A look at Urban Design, Wayfinding, and Signage through UX, UI, and Temporal lenses.
Putting humans in space
Putting humans in spacetime
Designing urban interfaces? Informational signs? Spaces? Wayfinding?
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Holy Holey Signage
Posted: 2022.01.07 @ 14:01 | Updated: 2022.01.07 @ 14:04
This sign seems to have an interesting physical design. The holes may be there to reduce wind loads in a hurricane-prone environment.
The Unintended Consequences Of Trying To Fix Traffic
Posted: 2020.01.10 @ 15:47 | Updated: 2021.06.23 @ 16:33
Many city buses have signs to the effect of “Don’t disturb the driver.” Kenya took the opposite approach. They posted signs in minivans encouraging passengers to “heckle and chide” the drivers when…
Montreal and location information accessibility
Posted: 2020.01.09 @ 20:00 | Updated: 2021.07.02 @ 10:55
The city of Montreal decided to inform residents of a boil-water advisory using a 7mb PDF in a tweet. An openstreetsmap is attached to make it a bit easier.
Turn-by-turntables: How drivers got from point A to point B in the early 1900s
Posted: 2020.01.08 @ 23:53 | Updated: 2021.06.23 @ 16:20
Long before GPS, drivers still wanted tech that could simplify the navigation process.
This intersection does not exist
Posted: 2020.01.03 @ 0:27 | Updated: 2022.01.07 @ 14:19
Perhaps it speaks to a potential flaw in our street naming conventions.