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Co-creating maps in public spaces

I’m finally starting to get caught up after our trip to Barcelona last week. As a little teaser of the photos to come, I wanted to post this photo of a map kiosk I saw in center of Figueres, Spain when we went to check out the Dali Museum (Quick review: Really neat, totally unique, museum. Unfortunately they don’t throttle the people they admit into the space at one time so it was a total mob scene).

I love how someone Sharpied in some streets that the map designers neglected making the map more useful for everyone.

Update: My buddy Eduardo (who actually reads Spanish) cued me into the following:

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Come to think of it, I’m sort of ashamed I didn’t pick up on “C / Putas“. Anyway, let’s all think about how great it would have been if someone took the time to update an out-of-date public kiosk.

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Why ruin it with the stupid Gentlemen sticker? Who wouldn't get this?

This is the door to the men’s bathroom at Mexican Radio in New York City (great restaurant, btw). You know its the men’s room because of that cleverly placed “gentlemen” sticker, right? Were that not there, you may have incorrectly believed this to be a door to a room full of mustaches.

I thought this was a good (though somewhat loosely interpreted) example of how overdoing information can ultimately undermining the soul of your design. Within the proper context (in this case, being in the back of the restaurant next to another door with some feminine imagery on it) you don’t need a label or know how to read Spanish in order to find the proper restroom.

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A cage for what?

Note the bars on the inside of the cage, making it impossible to actually put an air conditioner in the cage. As an aside, I was imagining that keeping a wild animal in that cage might make for an exciting local attraction.

Guess we don't need that hatch after all

Hope you never need to use the basement hatch for anything.

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