Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Bikeoff...Designing Out Crime Case Study

The link...

www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/Case-Studies/All-Case-Studies/Bikeoff/


Design can be used not only to reduce the risk of products being stolen, it can also be a way of encouraging more people to use a product if they think it is secure. This case study shows how the design process has made bike stands more secure because it involved watching how people used bike stands, how criminals abused bike stands and how secure locking practices could be made easier.

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