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

Generally, glass filled up with any liquid when falls down spills the liquid in it and sometimes breaks into pieces.

Bad Designs

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2011 - 09.17.

You use Fevikwik to stick tearing paper or any other material.  It feels hot to touch and sticks to your fingers inadvertently.  It is a painful and time consuming process to remove.

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2011 - 09.17.

Street lights glow continuously at night even when there are no people or vehicles. This leads to inefficient use of power and reduces the lifetime of the lights.

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2011 - 09.17.

I find the existing ATMs designed badly for the following reasons:-

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2011 - 09.17.

Hangers, posters, etc. make a great mess.  When you remove a hanger, the plastic remains attached to the wall. 

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2011 - 09.17.

The IBM Website is confusing.  It is difficult to find what we need.  It does not allow user to reset password when needed.  The site does not support resetting account through verification of link.

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2011 - 09.17.

Safety First!  All cars should provide air bags for passenger and co-passenger.

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2011 - 09.17.

It is so difficult for children, ladies and elderly to get on and off from the train. Reduce the gap between platform and train.  The level of platform and train should be the same.

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2011 - 09.17.