UMO - 6th Boycott Bad Design Contest'10

Communication is the new order of life on our planet. H2O, O2 and a skill set on our resumes is not enough anymore to survive in this ever growing complex ecosystem of life.

Mobile and social communication is a big buzz word and why not, after all we have over 300 million mobile subscribers.

Communication is one of the most basic and also the most complicated of human expressions. Depending on the context and situation, communication can address plethora of emotional needs and can make or break relations, career and business. Communication is the most powerful of all mediums. But unfortunately and inevitably we let developing technologies seize the control of our communication. Medium has become the messenger and message itself now.

Boycott Bad Design Contest'10 encourages participants to look at various means, modes, mediums, products and services of communication from the most latest micro blogging rage like Twitter on the Internet to the not so pre-historic mediums like newspapers, radio, television and telephone. All identified bad designs must be currently in use.

Boycott Bad-Design Contest'10 Winners

The following ten entries were chosen as the best submissions ( Rs. 3000/- each ) for the "Boycott Bad-Design Contest'10"

Jury Panel | Competition Details

Team-UMO duly acknowledges it's gratitude towards all the participants.

Boycott Bad-Design Contest'10 Entries Preview

The 3G mobiles which are available in the market are bad designs why because while attempting the video calls the user has to put the cam in front of his face that means the user has to move according the lens of the camera.

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2011 - 01.21.

A Multipurpose power point became useless as it is not designed with usability in Mind. One can not switch it on or off when it is plugged in.

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2011 - 01.21.

This is the picture of a room. It is constructed such that no light enters the room in any way. The room is always dark, irrespective of the brightness outside. flaw.

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2011 - 01.21.

This is a lemon juice extractor. The holes of the sieve in this extractor are so big that even the lemon seeds pass through it.

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2011 - 01.21.

This is a kitchen sink. If the tap is opened even to wash hands, the water bursts out of the sink.

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2011 - 01.21.

Now-a-days our world is facing a serious problem with cellphone towers. The people who are living in the surroundings also facing so many health problems.

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2011 - 01.21.

Concentrated body weight on the foot heels may make them harder and develop yellow patches on it. It may also cause misshapenness of your feet.

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2011 - 01.21.

There are several hazards that are known to be caused by mosquito coils. Recent studies showed that the smoke generated from burning mosquito coil is of certain health concerns – one burning mosquito coil produces the same amount of particulate mass (diameter up to 2.5 μm) as 75-137 burning cigarettes would; and the emission of formaldehyde from one burning coil can be as high as that released from 51 burning cigarettes.

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2011 - 01.21.