Feb
21
2008

photo of the day: must to call for

Pedestrians

Spotted at 25th and K streets in D.C.

This may be one of the most poorly-designed signs I’ve seen in some time. Why would you want the key instructions — "Push Button" — smaller than everything else?

And what kind of significance does "Must … To Call For" have, to be set in red? (Aside from actually being the least important words on the sign. Remove them and, as caveman-like as it sounds, “Pedestrians, you push button walk signal” still gets the point across.)

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Posted at 9:46 AM in design, photos, washington, dc

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Plus the placement of the sign sucks.

Posted by Kearns on February 21, 2008 10:53 AM

Yeah, there’s that, too. The big orange construction sign is a great bit of obstruction.

Posted by Aly on February 22, 2008 12:25 AM

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