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Posted 01 Feb 2010 - 10 Gratefully received comments

I had to drive a fair distance this week. I spent well over 7 hours in the car over 3 days. That’s a lot for me. Most of my journey was made using big roads, which I find very boring. I know it’s not ideal to let your mind wander driving at around 70mph, but it happens!
You tend to assume that there isn’t a lot of inspirational graphic design at the side of the road, in fact, there is an abundance of excellent examples; it’s just not what most people would call interesting.

There are hundreds of blog posts on the internet that showcase beautiful examples of design, I often think that functional design is overlooked. It may not be sexy, it may not be visually arresting all of the time, but it is an absolute necessity. Something that is rare in the design field.

I’m going to keep this article short and sweet, as it’s only a general design musing I entertained myself with during my journey. I tried to think of a few areas of design that place function over form.

Road signs

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