International_Cartoon_Contest_08

UMO Contest Winners Comments

2008-02-23T04:46:00-07:00

First Prize

First Prize Winner
Name : Dariush Ramezani
Country : Iran

Comment
It's my hunour ,this prize is very important and very dear to me.I love UMO.

Second Prize

UMO '07 International Cartoon Contest
Second Prize Winner
Name : Yogish. L. Shettigar
Country : India

Comment
�It is a very nice feeling to winning an international event after several years if effort. From last few years, I have won several awards in National and State Level competitions. But this one is very-very-very special for me.

This time the subject itself was very interesting. We had lots of scope for thinking/ideas. So, I tried to send the maximum number of entries. Thanks to Kaladhar Bapu and his UMO for giving this great opportunity. And I wish them all the very best for future programs�

UMO '07 International Cartoon Contest
Second Prize Winner
Name : Dimitris Kordalis
Country : Greece

Comment
I really feel very happy with this excellence and thankful for your nice words. I think that the most significant feature of this competition is that it brings together people from different cultures but with a common characteristic: our love for cartoon design. Despite the big distance between our countries, my participation to this competition made me feel so close to you and the prize gives me strength for the future. I really hope to meat you again in the future.

UMO '07 International Cartoon Contest
Third Prize Winner
Name : Verhulst Jos
Country : Belgium

Comment
I really feel very happy with this excellence and thankful for your nice words. I think that the most significant feature of this competition is that it brings together people from different cultures but with a common characteristic: our love for cartoon design. Despite the big distance between our countries, my participation to this competition made me feel so close to you and the prize gives me strength for the future. I really hope to meat you again in the future.

UMO '07 International Cartoon Contest
Third Prize Winner
Name : Bijuchandarn
Country : India

UMO '07 International Cartoon Contest
Special Prize Winner
Name : Sujith Tk
Country : India

Comment
I am very happy to know that my entry has got the special mention award in the UMO INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION 2007.It was a nice experience for me to participate in a world wide cartoon competiton.Thank you again for this recognition and all the best for your future efforts.

UMO '07 International Cartoon Contest
Special Prize Winner
Name : Valluri Krishna
Country : India

Comment
i am very thankful to umo.org.
i am feeling very happy to got special mention
hearty congrats to all winners.
many thanks to kaladhar garu.

Boycott Bad Design Contest

UMO '07 Boycott Bad Design Contest
Best Entry
Name : Yugant Sonawale
Country : India

Comment
I feel great with my entry getting selected for the "Boycott Bad design contest"

UMO '07 Boycott Bad Design Contest
Best Entry
Name : M.Vijay
Country : India

Comment
I feel great for winning the entry and i thank UMO for organizing such events and giving a platform for young designers to think on the daily problems.

UMO '07 Boycott Bad Design Contest
Best Entry
Name : Abhishek Tongia
Country : India

Comment
Participating in a designing event itself is a great feel when the task gets over, but
being on a winning side gives me utter pleasure which needs to be mentioned. Thanks to UMO, for recognizing my work and would also like to congratulate UMO which is proving itself as a Catalyst into the Design Industry and pointing out very small shortcomings to make life simpler and better.

I appreciate, efforts by fellow-winners and all the participants. Lets design,
to make design of our life simpler and smoother, Thanks!!

UMO '07 Boycott Bad Design Contest
Best Entry
Name : Ranjeet Kumar T
Country : India

Comment
It's really a wonderful experience to participate & win the "Boycott bad design contest." This contest made me think and observe things in detail which we come across our daily life in terms of usability & design problems. There are many things which are badly designed and we are forced to use them. We need to Boycott all the badly designed products to make our life easier.

UMO '07 Boycott Bad Design Contest
Best Entry
Name : Binapani Patra
Country : India

Comment
I am very happy for winning in bad design competition.It was a very interesting work to search a large no of bad designs which we generally neglected. We can do good designs only when we are able to recognize the bad things in the existing ones. This competition organized by UMO hence is a success.

UMO '07 Boycott Bad Design Contest
Best Entry
Name : Prantik Banerjee and Payal Chowdary
Country : India

UMO-World Usability Day'07 Workshop Event Report

2007-12-24T13:06:00-07:00

Bodystorming Session by Dr. Ajanta Sen

Brainstorming Sessions

UMO-Bad Design Expo'07 Event Report

2007-12-22T06:48:00-07:00

The Chief Guest, Mr. Suresh (Secretary-hysea), lighting the traditional lamp.

