The Anonymous Widower

Redesigning The Ugly

There are lots of everyday common blots on the landscape, that are just downright ugly.

Take the electricity pylon. In all my years of travelling, I’ve never seen any that could be described as beautiful. If we didn’t want them to spoil the landscape, we’d bury them, as happens in most towns and cities.

However, there was a competition a few years ago with a £5,000 prize to find a better pylon. It’s all described in this report.

I’ve not seen any better ones yet!

So now it is time for the designers to look at the overhead lines used on railway lines. The thoughts and ideas are detailed here.

How many everyday objects can be improved by better design and materials?

July 23, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | World | Design, Electrification, Engineering, Trains