Friday, May 9, 2008

...there are odd-new signs and symbols everywhere

We saw a sign outside the AvNet building (the green one with the four people in the middle with arrows pointing [shooting?] at them) that we found interesting... it's something new alright, and we guessed that it's a meeting place.  


I thought, hmmm, that would be a good idea! Putting something like that would make it easier to have a common reference--a benchmark on where people could wait fo
r each other!  It reminded me of the pictures I saw in a magazine given at the airplane where, at the airport there are weird 'installations' that can be a 'meeting place' for people to go to as well. 

I think we need those alternative signs for our campus (Colle
ge of Forestry and Natural Resources) where the 'meeting places'  are tree species (ex:  the miraculous Fertility Tree [they meet there to... i explained that earlier], and the leaning Dao tree etc.) so that people would know where to MEET, right?  

But Johannes explained to me that the sign was intended for emergencies like when there is fire, that's the place where people can go because it's safe... So then, the sign is multipurpose in nature, if there's no fire or earthquake, it's available for by-standers (li
ke us).

Then... it reminded me of the signs in Manila put up by the MMDA.  I find it interesting that they would reinvent the color system of traffic and public
 symbols.  Look at the picture, what is the yellow door for?

(photo courtesy: waltervillaphotos@blogspot.com)

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