Comments on: Motel 6cc http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2008/07/07/motel-6cc/ How do people use products, systems and environments? How can designers influence interaction? How can we design for sustainable behaviour? Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:03:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Crosbie Fitch http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2008/07/07/motel-6cc/#comment-212886 Crosbie Fitch Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:10:54 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/?p=332#comment-212886 That's 'emergency soap', and thus designed to be awkward to use and as unattractive to the punter as possible. These days you have to bring your own bar to put in the soap dish (considerately provided), along with any shampoo, etc. If you want bars of soap provided for you then you have to go a little more upmarket. Such posh hotels are also less considerate to the environment as they don't bother suggesting you indicate when you're happy to re-use towels. I expect the plastic is a little more resilient because it's expected to have to suffer harsher use. If hotel maintenance costs exceed the saving from not using bar soap (which also have costs) then hotels will soon revert. Unfortunately hotels probably don't measure the impact on customers and cost in loss of repeat custom, though I suppose there are people out there that simply adore Dove shower cream. That’s ‘emergency soap’, and thus designed to be awkward to use and as unattractive to the punter as possible.

These days you have to bring your own bar to put in the soap dish (considerately provided), along with any shampoo, etc.

If you want bars of soap provided for you then you have to go a little more upmarket. Such posh hotels are also less considerate to the environment as they don’t bother suggesting you indicate when you’re happy to re-use towels.

I expect the plastic is a little more resilient because it’s expected to have to suffer harsher use. If hotel maintenance costs exceed the saving from not using bar soap (which also have costs) then hotels will soon revert. Unfortunately hotels probably don’t measure the impact on customers and cost in loss of repeat custom, though I suppose there are people out there that simply adore Dove shower cream.

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