Studio 3 - IDEO blog

1.
(Pic 54) The car is not parked straight, the lines do not look completely straight, and the spaces do not look very wide. The people might want more space to avoid other cars hitting there doors against the car. There is more than one car in the photo that is not between it's lines.

The car also has something in the windscreen to block the sun. This indicates that it is warm and sunny and that the person doesn't want there car to become too hot. This could also indicate that there is a lack of shaded or cool areas in the car park, which is also shown by the fact there are no large buildings or trees, or anything that could provide any real cover, anywhere around the car par.

(Pic 132) The bench looks very deep, it is made out of conrete and it looks like there is very little for people to lean on. Looks very uncomfortable. People seem to want to keep space between them, the man with the drink doesn't seem to have anywhere to put it down.

There is also not many people in the area. If they wanted to make the area into more of a social spot, they could put more things such as someone serving food or a vending machine in the area.

2.
(Pic 132) Instead of having one long bench, they could have more single seats, or double seats. Preferebly a mixture. If people do not want to sit near each other, there is no need to have one big bench to seat a lot of people, because this just results in a lot of wasted space.

If they were to have individual, or just smaller seating, they could include things such as a drink holder.

One problem with individual seating may be that people would not have room near to them to place there possessions, and they may not be comfortable leaving them on the floor, or out of sight.

They could also have a thinner bench, since there is no way currently for the people to lean back against something, while having there feet on the ground.