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This is Broken

We should demand better than "good enough" in the design of our environment. This is an attempt at noticing the problem (with the occasional example of good design).

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  • Switches are Cross (via lot49a) (God willing and the river don’t rise, the most boring photograph I will ever have taken).This is the light switch panel on the landing of the floor where I’ve been living. Each switch controls one of four lights nearby. Clockwise from the left these are: 1.hallway, 2.landing, 3.tracklighting, 4.stairway. Guess which switches correspond to which lights?4.stairway, 2.landing, 1.hallway, 3.tracklightingYou can’t even deduce the order by comparing which switches are up with which lights are on because some of the lights are controlled by more than one switch in the house. When I took this photo, the stairway light was off even though the switch is up. Were I to flick the switch at the bottom of the stairs, then ‘up’ would become ‘on’ again.I’ve been living in this house for about 8 months and STILL can’t instinctively turn on the right switch when I come home.

    Switches are Cross (via lot49a)

    (God willing and the river don’t rise, the most boring photograph I will ever have taken).

    This is the light switch panel on the landing of the floor where I’ve been living. Each switch controls one of four lights nearby. Clockwise from the left these are: 1.hallway, 2.landing, 3.tracklighting, 4.stairway. Guess which switches correspond to which lights?

    4.stairway, 2.landing, 1.hallway, 3.tracklighting

    You can’t even deduce the order by comparing which switches are up with which lights are on because some of the lights are controlled by more than one switch in the house. When I took this photo, the stairway light was off even though the switch is up. Were I to flick the switch at the bottom of the stairs, then ‘up’ would become ‘on’ again.

    I’ve been living in this house for about 8 months and STILL can’t instinctively turn on the right switch when I come home.

    Posted on July 28, 2009

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