FM radio works only when we connect the earphones to mobile phone even when the phone has an inbuilt speaker.
2011 - 09.22.
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
The new fan hook box is designed in such a way that there is no space to move the spanner to fit nut and bolt, as the hook is very much inside the box. This makes fitting the ceiling fan to hook quite difficult and inconvenient.
2011 - 09.22.
A car’s sideview or wing mirror isa delicate car part,and because traffic on Indian roads is ever increasing.
2011 - 09.22.
The dell studio charger’s adapter (the black heavy part) is connected to the wire in a way that in a plugged in state, the heavy adapter is always hanging, applying pressure on the wire.
2011 - 09.22.
Ford Figo, one of the most hyped cars of the year, poses a serious problem of the back seat window. This back seat window can be lowered down to only half of its entire length.
2011 - 09.22.
The handle of the tap in the middle confuses with the direction, it looks like a pointer to select hot or cold water.
2011 - 09.22.
Different brands of buses are run by APSRTC, so there is no consistency in the size of route number boards.
2011 - 09.22.
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Abhijit: Wah! What an observation! Shabash!!!
L10N-Bridge: and when travelling, you need to have special power adapters with you, too -> redesign for …
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