The invisible 'step of death' : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The invisible 'step of death' / Dplanet::
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | This is a photo of the staircase at the Travelstart office in Cape Town. The stairs have been cunningly designed to confuse and disorientate people (or as I am going to refer to them from here on, 'users'). Notice the two silver stripes on every step - they act as a visual reference point, showing the user where the edge of each step is. The stripes form a regular pattern, reassuring the user that they are stepping in the right place. One step however, has no stripes. This small detail causes extreme disorientation, especially when it is dark, or for people with impaired vision (especially those wearing bifocal lenses). Even though I know it's there, the invisible 'step of death' has caught me out many times. On the way down the stairs, your brain tells your foot to aim for the silver stripes. When you get to the 'step of death' you find yourself trying to stretch to the next step, even though you can see it is too far away. You then have to adjust in mid-step when you have finally spotted the invisible step.Just another every day example of bad information design :) |
| 撮影日 | 2006-12-12 16:17:25 |
| 撮影者 | Dplanet:: , Cape Town, South Africa |
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| カメラ | 6680 , Nokia |
| 露出 | 0.05 sec (1/20) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.2 |