I'm a big fan of the yellow arrow-out-of-a-box icon for exit signs, as used in UK railway stations
2009/9/2 Adrian Howard <[email protected]> > > On 2 Sep 2009, at 00:17, Diana Wynne wrote: > [snip] > >> Only on an airline would you refer to "lavatories" and "illuminating" the >> seat belt sign rather than using more common words. >> > [snip] > > That reminds me of some rather uncomfortable times I had as a first time > tourist in the US before I figured out that labels like "comfort station", > "rest area" and "rest stop" meant "toilet". > > ("comfort station" in particular was a _very_ close call :-) > > Adrian > > -- > http://quietstars.com - twitter.com/adrianh - delicious.com/adrianh > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- "Tigers walk behind me, they're there to remind me - I'm lost but I'm not afraid" David Byrne and Brian Eno: Life is long ________________________________________________________________ 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
