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.

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Razor

Although it suffices our need for shave but is a bad design because of the following reasons:
1. The trimmed hair get entangled and trapped.
2. Lack of concentration may cause a cut or bruise.

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2011 - 01.22.

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Bangles

This is a Bad Design as

1. It is difficult to wear becausae it doesnot open up
2. It causes pain in hand while wearing.
3. In some cases, it also causes hand to swell and redness to hand.

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2011 - 01.22.

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Website

1. The use of too many colours without any restrain make it slightly not presentable.
2. The website lacks a proper navigation system which makes it unfit for use.

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2011 - 01.22.

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Wheel Lock

From a functionality point of view the wheel lock for bicycles is a low security device as it does not lock the cycle with a stationary object, but merely prevents the rear wheel of the cycle from rotating. For a vehicle as light as a cycle the protection is minimal.

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2011 - 01.22.

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Vodafone Customer Care

1. Vodafone service has gone rapidly downhill as the company has expanded. Its now costly to make a complain because the voice mail system takes so long to navigate. You have no idea if the information you are eventually given is accurate or reliable.
2. There is always a problem with GPRS in Vodafone, whenever we try to access it.

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2011 - 01.22.

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Walls

Without any compound walls for the power plant the management is allowing students who come to industrial visits .By mistake if any one got slipped?? We cannot imagine the situation out there...

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2011 - 01.22.

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Micromax Bling Q55

1. The keypad designed for Micromax mobile phones is not user-friendly as it cannot be handled by one hand, you have to use both the hands to type a message or add a contact.

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2011 - 01.22.

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RTC Busses

As shown in the attached images, there's no proper security when we travel by 'RTC' buses Hyderabad.
Due to this, there are many death cases .Because of its powerful brake system people standing near by steps inside the bus, due to sudden jerk they slip through the steps and fall out of the bus under its tier.

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2011 - 01.22.

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