Look at this power strip. Just look. at. it.
- It’s a perfect rectangular loaf. No extra curves. You’re either functional or out.
- Any holes next to each other are a pair!
- There is a USB port at the very end.
An efficient, double-sided bench design in Tokyo.
Another good use of touchless technology – trash cans in public bathrooms!
One of my favorite things about Istanbul: the basket.
1. Street vendors call up in the morning, letting everyone know what’s on offer: eggs, bread, and other delicacies are placed in then lifted up.
2. At lunchtime you can yell orders at the person selling fruit or sandwiches on the corner, lower money to them in the basket, then pull up your catch.3. I’ve seen the basket transform into a street game where children attempt to throw their shoes into it while it swings.
4. Today I was hanging laundry when this basket swung down from above and stayed dangling in front of my porch for hours. I placed a small drawing inside of it.
(via Jennifer Brook / see them all at #unreasonablyobsessedwithbasket)
At the waiting area of one of those ramen booth places in Tokyo. Mapped to the layout of the space, red and green lights show whether a booth is occupied or available.
In 2014, Japan launched a Help Mark badge that handicapped or pregnant women can wear to give them more access to subway seats. More here.
(via Machiko Yasuda)
In Japan, the toilets salute you.
Such fine textures on this metal gate in Japan.
On a bus in Tokyo.
- It’s nice to see the wheelchair guy expanded into its many faces: cane, pregnant woman, new mom, crutch, cast.
- “Priority seat” is more positive than “Disabled seat”
- But how about disabilities you can’t see?
Hello Kitty traffic barricades in Tokyo.
I thought it was smart how these corner tiles in Japan also look like face tiles. In the US, corner tiles are typically a rounded narrow strip covering only the corner.
In Japan. Pedestrian countdown signals using bars instead of numbers.
Sometimes all you need is two bars.
Stairs for all sorts of wheeled and legged people!
Each digit on this bank form is labeled with the correct unit so that you don’t accidentally enter the wrong amount by an order of 10 or get confused about where cents go. Found in Fuzhou, China.
(via Christina Xu)