Thursday, September 8, 2016

How To Ruin A Great Design paragraph

It seems these days that London is reinventing itself in rather controversial ways. Like their recent separation from the European Union, their traffic signs do not seem too welcome or cohesive with the original way things were done. Art is fluid, constantly changing with the ages, but design with a purpose has certain standards to live up to, and I do happen to agree with the author that bold, simple designs work better than signs with fonts that are not uniform, with many words, pictures, and directions bundled together. Though it is descriptive, it is too much to read as you are driving by looking for simple directions. Traffic signs should work similarly to the laws of the card game Sets. In Sets, players compete to get as many groups as possible, as quickly as possible. The catch to Sets is that each card is simple, marked with either 1, 2, or 3 shapes, in 3 different colors. You can match cards based on complete uniformity, partial uniformity (all the same color, but different shapes, for example), or completely different cards. This works, because it is always simple, and the cards are straight to the point. No one wants to have to read a lengthy sign whilst trying to find their way.

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