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"

The following 4 entries were chosen as the most popular entries for the "Boycott Bad-Design Contest'11"

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

Boycott Bad-Design Contest'11 Entries Preview

Different bottle mouths come with different problems. The one with larger mouth (top) is easy to fill (from tap/pouring by hand) but is hard to drink with as the flow of water is huge.

Bad Designs

Read More
2011 - 09.15.

Most of the time it is hard to figure out which way to insert the pendrive, since there is no signage to show which side should be upwards. Adding a simple sign will help in solving this problem.

Bad Designs

Read More
2011 - 09.15.

The difference between the glare of white umbrella and black umbrella shows the problem. It is very tough to use white umbrella in hot sun.

Bad Designs

Read More
2011 - 09.15.

Most bus drivers don’t use indicators when turning – unexpected turns might lead to traffic jams or accidents.

Bad Designs

Read More
2011 - 09.15.

The board at the entrance of a building lists the floors & offices in a clean manner.

Bad Designs

Read More
2011 - 09.15.