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Nudge

Nudge

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Nudge

- [Instructor] Hi I'm Jill Butler and this is Universal Principles of Design. In this movie, Nudge, or the art and architecture of choice making. If you're a woman and have never ventured into a public men's restroom, you may be mercifully unaware of a design defect with wall-mounted urinals. Or perhaps the defect is with male attention span. But whatever the case, the problem, simply stated, is spillage. That is, when men use these urinals they often miss or there's splash back which creates a mess on the floor, which creates an unpleasant experience for the next person who's forced to stand in it. Yes it's gross and it's a problem that's been around as long as there have been restrooms. Now, you may have noticed that I refer to this as a design defect of the urinal. Why a design defect? Well, if getting and keeping urine in the urinal is a design requirement, then urinals are clearly not getting the job done. If you think this is an unfair design requirement then consider the…

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