There is lot of awareness about ISI mark, which denotes the quality of the product, but ideally this mark along with best before tag completes the quality definition of a product.
2011 - 09.15.
UMO - 7th Boycott Bad Design Contest'11
Education plays a vital role in the development of an active citizenry of a nation. A well educated population is able to take charge of the many issues facing society, including social problems and political decisions, rather than sitting by the sidelines and allowing someone else to do deciding for them.
Design in essence is a message, it is a medium through which designers and businesses communicate how a new product and service will make our lives both easier and exciting. We the design community should take the ownership of educating the users and consumers of products and services through better design. So much so that peripherals like communication design and information design around these products and services gets quite crucial in informing and educating users about them.
UMO encourages all enthusiasts to highlight adverse effects of bad information design every where around us. Please bring in real life issues ranging from a piece of ticket (any ticket), forms/e-forms to labels & product packaging, medicine packaging/ labels, product manuals, movie posters, government notices, news papers, magazines, information systems, maps, signage, webpages and many others that we encounter in our day to day use.
Boycott Bad-Design Contest'11 Winners
The following 6 entries were chosen as the best submissions ( Rs. 5000/- each ) for the "Boycott Bad-Design Contest'11"
- Indian Railways Portal : Mohit Gupta - New Delhi
- Multi Brand ATMs : Swathik Addala - Secunderabad
- Top Bottom approach : Prasad khasnis, Mumbai
- The all new Ford Figo : Supraja Narayanan - Secunderabad
- Difficulty in reading bus numbers : Anitha - Hyderabad
- Gap between the flatform and the train : Sneha Nalluri - Kandukur
The following 4 entries were chosen as the most popular entries for the "Boycott Bad-Design Contest'11"
- Gmail and Orkut chat : SNV. Sainadh - Chirala
- Three pin plug socket : Mohit Yadav - Pune
- Improper design of the website : Venkat Jagadish A - Secunderabad
- LG Cookie camera : L. Venkat - Ibrahimpatnam
Team-UMO duly acknowledges it's gratitude towards all the participants.
Boycott Bad-Design Contest'11 Entries Preview
In all Nokia mobiles whenever it vibrates it creates disturbance for us, when mobile is in silent mode. We should avoid vibrations but also we should know when important call is coming when mobile is in silent mode during important meeting or discussion.
2011 - 09.15.
The problem with this vehicle design is the foot-rest for the person at the back were he has to fold his leg at angle less than 90 degree which is not comfortable for long ride or in city. Same is the case with bikes like Yamaha FZ AND YAMAHA R15.
2011 - 09.15.
- Have to strain eyes to read
- Poverty has lead future of india to study in difficult situations
- This problem effects economic life, education and health
- Kerosene lamps cause pneumonia and can also lead to accidental fires
2011 - 09.15.
The carrier of the bicycle is not comfortable for seating as it is meant for carrying stuff but users also using it for seating. Set of chain connecting paddles is a bad design as it is hard to repair due to its cover.
2011 - 09.15.
Chalks for writing on a blackboard/greenboardis a bad design :
- The dust coming out from them causes allergies to many.
- When they become small in size towards the end, they cannot be used for writing and have to be thrown away , causing material wastage.
2011 - 09.15.
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