#HTE

(Unofficial) UI Design Competition to Prevent Another Hawaii False Alarm

In the wake of Hawaii’s false missile alert brouhaha, an apparently unofficial design competition has sprung up inviting designers to re-imagine the UI. You’re not allowed to change the copy, just the elements on the page.

I’ve been looking over the 146 entries received so far, and folks–some of these are great, but a lot are just terrible. Needlessly busy, overdesigned and/or scattershot. I don’t want to call anyone out by name, so I’ll post some entries without attribution and let you decide which is which.

You can go through the entirety of the entries here. I know that this isn’t a big-money competition, as the three prizes are just $150, $100 and $50; but if you’ve got some time, surely some of you out there can do better!

http://www.core77.com/posts/72253/Unofficial-UI-Design-Competition-to-Prevent-Another-Hawaii-False-Alarm