{"id":15937,"date":"2015-01-20T14:01:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T14:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=15937"},"modified":"2015-01-20T14:05:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T14:05:24","slug":"tottenham-court-road-designer-fail-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/tottenham-court-road-designer-fail-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Court Road designer fail – in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tottenham<\/p>\n

Architectural designer to client: “Hey, see that clearly visible metal railing that marks the ramp\u00a0into your \u00a0shop entrance. You know, the one that sticks out into\u00a0the really busy pedestrian thoroughfare?”<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Tottenham<\/p>\n

Client: “Why yes, I do know it. It is a bit old school and boring isn’t it?”<\/p>\n

Designer: ” Exactly. Let’s make it modern and exciting and clad it in vibrant\u00a0expensive toughened GLASS. And let’s get rid of that metal bit at the end. So dull!”<\/p>\n

Client: “Yes! Yes! Glass is the future! Please\u00a0get right on it and prepare a suitably large invoice for your vision.”<\/p>\n

\"Tottenham<\/p>\n

Several weeks later…<\/p>\n

Client: “There’s a problem. Because it’s glass people keep walking up the ramp by mistake or walking straight into the end bit because it’s not easy to see. They’re hurting themselves too.”<\/p>\n

Designer: “No problem. That’s easily fixed… (pulls out roll of cheap hazard tape and gets busy)…”<\/p>\n

\"Tottenham<\/p>\n

Designer: “There. Done. I’ll invoice you for the work later.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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