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Random notes on design, interfaces, signs, urban ideas, words, etc. mainly from Amsterdam streets but not only. Plus random linguistic notes. Plus current affairs in business and art.
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This is a social ad of being aware of pocket pickers appeared before the forthcoming gay pride. https://www.amsterdam.nl/pickpocket/ | Amsterdam 2017
A pedestrian embankment with no fence along water. Want to fall down, do it with ease. | Amsterdam 2017
A semi-demolished building in Zuid, the business city centre of Amsterdam | 2017
„Come over the bridge. Become a donor now,“ a banner on the bridge next to the hospital. | Amsterdam 2017
Dutch people really enjoy the words in parentheses a lot. Here, it is literary translated into three other languages. | Amsterdam 2017
Quite a strange phrase for literary translation: „zone for no smoking“ |Amsterdam 2017
Green label on the bus: „This bus has an environment-friendly engine.“ You can see many of these labels on public transport. | Amsterdam 2017
The xxx logo of Amsterdam is often modified for the different areas of the city. On this trash bin, the S letter is added to mark the Slotervaart district (joint to Nieuw-West now). | 2017
Posters and stickers at one of the parking garages at the airport. It will be closed to free some space for the new teeminal. For some reason, the warnings are in Dutch only | Schiphol 217
A self-service pickup counter at a pharmacy | Schiphol 2017
This is the phrase you hear over the phone when they ask you to wait for the operator. Here, it is a name of the theatre show. | Amsterdam 2017
This is also Amsterdam | 2017
Kind of humor from the car owner | Amsterdam 2017
The sky above the Amsterdam area is often like this | 2017
Just outside of the city you may easily find many places that are extremely picturesque, combining both nature and modernity | Boesingheliede 2017
The sky in Amsterdam today | 2017
This word (nivo) is a simplified version of the official spelling „niveau“ (level). There are couple of other words like that: buro/bureau, kado/cadeau. | Haarlem 2017
The IJ letter pair is often using a single character place in vertical texts | Amsterdam 2017
Taxis can get a special pass to use tram lines. This sign cancels the pass here. | Amsterdam 2017