Comments on: Gently observing design in action http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/10/13/gently-observing-design-in-action/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prakash http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/10/13/gently-observing-design-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-431130 Prakash Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:39:21 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1345#comment-431130 JP, Would add one more attribute to a good design: - Cost effectiveness. Except in a luxury product category where price would not be a major factor, cost becomes important. BTW, nice pictures! -Prakash JP,
Would add one more attribute to a good design:
- Cost effectiveness.
Except in a luxury product category where price would not be a major factor, cost becomes important.
BTW, nice pictures!
-Prakash

]]> By: James http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/10/13/gently-observing-design-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-430916 James Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:05:45 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1345#comment-430916 Something I often notice is the way public seating is designed. For example the underground (amongst others) frequently places armrests on their seats to prevent people lying on them. Parks in the North East often have a bowed seat design to accomplish the same goal. A chap at Hogshead told me that they set the automatic watering system for the window boxes above their doorway to overflow every couple of hours, to prevent people taking shelter. Clever, but unfriendly design Something I often notice is the way public seating is designed. For example the underground (amongst others) frequently places armrests on their seats to prevent people lying on them. Parks in the North East often have a bowed seat design to accomplish the same goal.

A chap at Hogshead told me that they set the automatic watering system for the window boxes above their doorway to overflow every couple of hours, to prevent people taking shelter.

Clever, but unfriendly design

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