A standard feature of every elevator is a little metal sign which tells you how many people/how much weight can safely be put into the elevator. These guys did something a bit different. This is from the elevator at the The Hospital Club in London. I think it is great, a great conversation starter too. I wonder how you would even fit a horse into an elevator and I can think of better uses for 10,526 one pound coins.
It is an effective technique to communicate messages to the public, especially when the numbers get really big. For example, 3.3 billion liters of water is lost from pipes daily across Britain is the headline of an article that ran in the Telegraph. As the first sentence points out, that amount is the equivalent to more than 1,300 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Crazy. This isn’t a problem that is unique to Britain. In cities, towns, communities around the world, a lot of water is being lost because of leaky pipes. It is estimated that more than 45% of water in the US is lost through leaky pipes, A leak of only one drop per second represents a water loss of 10 000 litres per year. That’s a lot of water.
Its all about communication…
