Hi Chathrin, have a look here; http://be-useful.net/ a lot of ordinary things should be more useful; the elevator is already mentioned here, because of the alarm button which is be pressed when you lay on it by mistake - there should be a box around...
best regards Freundliche Grüße Lena Kristina Knake PAGE Verlag Redaktion WEAVE Borselstraße 28/Haus i D-22765 Hamburg Phone +49/40/851 83 412 https://www.xing.com/profile/Lena_Knake www.weave.de --------------------------------- Der PAGE Verlag ist eine Zweigniederlassung der Ebner Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Karlstraße 41, 89073 Ulm Geschäftsführer: Gerrit Klein Kommanditgesellschaft, Ulm Registergericht Ulm, HRA 1900 Persönlich haftende Gesellschafterin: Ebner Verlagsverwaltung GmbH, Registergericht Ulm, HRB 576 USt.-IdNr.: DE 147041097 -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: new-boun...@ixda.org [mailto:new-boun...@ixda.org] Im Auftrag von Catherine Ryan Gesendet: Montag, 28. September 2009 06:16 An: disc...@ixda.org Betreff: [IxDA Discuss] Unusable things OK - so we work in the world of digital. Here the affordance is a perceived one. But what about our real lives? Here's the thing - I want to start a list of unusable real life things.... 1. Elevator buttons: when I press the wrong floor (which is quite the frequent occasion in my uncaffienated state before 12pm) why can't I "unpress" my mistake? 2. Toilet doors: why does one open in and the next out. Furthermore - why wash your hands when you must touch germ-ridden door handles after the fact? If there is ever a need to have automatic doors - here it is. 3. Coffee cups without handles: OK - I'm a great lover of style and aesthetics, however when it burns my hands off...I'd find it more classy to have a handle and not have tears in my eyes from lifting my beloved caffeine to my mouth. ________________________________________________________________ Reply to this thread at ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46113 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
