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Objects That Suggest Tasks

Munich: toilets and tasks
There’s a beautiful, suggestive symmetry to this space. How the mere presence of objects suggests the other tasks that the user is likely to want/need …



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11 Oct 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Munich
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Lines of Sight

05 Sep 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Munich
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Actions and Consequences

05 Sep 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Munich
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Articulating the consequences of actions as an affective form of deterrent – a photo of a car being towed away from in front of the …
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Form Filling

05 Sep 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Munich
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Receipts at a restaurant that is popular with people who need to file expense claims includes space to include the signatures of people present and …
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Things That Work, But Don’t Scale

05 Sep 2010

In: Cultural Norms, Munich
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The buzzers for the Augenartz (eye-doctor) and Rechsanwalt Steuerberaterin (female tax lawyer/consultant) highlighted. The layout does work – but relies on the fact that everyone …
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Opaque Messages

05 Sep 2010

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ATM viewed from the exact angle where display becomes to opaque to read. Privacy filters for mobile phones are common practice in the density of …
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Pelican GRF

05 Sep 2010

In: GRF, Munich
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Creative Signs

05 Sep 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Munich
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Toilet signs in our Munich design studio – a few days in this fine city working out who does what. Thanks-all for making the transition …
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Corridors & Mazes

05 Sep 2010

In: Munich, Today's Office
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Sometimes the seat-assign means you’re first off the plane, which means reading and interpreting the signs for those that follow. It sometimes feels like rats …
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Blind

06 Jun 2010

In: Berlin, Cultural Norms
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Pedestrian crossing with support for the blind – issues a sharp tak-tak-tak whilst it’s green for pedestrians.
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