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Questions and Answers
What are desire paths?
What are desire paths?
- Paths designed by architects
- Paths formed by people taking the path of most resistance
- Paths formed by people taking the path of least resistance (correct)
- Paths that only exist in the imagination
What should designers focus on when designing?
What should designers focus on when designing?
- Designing for imagined needs
- Designing for high friction
- Designing for real needs at low friction (correct)
- Designing for luxury needs
What was the result of Brasilia being designed without walkways or pavements?
What was the result of Brasilia being designed without walkways or pavements?
- Safe and efficient transportation
- Dangerous desire paths (correct)
- Beautiful and unique architecture
- A lack of pedestrian traffic
What can launching a service teach designers?
What can launching a service teach designers?
Where is a great place to spot desire paths?
Where is a great place to spot desire paths?
What can efficiently spot desire paths?
What can efficiently spot desire paths?
What must designers do in response to changes in the world?
What must designers do in response to changes in the world?
What is a leading indicator of business success?
What is a leading indicator of business success?
What should designers do to avoid losing customers?
What should designers do to avoid losing customers?
Will desire paths continue to emerge?
Will desire paths continue to emerge?
Study Notes
- The hosts of the show had an argument before starting the program.
- "No hard feelings" means you still want to be friends after an argument.
- "Fall out" means to argue or disagree with someone.
- Gestures are movements made with hands or head to express thoughts or feelings.
- A faux pas is an embarrassing mistake in a social situation.
- Offend means to make someone angry or upset.
- Expressive means showing what you think or feel.
- Shaking your head can mean "yes" in Bulgaria and southern Albania.
- Misunderstandings can occur in cross-cultural situations due to different expressions of emotions.
- Gesticulating means waving arms around to express emotions.
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