We live in a world that is a consequence of conscious or unconscious design decisions made by the manufacturers or designers of the various systems. Most of times these decisions are resultant of hasty time-lines, compromise on quality or just plain ignorance about 'you'- the one who is going to use them.

The UMO-Boycott Bad-Design Contest'05 was organized with the view of calling attention to the bad design in everyday things with the theme : Annoyances with day-to-day things.

Boycott Bad-Design Contest'05 Winners

The following ten entries were chosen as the best submissions for the "Bad design contest"

• Car Bumper Hitting the Pavement : Kiran Madhunapantula
• No Bus Number on Side of the Bus : B.Roja Reddy
• Window Position for People Standing in Bus : S. Shravani Gupta
• Foot-rest of Honda Activa : Hitesh Bagai
• Oil Containers - Pouches and Bottles : Anindya Kastha
• Usha Lexus Mixer Grinder Lid  : Yogish L. Shettigar
• Lead Pencil : Yogesh Kumar Baghel
• Computer Keyboard Cleaning : Reshama Parveen
• Power Adapters in Cell Phones : Kamesh Somalanka
• Thumbtack (Hardboard pin) : Abhijit Kr Bairagi

Details about the above and also the other entries chosen for the exibition for World Usability Day at Hyderabad are displayed below.You can see the details of each entry, vote for it and add your comments to it.

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