Design, culture and technology musings.
I do like taking pictures of ‘after-the-fact’ fixes, notes, addendum and other additions that are made to explain how to use something or the value of that something.
I saw this in a newspaper, the Breakfast Sub (King bum clogger) with a handy arrow pointing out the ‘Free Range Egg’.
Just in case you waondered WTF that was hanging out of the sanger.
I saw this Po-Lease ve-hi-cal when walking past Liverpool Street station on 2nd April 2009.
It’s some sight I can tell you, so much so that there were at least 6 or 7 other people taking photographs of them (there were 4 or 5 lining Bishopsgate).
The Police were loving the attention, and it made for good banter, but seriously you would not want to argue with this beast.
Just look at the bonnet! Nothing is getting through that!
A friend of mine sees some weird shit when he takes off his glasses.
He drew what he could see when he looked at a number plate some 10 yards away and here is the result.
This is what he was looking at:
I was walking through Kensington the other day while it was raining when I ‘discovered’ these metal studs at the side of the road.
I know what they are supposed to be for, to warn those with limited sight that they are at the road edge.
Personally, I was never sold on that design to be honest, I would have thought the noise of traffic, the spatial senses etc would be far more effective than some bumps. I mean, if they are there to warn of the road, why don’t they line the pavement?
Surely this design only serves to warn if you happen to stray near the road at a crossing.
Anyway, I digress.
In Kensington High Street (or High Street Ken (why?!?)) they have opted for stainless steel street furniture, bars, bumps, bins all in stainless.
Looks nice I suppose. But it’s lethal in the wet. If a 20/20 vision 30-something can nearly upend themselves, surely said limited sight elderly person is going to come a cropper.
Pure form over function, style over substance, all sizzle no sausage.
It sets me to thinking about what else is broken like this…?
Is it me or is it a bit mental that all these sanatiser gels are appearing everywhere? I saw this in an M&S food.
M&S Food! Why are they selling this stuff?
I’m all for washing your hands when they’re dirty, but seriously walking around with sterilised hands can’t be good for you. Yes okay, if you have a baby and need to wash before changing/feeding etc but surely we all need some bugs in the tum to keep us fighting the worlds ills?
People will buy anything.
I saw this when I got off the train at Waterloo in London.
It startled me enough to see how today’s toddlers get in-buggy DVD, but the way in which the child in the buggy (watching the Mr. Men or something) held it so it carefully and was really engaged with it.
What next? iPod enabled buggies?
Nope they’re out already too. I didn’t take a photo but I saw one whilst in a baby shop in Tarporley, Chesire.
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