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Failure to Manage Constant Change
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McDonald, Ann – Visible Language, 2010
This study examines patterns of system failure (communication, typographic, material, economic, maintenance) and the resulting workarounds in signs that are intended to communicate frequently changing information in the built environment. The observed failures and workarounds in the communication of ephemeral data and the accompanying narratives…
Descriptors: Signs, Change, Adjustment (to Environment), Pattern Recognition