Logic](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/scattered-construction-logic.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

- [Creational Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-creational-patterns.md)