What are your design pet peeves when you travel?
June 3, 2008 3:32 PM   Subscribe

What's your pet peeve when it comes to design when you travel? What products (again, only when you travel) are designed in a way that makes you crazy? Or what are the hassles that industrial designers in the travel sector don't seem to be addressing? For example, mine is that airplane seats don't have cupholders.
posted by NancyB to Travel & Transportation (5 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is pretty much chatfilter. Besides that, if you're an editor for a travel mag, that'd be a good thing to disclose if you're farming for ideas. -- cortex

 
Let's assume that "travel" means being outside of the home...the number of bathroom stalls that don't take into account door-swing + toilet + space to stand are alarming. Even when I don't have stuff with me, there are times when you have to cram yourself up against the wall just to get out. It's complicated, obviously, when you also have to contend with suitcases and bags.
posted by phunniemee at 3:39 PM on June 3, 2008 [1 favorite]


As far as air travel, the design problem is that the entire process/interaction is designed to suit the airlines needs, not the needs of the person traveling.
posted by R. Mutt at 3:40 PM on June 3, 2008


Non-pivoting wheels on luggage grinds my gears.
posted by banannafish at 3:41 PM on June 3, 2008


I hate it when there is a pull handle on the side of a door that you push to open.
posted by xotis at 3:47 PM on June 3, 2008


There never seems to be anywhere to put your trash. Snacking and traveling go hand in hand for me, but on most planes and trains there's nowhere handy to dispose of wrappers, empty cups, etc. Particularly in London tube and train stations, though I understand this may be some kind of anti-bomb measure.
posted by vodkaboots at 3:48 PM on June 3, 2008


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