Comments on: The Anti-Sit Archives http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/05/12/the-anti-sit-archives/ How do people use products, systems and environments? How can designers influence interaction? How can we design for sustainable behaviour? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:19:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Skate and Annoy » Archive » The godfather of Skate Stoppers: Sit Stoppers http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/05/12/the-anti-sit-archives/#comment-104870 Skate and Annoy » Archive » The godfather of Skate Stoppers: Sit Stoppers Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:33:45 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/?p=66#comment-104870 [...] [Source: Architecture of Control] [...] [...] [Source: Architecture of Control] [...]

]]> By: Process friction at fulminate // Architectures of Control http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/05/12/the-anti-sit-archives/#comment-64061 Process friction at fulminate // Architectures of Control Tue, 29 May 2007 18:53:10 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/?p=66#comment-64061 [...] This is perhaps obvious, but is a good way to think about systems which are designed to prevent users carrying out certain tasks which might otherwise be easy - from copying music or video files, to sleeping on a park bench. Just as friction (brakes) can stop or slow down a car which would naturally roll down a hill under the force of gravity, so friction (DRM, or other architectures of control) attempts to stop or slow down the tendency for information to be copied, or for people to do what they do naturally. Sometimes the intention is actually to stop the proscribed behaviour (e.g. an anti-sit device); other times the intention is to force users to slow down or think about what they’re doing. [...] [...] This is perhaps obvious, but is a good way to think about systems which are designed to prevent users carrying out certain tasks which might otherwise be easy - from copying music or video files, to sleeping on a park bench. Just as friction (brakes) can stop or slow down a car which would naturally roll down a hill under the force of gravity, so friction (DRM, or other architectures of control) attempts to stop or slow down the tendency for information to be copied, or for people to do what they do naturally. Sometimes the intention is actually to stop the proscribed behaviour (e.g. an anti-sit device); other times the intention is to force users to slow down or think about what they’re doing. [...]

]]> By: Architectures of Control in Design » Anti-perch spikes? http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/05/12/the-anti-sit-archives/#comment-12504 Architectures of Control in Design » Anti-perch spikes? Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:17:31 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/?p=66#comment-12504 [...] More anti-sit devices and anti-homeless benches. Please share this!These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] More anti-sit devices and anti-homeless benches. Please share this!These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Architectures of Control in Design » Another pig ear skateboarding control http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/05/12/the-anti-sit-archives/#comment-1773 Architectures of Control in Design » Another pig ear skateboarding control Sun, 09 Jul 2006 16:29:25 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/?p=66#comment-1773 [...] Nothing special, just another ‘pig ear’ I saw the other day, fixed to a concrete wall to prevent skateboarders using the edge. A more interesting example and, in a similar vein, the Anti-Sit Archives. [...] [...] Nothing special, just another ‘pig ear’ I saw the other day, fixed to a concrete wall to prevent skateboarders using the edge. A more interesting example and, in a similar vein, the Anti-Sit Archives. [...]

]]> By: Dan http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/05/12/the-anti-sit-archives/#comment-1257 Dan Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:49:04 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/?p=66#comment-1257 I know what you mean, but wouldn't it make for a more enlightened society if we looked at <em>why</em> certain urban architecture helps to foment 'no-go areas' or areas where people feel uncomfortable in the first place? Gangs of people, teenagers or otherwise, will always appear more intimidating when you meet them in the darkness and claustrophobia of a subway station than sitting on the edge of a planter or leaning against a windowsill in bright sunlight. I know what you mean, but wouldn’t it make for a more enlightened society if we looked at why certain urban architecture helps to foment ‘no-go areas’ or areas where people feel uncomfortable in the first place?

Gangs of people, teenagers or otherwise, will always appear more intimidating when you meet them in the darkness and claustrophobia of a subway station than sitting on the edge of a planter or leaning against a windowsill in bright sunlight.

]]> By: Tam Hanna http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/05/12/the-anti-sit-archives/#comment-1177 Tam Hanna Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:56:07 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/?p=66#comment-1177 Hi, indeed, I think that those devices are needed sometimes. I live(and blog about IT; UI design and Palm OS) in austria and have already been slowed down multiple times by gangs of tenagers rotting up in subway stations....such devices would be a godsend for viena IMHO.. Feel free to drop me an email so that we can discuss the matter further! Best regards Tam Hanna Hi,
indeed, I think that those devices are needed sometimes. I live(and blog about IT; UI design and Palm OS) in austria and have already been slowed down multiple times by gangs of tenagers rotting up in subway stations….such devices would be a godsend for viena IMHO..

Feel free to drop me an email so that we can discuss the matter further!

Best regards
Tam Hanna

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