It is about the small things
June 18, 2016 3:06 PM Subscribe
City Objects catalogues tiny thoughtful features of various cities around the world, from clocks to ticket machines. In the same spirit as the also great littlebig details, which covers the digital world.
The guy popping out of the Japanese ticket machine is awesome.
posted by pangolin party at 5:44 PM on June 18, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by pangolin party at 5:44 PM on June 18, 2016 [3 favorites]
What a great site, thanks.
posted by old_growler at 8:07 PM on June 18, 2016
posted by old_growler at 8:07 PM on June 18, 2016
I just love these little things, wherever they appear. Thanks for posting!
posted by glitter at 9:21 PM on June 18, 2016
posted by glitter at 9:21 PM on June 18, 2016
That undifferentiated long power bar doesn't have polarized plugs so would be illegal in Canada/USA (dangerous to boot).
posted by Mitheral at 9:37 PM on June 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Mitheral at 9:37 PM on June 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
Thoughtful design is a thing of joy.
I used to drive a '72 Saab 96 sedan, and every time I needed to do any work on it, or get into any little hidden part of it, I'd find design details that a thoughtful engineer had specified with the understanding that cars sometimes need service by human beings with body parts that follow consistent rules of range of motion.
The book The Design of Everyday Things, by usability engineer Donald Norman, is a delight for those of us who have that certain itch for things that work.
Amusingly, trying to post this comment on an iPad running iOS 9.3.x was a hilarious irony, because there is no text handling code in existence worse than what you'll find on a fucking tablet. Cursor keys? A selection mechanism that doesn't constantly autocorrect to either too little, too much, or the wrong damn place? Who needs those things?
Yeeesh.
posted by sonascope at 7:36 AM on June 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
I used to drive a '72 Saab 96 sedan, and every time I needed to do any work on it, or get into any little hidden part of it, I'd find design details that a thoughtful engineer had specified with the understanding that cars sometimes need service by human beings with body parts that follow consistent rules of range of motion.
The book The Design of Everyday Things, by usability engineer Donald Norman, is a delight for those of us who have that certain itch for things that work.
Amusingly, trying to post this comment on an iPad running iOS 9.3.x was a hilarious irony, because there is no text handling code in existence worse than what you'll find on a fucking tablet. Cursor keys? A selection mechanism that doesn't constantly autocorrect to either too little, too much, or the wrong damn place? Who needs those things?
Yeeesh.
posted by sonascope at 7:36 AM on June 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
this is a derail, but may cheer sonascope up a little: on a tablet (but not phone) in ios 9.3.2, you can move the text cursor around in a sort of arrow-key-like way by dragging with two fingers in the text field or on the keyboard. It's better than nothing.
posted by moonmilk at 5:06 PM on June 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by moonmilk at 5:06 PM on June 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
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