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Yes, more packaging, it never lets me down. Though, the issue here is not just bad packaging, it’s more about bad choice of packaging for the situation. I won’t even get into the sustainability issues

Most of you would have come across this situation, where a “careless” driver has inconsiderately parked his vehicle across two spaces. And I am sure many of you would have let fly a few expletives at the

I have always noticed the red fire hydrant valves outside buildings but never thought too much about their design. Not being an architect myself, I always just assumed that is the way they had to be… Red,

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 6, oh so cool, oh so sexy. With its slick design, cool kickstand, and Alcantara keyboard, who needs a Lambo right? But don’t let the slickness fool you, even a TRILLION dollar company

On my recent trip to Europe I was fortunate enough to stay in 22 different lodgings, from hotels to hostels. We stayed in a different town every single night. 22 lodgings = 22 different bathrooms… what

Instructions are great, if people read them, otherwise they are useless. When it comes to everyday items, people believe they know what they are doing, people believe they know how to use them and therefore

 Being logged-in to your telco account may not give you any added “discounts” when searching for new products (even though we hope it does), but at least your experience is somewhat personalised…right?

In most design decisions our initial intent is a positive one, but the degree to which our positive intent is realised depends on how thorough we are in stepping through the entire use/user process…before

So far, this is the best milk alternative I have found, well done RawC. But… Did somebody say user testing? Did somebody say bad design... oh, that was me. - - - CitizenRod is a designer, artist, entrepreneur,

It's great when a product gives you everything you need to use it. Like those take away yogurt packs that include a spoon, so you can eat the yogurt. Or that Berocca that comes with its own bottle and

Ok, so the question here is, was the local council warned about the consequences of having holes in the pavestones, or are these pavestones simply badly designed? Scenario 1 The council was warned of the

After recently attending a cricket match in its latest incarnation, the 20/20 version, I can tell you this… I don’t like it. First of all, if you don’t know what cricket is, ie. if you’re not from a country

Shared bicycles are great. I use them all the time. I use them to travel short distances, like from my place to the Louvre, and then over the river Seine to the Eiffel Tower. Nobody honks at me to get

Lamps, there are thousands of them. Whatever tickles your fancy. Sizes, shapes, colours, materials, price, you name it, there’s a variation out there for you. But even with all the differences between

Firefighters are a fit bunch, and thank god for that. Besides being able to carry your limp body out of a blazing building, they need to be able to open these hydrants, with these tiny handles. Geez, I

I used to have a saying, Sensationalism killed the journalist. But times they are a changing, and those people pushing sensationalism aren’t even journalist anymore, they don’t know the meaning behind

If you’ve grown up using chopsticks, you probably don’t think twice about them. If you haven’t, and you try them, they make no sense. But it’s all about perspective isn’t it. My view through my culture,

Photo by CitizenRod. All rights reserved. If you have ever been to Chile you would have noticed the many street dogs. There used to be more, but you still see them around the cities. This photo was taken

Over the years there have been many iterations of these standing passenger handles. Each time trying to get it right. The ones shown above were the last iteration which are currently on Sydney’s newest

Discipline, and I’m not talking about the punishment type you used to get at school (who remembers the cane? ouch! That’s right Millennials, they used to beat us at school, none of this “time-out” BS).