http://www.physicalinterface.com/view/living-large-with Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:52:06 GMT Sometimes we can witness great design thinking in the most quotidian of media. Here's a short exploration of a locally famous warning sign from the wilderness of Northern California. <p>Hi, Moria. You bring up a really important point that I hadn&#8217;t thought of: there are a lot of foreign visitors to the Bay Area and some of them may go on hikes.</p> <p>I was reading the instruction panes like a western-style comic: (left-right-down-left-right&#8230;but some languages read right-to-left. I imagine the sign was designed before the area became such an international destination.</p> http://www.physicalinterface.com/view/living-large-with#content_17926 http://www.physicalinterface.com/view/living-large-with#content_17926 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:52:06 GMT Michael Beavers <p>Hey, Michael I read your story and while I like what you had to say, that sign confused me. I wasn&#8217;t certain which I should do. Back away? Or be large? What the sign doesn&#8217;t communicate is which to try first.</p> <p>Also, if one doesn&#8217;t read a lick of English (can you lick English?) then the be large gesture could be interpreted as a sign of surrender or intense fear.</p> <p>Anyway, I just thought it would be fun to discuss&#8230;great posting!</p> http://www.physicalinterface.com/view/living-large-with#content_17902 http://www.physicalinterface.com/view/living-large-with#content_17902 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:45:09 GMT Moria Deshpande