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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Design challenge: create a new tsunami warning marker that communicates more effectively


ANEYOSHI JOURNAL

Tsunami Warnings, 

Written in Stone



A stone tablet in Aneyoshi, Japan, warns residents
not to build homes below it. Hundreds of these
so-called tsunami stones, some more than
six centuries old, dot the coast of Japan.

click here to see a video

In many cases, people ignored the warnings from the past and lost their homes or their lives. How would you design a new warning that future generations will take more seriously?

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