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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 what a design with no labels can lead to | Amsterdam 2016
Quite a few Dutch abbreviations on one picture: p.k. = per kilo, p.s. = per stuk (per piece), p.b. = per bundel | Amsterdam 2016
«Attention! Swings out», actually bot a very common sign on big vehicles | Halfweg 2017
The Leidseplein in the centre of Amsterdam is under reconstruction for months. This sign aims to help finding the temporary bus stops. The guys below look according to the arrows :-) | Amsterdam 2017
The http://vananaarbeter.nl site offers an up-to-date state of the road issues, closed segments, etc. Today, the limit of the requests to the external map service was exceeded, obviously. | 2017
An already historical photo. Ikea introduced very cheap breakfast sets, which they had to cancel soon because of morning traffic jams caused by people coming to have a bite. | Amsterdam 2014
„Koffie verkeerd,“ translated as „wrong coffee“ or „errorneous coffee,“ is a typical Dutch name for coffee with a good portion of milk. | Haarlem 2017
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