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Door User Interface

Door leading from a passenger cabin on a train. Journey times range from 30 to 90+ hours.

Where does the door lead?
What it is are the green and red buttons for?

Writing from Mongolia | December 9, 2005 | Comments (2) | Permalink


Source of Power, Activities Related To

Shared power source, Trans-Mongolian Express

Charger as a suggestion of presence. What activities are implied by the kind of charger? Cable? It could be so much more.

Knowing that use is affected by whether or not something is plugged in - the plug works itself loose when someone tripped on it, the door opened and a quizzical/annoyed face looked out.

Shared power source

Writing from Somewhere in Mongolia | December 7, 2005 | Comments (0) | Permalink


Communicating Conditions

Cold conducted

The carriage is warm, but the metal window lock is frosted - the cold conducted from outside.

A subtle staus indicator for external temperature conditions.

Writing from Somewhere in Mongolia | | Permalink


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