Thanks Jeff. I was actually looking through Lockton's site last night. It's interesting stuff, for sure.
I came across another example of slanty design recently, spurred on by an upcoming trip to Switzerland - in "porta-johns", they use a certain type of blue light instead of traditional light bulbs. It was designed to discourage the use of heroin - the blue light makes it impossible for a drug user to see their veins, which prevents them from using needles. The swiss culture is full of design examples similar to this one. Jeff On Jan 30, 2008 12:25 AM, Jeff Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slanty design describes solutions that purposely reduce aspects of > functionality or usability. It's employed when the system must > address wider goals than the user might have, when, say, they wish to > do something that in the grander scheme of things is less than > desirable. Think of it as an anti-affordance. > > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/10/29/slanty-design/ > > Examples of "Slanty Design" include: > - Google's initial omission of the Delete Button in Gmail > - Angled surfaces that prevents people from leaving trash on them > - Cone-shaped cups that discourages users from leaving them on the table > - Baggage carousel with a sloping floor to keep the area clear > > This technique resonates through many of the posts on Dan Lockton's > Architectures of Control weblog. It's one of many ways to implicitly > guide the behavior of users and from that point of view it helps > inform the practice of interaction design--often by highlighting > cautionary tales. > > Many of the examples on the site are analog in nature, but there are > plenty of digital examples to browse through as well. I've pulled out > some of the most interesting below. > > // jeff > > > ANALOG EXAMPLES > > Architecture as Crime Control > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/10/18/review-architecture- > as-crime-control-by-neal-katyal/ > > Deliberately Creating Worry > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/06/15/deliberately- > creating-worry/ > > Product Psychology to Discourage Anti-Social Behaviour > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/10/20/product-psychology- > to-discourage-anti-social-behaviour/ > > Traffic Management > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/12/22/some-more- > architectures-of-control-for-traffic-management/ > > Anti-Public Seating Roundup > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/07/24/anti-public-seating- > roundup/ > > Controlling Shoppers > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/05/12/controlling-shoppers/ > > > > DIGITAL EXAMPLES > > Changing Behaviour: Water Meter Taps > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/06/28/changing-behaviour- > water-meter-taps/ > > Digital Control Round-up > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/12/30/digital-control- > round-up/ > > Epson Messes Up My Day > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/10/21/epson-messes-up-my-day/ > > Do You Really Need to Print That? > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/11/06/do-you-really-need- > to-print-that/ > > Dishonourable Discharge? > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/08/07/dishonourable- > discharge/ > > Making Energy Use Visible > http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/07/24/making-energy-use- > visible/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
