The good design I chose was a water filter from Britta. The design of the filter is very simple, and when one looks at it, he or she could understand the method of using it. All one has to do to filter the water is to just open the cover and put water in it. Also, on the cover of the filter, there is a little reminder which shows when to change the filter to a new one. I thought this was very useful for the users since one is really apt to forget such things, and not changing filters on time could do harm to the user's health.
The bad design I chose is a sign post at the bus station. In seoul, the map of the route of the bus in the station does not show which direction the bus is going. So in order to find out the direction of the bus, one has to look it up in the smartphone or ask it to people nearby. One citizen who recognized this problem started putting little arrow shaped sticker on some of these posts in order to help other citizens find their way. The city of Seoul, when hearing this, honored the person as a good citizen but did not do anything afterwards to change the posts. It is a design that is very inconvenient, not accomplishing its role of helping citizens to find their way at all.
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