Re: Re: Book Review: Undesigning the Bath

Gunnar Swanson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hci.experiencedesign
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On Jul 30, 2004, at 6:27 AM, Marc wrote:
> Specific examples.... The book is full of things like pitted concrete
> floors, porous surfaces, natural backdrops, materials that have
> pleasing smells when wet.

I'm lost as to how this is cautionary for designers. I'm usually among 
the first to say nasty things about designers but (unless we're talking 
about designers in the sense of engineering specifiers) I can't imagine 
that the assignment of a large public bath in a spiritual setting often 
results in designers creating sterile but efficient environments. (The 
usual accusation against designers is that we don't think enough about 
maintenance and the like.) Did the book give actual examples of the 
evils of designed baths?

Gunnar
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