Mr. Poosapati Parameswar Raju lighting the lamp

Koeli Mukherjee Ghose lighting the lamp

Mr. Korasala Seetharama Swamy lighting the lamp

Mr. Kaladhar Bapu lighting the lamp

Kaladhar Bapu presenting memento to Mr. suman

Kaladhar Bapu presenting memento to Mr. Poosapati Parameswar Raju

Few words from kaladhar Bapu about Bad Design Expo

UMO international cartoon Contest second Prize Winner Yogish having a look at other entries with his family

Chief Guest, Mr. Suresh speaking few words about Bad design Expo

Mr. Poosapati Parameswar Raju Presenting a memento to Mr. Kaladhar Bapu

Mr. Poosapati Parameswar Raju Sharing his views to Press

Event Photos

UMO-World Usability Day'07 Conference Event Report

2008-02-09T02:59:00-07:00

"Vandanam" by Shusmita and team to make an auspicious start to UMO 2007

The Chief Guest, Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, lighting the traditional lamp.

Dr.Neeraj Raj lighting the lamp.

Poosapati Parameshwar Raju lighting the lamp.

Kaladhar Bapu lighting the lamp.

The first address was by Kaladhar Bapu, UX consultant for Microsoft India and founder-member of UMO, highlighting the philosophy behind the UMO-WUD and the synergies involved in creating the design awareness initiatives.

The Chief Guest, Prof. Ravi Poovaiah Addressing the Conference

Dr.Neeraj Raj started the conference with a captivating presentation on a learning portal for training medical teams. It was amazing to hear someone who was indeed a doctor but chose to use technology to build online training. The ease with which he lisped out medical terms and how they need to be taught was sufficient to indicate that a strong domain expertise is a big plus when it comes to designing for a context.

Poosapati Parameshwar Raju's calligraphic works caught the audience spellbound. He elaborated the 9 squares grid and how things could be made more aestheitcally pleasing by ensuring the design conformed to the grid structure. He demonstrated this using a number of examples.

Prof.Aniruddha Joshi dwelled on the integration of UCD process with SDLC models. He felt the need to use usability measurement techniques and metrics to substantiate design.

Dr.Anil Jampala showcased the achievements of the 108 ambulance service initiated statewide by EMRI.

R.V.V Prasad presented about a low cost medical facility to rural villages, bringing the urban expertise to rural villages with the help of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Mr. Parameswaran presentation dealt with possible approaches and measures to ensure design research, user research initiatives deliver on the promises of the power of research, and to ensure the business ultimately sees the 'value for money'.

Sammeer Chabukswar discussed about the challenges of institutionlizing usability and how to overcome the same in an organisation.

Rohit Jog showcased the Microsoft Mobile Business solutions for Healthcare and its usage for clinical trial personel

Saroj Thatte showcased the Microsoft Mobile Business solutions for Healthcare and its usage for clinical trial personel.

Mr. Sameer Chavan pointed out the differences between designing aspects of consumer website and a web application by taking out the impacts of decision metrics like site objectives, business goals and online advertisement.

Apala Lahiri Chavan talked of ethnography as a tool to find culturaly sensitive data that can help provide crucial insights for design.

Dr.Evita Fernandez showcased the steady growth of her hospital to a multistory building. The various measures taken by the hospital to stay competitive yet affordable for the man onthe street.

Dr. Ajanta Sen has given a good experience about the 'Human Experience to XP Design' by taking two concept example from her work at Microsoft Research(MSR)Design Expos.

Peter presented the interaction design projects done at Industrial design left IIT Bombay.

Shruti presented the interaction design projects done at Industrial design left IIT Bombay.

Mr. Nanda Kumar showcased the design aspects in the field of Architecture.

Mr. Atul Manohar discussed about the involvement of the stakeholders and users in the design process and how the participatory design sessions could help better engineer the user requirements.

Eric captivated the audience with his trademark presentation style. He had one important point to prove and that design should precede technology implementation.

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Prof. Ravi Poovaiah

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Dr.Neeraj Raj

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.Poosapati Parameshwar Raju

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.Anirudha Joshi

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Dr.Anil Jampala

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.R.V.V Prasad

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.Parameswaran

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.Sameer Chabukswar

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.Rohit Jog and Saroj Thatte

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.Sameer Chavan

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Apala Lahiri Chavan

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Dr.Evita Fernandez

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Dr.Ajanta Sen

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.Peter

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Shruti Agarwal

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.Nanda kumar Birudavolu

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Mr.Atul Manohar

Mr.Kaladhar Bapu Presenting UMO Memento to Dr.Eric Schaffer

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2007-11-24T02:11:00-07:00