Unpleasant Design

1. discomfort, unhappiness 2. obstacles, psychological and sensual manipulation in public space 3. discussing near future scenarios, subversion, interventions

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

Unpleasant vs unpleasant, there's a subtle difference there

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

We saw it coming but seeing a real product is still surprisingly shocking. #unpleasanttoilets #hostiledesign

[Dave Vescio @DaveVescio]

BREAKING NEWS: Say goodbye to comfort breaks! New downward-tilting toilets are designed to become unbearable to sit on after five minutes. They say the main benefit is to employees in improved employee productivity.

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

#unpleasantdesign being pushed into the digital sphere through biasing against homeless people via @Nextdoor https://t.co/6X6oH1C1Zw

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

when is my flight again?

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

Unpleasant design interview in Serbian: Ко­ја је, за­бо­га, свр­ха уко­ше­них клу­па на ко­је чо­век не мо­же нор­мал­но да сед­не не­го су са­мо за на­сла­ња­ње? https://t.co/tdewMuFTe2

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

The ugly design trend "... we’re on the cusp of a new aesthetic moment, one that breaks with the oppressively omnipresent Scandinavian-chic, Kondo-approved, gray-everything Minimalism." https://t.co/qQd7CAowr7

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

Theo Deutinger's book "Handbook of Tyranny" @LarsMullerBooks is filled with detailed drawings and reflections on #hostilearchitecturehttp://www.artbook.com/blog-at-first-sight-handbook-of-tyranny.html Recommend read! #control #oppression #unpleasantdesign

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

protest in berlin to use atonal music to deter homeless https://t.co/7azreEfkbM

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

@nicolasnova still 10days to go!

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

@stuartsemple started https://t.co/segX5EPVKc to collectively tag, identify and eventually ban (hopefully) hostile design from our urban landscape via @xuv

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

Azure journalist @themarkteo wrote on #unpleasant design and our recent findings in Canada, while on visit to @RAG_Gallery_BC and @EskerFoundation https://t.co/j5uYzummau

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

Nice article on the use of bike racks as anti-homeless architecture in Seattle, where we also had a say 🚲 https://t.co/fQV7GoFNhX

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

A new level of unpleasantness we should be talking more about: anti-terrorism design https://t.co/haQph92M04

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

In front of Vancouver Art Gallery, sleeping is possible, but skating is not! Very #pleasant benches @VanArtGallery

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

From our Canada tour, supported by @EskerFoundation: Calgary #unpleasant design, c-train station anti-homeless designs

[Unpleasant Design @unpleasanting]

Redesign of the Granville street and urban furniture for 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver. Plenty #unpleasant ideas and designs. No sleeping.