Comments on: Dangerous by design: William Grey’s Anti-burglary staircase https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2009/05/27/dangerous-by-design-william-greys-anti-burglary-staircase/ User Experience Design, Research & Good Old Fashioned Usability Wed, 01 May 2019 06:17:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Johan Strandell https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2009/05/27/dangerous-by-design-william-greys-anti-burglary-staircase/#comment-99263 Thu, 28 May 2009 10:32:39 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/?p=1245#comment-99263 No discussion of things like this would be complete with out a link to Dan Lockton’s Design with intent.

That said, it sounds like a very interesting book.

]]> By: Harry Brignull https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2009/05/27/dangerous-by-design-william-greys-anti-burglary-staircase/#comment-99177 Wed, 27 May 2009 16:32:12 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/?p=1245#comment-99177 Thanks Scott. It’s interesting to consider that although designers today think of themselves as “clever” in the way they design things to influence behaviour, it’s something humans have always done. Your example reminds me of the way Maori huts were designed to have low doorways, to give attackers a disadvantage.

]]> By: benry https://www.90percentofeverything.com/2009/05/27/dangerous-by-design-william-greys-anti-burglary-staircase/#comment-99171 Wed, 27 May 2009 15:55:45 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/?p=1245#comment-99171 Petroski’s book is fantastic. The technique however was borrowed from earlier times.

The architects of castles did similar things to keep attackers at bay, including uneven stones and pathways. The spiral stairs in castle towers were designed to ascend clockwise, to make the attackers expose more of their body in order to use their swords in their right hands.

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