I recently stayed in a suite hotel (bedroom and kitchen) where I found this refrigerator.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14179...@n02/ The door is hinged on the wrong side so that it is almost impossible to unload a bag of groceries and annoying to unload for cooking because you would need to remove an item and walk around the door to place on the counter. Refrigerators are generally built so that the door can be set to open either way. This is just sloppy thinking. I photographed it because I felt that it illustrated how a product can meet functional requirements (e.g. there shall be a refrigerator in each room) but still be unusable because the actual tasks and context of use are ignored. Charlie ============================ Charles B. Kreitzberg, Ph.D. CEO, Cognetics Corporation ============================ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maurice Carty Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Unusable things Why do they make/sell cars with speed limits over 220KM/h when the maximum speed limit is 100KM/H. In Toronto getting caught going 20KM/H over the speed limit results in having your car towed and your drivers license suspended. So why do the sell cars that is 2-3 times the legal speed limit on the freeways/highways, not to mention mid town urban/suburban driving most as us do? Oh yeah, and they're planning to reduce the speed limit, but I doubt the speedometer will change on the latest models automobiles. My 2 cents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46113 ________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________ 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
