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Every area of the city center has its own colour that helps people orientate, navigate and estimate their distance from the station. The device and colours on objects in the environment are so passive that they dont give the user the chance to be too focused on navigation and not pay attention to the environment anymore.
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The idea The idea

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On buildings and objects, small but visble colour patches give the user an indication of the area he is in. The patches should be spread and have a maximum distance of 25 meters so the user will always encounter patches when he looks for and he will of not the be able to walk 5 is minutes patches give the user anthem indication area he in. in the wrong direction

The environment

+ people can estimate their distance from the station (Dis)advan ages + people can estimate their distance from the station + Low distraction because something has to be looked up + Low distraction because something has to be looked up (Dis)advan ages in the environment in the environment + people can estimate their distance from the station - Not the quickest way get back to the point - Not the quickest way toto get back to starting the starting point + Low distraction because something has to be looked up - Might be considered obtrusive in the environment - Might be considered obtrusive in the environment in environment - Has tothe be integrated in the environment + very low-tech - Not the quickest way to get back to the starting point - Has to be integrated in the environment - Might be considered obtrusive in the environment + very low-tech - Has to be integrated in the environment
+ very low-tech

The device

A stone with a GPS in it to locate itself and the starting point, that can change between two temperatures that are easy to distuinguish.

The idea

The use of the device is very simple; the stone belongs to a starting point, e.g. Rotterdam cen or the tourist ofice. The stone get warm when the user moves it closer to the starting point, t gets cold when the user moves it further from the starting point. Navigating back to the starti will require some patience and concentration from the user but since he just has to hold it in and feel which direction to take he will constantly look at what happens around him.

(Dis)advan ages

- people cannot estimate their distance from the station + Very low distraction