Test your design intuitionTests
Hypothetical scenario: the phone wakes you up at 7am, this irks you because you partied the entire previous night, celebrating the numerous awards that you won at an international design contest.
—"Hello?" you answer the phone with a coarse voice.
—"Sir, we are sorry to wake you up, we have seen your success and we want you to hire you for a very important project" someone tells you with a thick Arab accent.
—"What is it about?" you ask.
—"We are about to implement the wayfinding system for Dubai's airport, we already have a ticket for you, and your plane is leaving in two hours. Your compensation will be very attractive".
Cursing your good luck, you drag yourself out of bed, pack whatever you can, and ask the cab driver to hurry because time is short. You try to sleep, but the project is still in your head. Arriving at Dubai, a person awaits your with your name on a cardboard. You are hurried to the airport's offices: there is no time to lose.
You see five arab suits discussing hotly in their native language, they look at some papers over the desk. Looks like an important project.
—"Sir, we have been expecting you!"
—"¿What is this about?" design celebrities like you don't have time for social ettiquette, including greeting.
—"Sir, as you know Dubai is an international center of commerce, we need a wayfinding system that people of practically all nations and cultures can understand. We saw that you won many awards, that's why we called you. We need you to tell us which pictogram is the most comprehensible, sans text, for people from all over the world.
Pick carefully, because you will only have one chance to do it
1. Choose the most comprehensible pictogram for "first aid"
2. Choose the most comprehensible pictogram for "elevator"
3. Chose the most comprehensible pictogram for "stairs"
4. Choose the most comprehensible pictogram for "Extinguisher"
5. Choose the most comprehensible pictogram for "Theater"
6. Choose the most comprehensible pictogram for "Tickets"
Your score:
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2. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
January 28, 2008
Score: 6.7 this is bullshit where's my money?
3. Azazel
Escrito more than a year ago
March 23, 2008
Score: 6.7
Interesting...
4. Guillermo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 9, 2008
Score: 6.7
Me ha gustado mucho, tanto el contenido como la presentación. ¡Chapó!
6. Yau
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
¡¡Buen test!!
7. elpetao
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 3.3
:(
8. Esequevaesequellega
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 1.7
mmmmmmmmm dificult!
9. Marcelo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 6.7
curious
10. Azicuetano
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 6.7
Está muy bien este test. ^_^
11. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 5.0
Esta claro, que para cada uno tiene su significado.
Por cierto, buen test que nos hemos marcado ;)
12. lcsm
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 5.0
Interesante
13. serbenrey
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 6.7
Si lo piensas bien, se aciertan casi todas.
Vale, vale, que después de visto...
14. Dakaisar
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 10.0
Pues muy difícil no era xDDD
16. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 1.7
17. designer
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 10.0
18. NO nos merecemos esto
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 3.3
Vaya con los iconos, algo que parece tan simple...
19. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 3.3
20. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 3.3
21. Poquito
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 3.3
No vale¡¡¡
Están en inglés¡¡
22. Maxi
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 5.0, sabía que con la de la cruz roja la pifiaba....
Score: 5.0
Muy bueno, podria haber sacado mas, pero en las primeras pense demasiado ^^
24. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 11, 2008
Score: 8.3
xorraaaddaaaa
25. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 12, 2008
Score: 5.0 A person between curtains is a theatre??? It's me behind the window!!! Really, most of your good signs just don't say anything, or say too much to be a sign
26. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 12, 2008
Score: 5.0 A person between curtains is a theatre??? It's me behind the window!!! Really, most of your good signs just don't say anything, or say too much to be a sign
27. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 12, 2008
And what about elevator??? box, people inside, arrow up an down... That's an elevator, the one you choose is full of unneed information, and that's a big mistake in a sign
28. Leo
Escrito more than a year ago
April 26, 2008
Score: 8.3
ooooooooooook!
Hahaha this was kinda fun, lol!!!
29. Ness
Escrito more than a year ago
May 20, 2008
Score: 8.3
mmmmm no estuvo tan mal
30. mar
Escrito more than a year ago
May 29, 2008
Score: 8.3
tsss
31. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
June 26, 2008
Score: 10.0
is too easy :s
but i dont agree with very of your oppinions
32. Carlos Palomino
Escrito more than a year ago
July 10, 2008
Score: 8.3
The test is a good way to see our ingenious level. Very well
35. Cynthia
Escrito more than a year ago
September 23, 2008
Score: 0.0
Ja, jajajajaj
Como ves Mark... ahora resulta que no se nada de pictogramas!!!!!!
Saludos,
Cynthia Torres
36. Daniel
Escrito more than a year ago
November 5, 2008
Score: 5.0
Lo buenos que no me dedico al diseño u.u
37. D.J. Davis
Escrito more than a year ago
December 24, 2008
Score: 10.0 Surface , balance , listen to
trueness of heart
38. leonardo Daniel Monterrubio Granados
Escrito more than a year ago
January 6, 2009
Score: 10.0
mmm is to easy je
39. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
February 10, 2009
Score: 1.7 bad bad bad. Great test but i´m disagree with some signals
40. maria ines islas islas
Escrito more than a year ago
February 18, 2009
Score: 3.3
41. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
March 3, 2009
Score: 6.7
42. Nate
Escrito more than a year ago
March 12, 2009
Score: 3.3 I agree that some of the signs have too much information, such as the elevator one. Also, I think the first aid one is a bit misleading. If the red cross is on a box, it obviously doesn't mean hospital and is probably a first aid kit. Very interesting, though
43. Venky
Escrito 11 agomonths
April 22, 2009
Score: 10.0
44. prasanth kollaikal
Escrito 11 agomonths
April 22, 2009
Score: 48.3
45. prasanth kollaikal
Escrito 11 agomonths
April 22, 2009
there is bug in the code.. i got 48.3 :)
46. MU
Escrito 8 agomonths
June 25, 2009
Score: 6.7
47. Anónimo
Escrito 8 agomonths
July 7, 2009
Score: 5.0
48. laser engraver
Escrito 6 agomonths
September 2, 2009
Score: 10.0
49. steel house
Escrito 6 agomonths
September 2, 2009
Score: 48.3
50. brotherjet
Escrito 6 agomonths
September 2, 2009
Score: 10.0 Surface , balance , listen to
trueness of heart,Great test but i´m disagree with some signals
51. Jajaja!!!! Soy yo!! xD
Escrito 4 agomonths
November 2, 2009
Score: 10.0
Ohhh yeaah mamá!!!
52. david
Escrito 4 agomonths
November 2, 2009
Score: 10.0 nice elemnts jaja also the answers are strange, but occidental culture is difrent than in dubai
53. María José
Escrito 4 agomonths
November 9, 2009
Score: 5.0
Interesante, cómo nos damos cuenta que no en todos los países los señalamientos serán los mismos y la forma de interpretarlos
1. Anónimo
Escrito more than a year ago
January 28, 2008
Score: 5.0
Why not just do a survey?