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Planning sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Planning.

Plan ahead illustration: A painter with passers-by contemplate the lack of planning ahead on a billboard that says Plan Ahead without the D fitting on.Plan aheadWhat is Marchetti's constant example explained: chart showing how Berlin increased in size with new means of travelling faster through walking, electric trams, and subways, to carsMarchetti’s constantThe real shape of a crossing illustration: as cars and a cyclist stop at a red light for pedestrians to cross the road, we see that people on foot start crossing before they reach the designated crossing area that is typically perpendicular to the road. The real shape of a crossingThe importance/urgency matrixDesire path: the difference between design and use illustrated by a person crossing a corner of grassDesire pathA busy street showing how the pollution varies in different locations compared to a back street which is much cleanerPollution is highly localized: take the back streetsWhat is Hofstadter's Law quote explanation: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you account for Hofstadter’s Law.”Hofstadter’s LawIt’s not so much the weather itself, it’s the unpredictability
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