ABOUT
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
OUTLINE
THE WORKSHOP
PARTICIPANTS
SCHEDULE
OBSERVATIONS
DISCUSSION
DESIGNS
In the design session each group was asked to choose a person or situation from the observations made the day before and to design something to enhance, augment, support or subvert their experience of public toilets.
See photographs of the design session..
GROUP 1
Group 1 designed a means for toilet attendants to communicate with a wider audience.
The 'Toilet Paper Publishing Company' allows toilet attendants to record and capture their funny observations and interactions with customers. These are then printed out on the toilet paper in the cubicles for customers to read. Networking the system between public toilets in different locations creates a new channel of communication for toilet attendants.
GROUP 2
With the toilet blog, designed by Group 2, people can write stories, look for dates or just leave messages on screen placed in the toilet cells.
All of the messages are displyed on a public screen in the common area of the toilets, giving rise to spontaneous social interactions. While
messages on this screen fade away after a while, they are being kept on an online site.
People writing on the blog can choose to be anonymous or write down their personal info.
GROUP 3
Group 3's Social Hygiene Incentive Test is a game, or psychological test, where two toilets are linked and their occupants can flush only when they
press the same pedal out of a selection of three on the floor in front of them. If you press the button and the other one doesn't, you get a big flush,
if you both press the button you get a small flush
The group described the game as a version of prisoner's dilemma that involves a higher degree of collaboration.
GROUP 4
The e-Toilet designed by Group 4 is a sophisticated public toilet accessible with an 'e-card'. The toilet can be customised according to individual
preferences and people can choose to stay on the ground floor or go underground for more intimacy and privacy.
If people don't clean up the toilet they can be persecuted as their details are being kept (alternatives to this have been considered for privacy reasons)
