Spotted in New York City: Final Exit

I recently gave a talk at the New York Public Library's Grand Central Branch and discovered this sign in a stairwell in the building. Needless to say I did not go through that door.

Spotted in Newark: Meditation Room

I've been spending a lot of time in airports recently and yet the first time I encountered a sign like this was in Newark, New Jersey.

Spotted in Boston: Clear Signs

Apparently Bostonians don't want people to just blindly follow orders, since they went out of their way to explain the reasoning behind the signage I encountered there...

Bird sign found in Boston Common.
Revolving door sign found on MIT Campus.

Spotted in Seattle: Signs of The Times

Seattle has some of the odder street signs I've seen in the US. Sadly I wasn't able to catch a picture of the ominous one that said "Litter And It Will Hurt", but here are a few of the others I encountered...




































































An honorable mention goes to the stop signs with their cute stripes, but hard to follow directions. I certainly can't eyeball what 30 feet looks like, and there was no indication on the sidewalk of that distance either.

Designing for Forever

Public Radio International's excellent series Studio 360 had a recent segment on folks trying to design signage for radioactive waste storage areas that need to last (and be understood) for millennia...

Spotted In Hawaii part II: Protect The Cute Fish

I've seen warnings about dumping spray painted over sewer drains in several cities, but I've never seen one etched in stone! Kudos to the folks in Honolulu's Chinatown for going the extra mile to protect the ocean.

Sign of the Times

Via Crooks and Liars.
Thanks Jessica!