The World's Most Obvious Bus Stop Is Pure Design Genius {Baltimore) [View all]

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/08/08/bus_by_spanish_artist_collective_mmmm_is_the_world_s_most_obvious_bus_stop.html

The bus stop is built like a conventional street bench, with wood planks screwed to a steel structure that supports weight and prevents vandalism. Refreshingly, nowhere in the bus stop concept does there appear to be the kind of defensive architecture that is designed to keep people from loitering in a way that makes everyone less comfortable.
What’s more, said the designers, it’s “a bus stop you will never miss.”

sculpture is made from wood and steel, conceived like oversized pieces of urban furniture. Each letter is big enough to accommodate two to four people. The B can protect them from the elements, and the curve of the S invites passengers to lie back while they wait.