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•examples of hostility toward the houseless, disabled, and general public• personal: bsky.app/profile/wapplehouse.bsky.s…

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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
I’m having trouble wrapping my head around this. Conceptually I understand it but visually… Houston: 3,600 per square mile Paris: 52,000 per square mile
A map of Houston, Texas vs the outline of Paris. Both areas have the same population.
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 22/06/2023
Bogotá, Colombia
A row of spikes along a brick window sill
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 26/07/2023
Montpelier, France
An enclave along a sidewalk with rows of small studs fixed to the groundA small ledge along a window sill with metal triangles running along the surfaceA bench with two handles fixed to the seat
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 26/07/2023
Montpelier, France
An enclave along a sidewalk with rows of small studs fixed to the groundA small ledge along a window sill with metal triangles running along the surfaceA bench with two handles fixed to the seat
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 20/07/2023
Dortmund, Germany
Two “benches” made of unpainted steel tubes with no actual seat on one and no back or seat on the other
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 10/07/2023
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
A skateboarder using their bird to sit atop a strip of metal spikes on a marble wall
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 19/05/2023
Philly Septa Line
A metal bench attached to a wall in a train station made from metal grating that curves into itself midway like a car has smashed into it
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 26/06/2023
Oh boy, Boston Globe have I got some news for you about “seats intended as art”
The Boston Globe
@BostonGlobe
With long Red Line waits, seats intended as art at Downtown Crossing can be a pain in the rear

Image of uncomfortable stone seats at train station

bostonglobe.com
With long Red Line waits, seats intended as art at Downtown Crossing can be a pain in t..
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 30/06/2023
Dottie, the new design is terrible. Hope this helps.
Our bus shelters are getting a new look. Keep an eye out as we work to deploy these new amenities in the coming months. Shelters help keep you safe, protect you from the elements and give you a place to sit. #tbt
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 27/06/2023
Plaza de armas, Chile
Two metal bars attached to a wall serving as a “leaning bench”
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 26/06/2023
Oh boy, Boston Globe have I got some news for you about “seats intended as art”
The Boston Globe
@BostonGlobe
With long Red Line waits, seats intended as art at Downtown Crossing can be a pain in the rear

Image of uncomfortable stone seats at train station

bostonglobe.com
With long Red Line waits, seats intended as art at Downtown Crossing can be a pain in t..
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 26/06/2023
My favorite version of the trend in bench advertisements involving people laying down on benches where it isn’t possible to lay down and by favorite I mean most hated
A sidewalk bench with dividers so you can’t lay down with an ad for a church or outreach that says “No one should have to sleep here”
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 26/06/2023
Stalingrad Station, Paris Metro
A blue tiled bench in a metro station with additional panels raised and tilted to make it uncomfortable
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 26/06/2023
My favorite version of the trend in bench advertisements involving people laying down on benches where it isn’t possible to lay down and by favorite I mean most hated
A sidewalk bench with dividers so you can’t lay down with an ad for a church or outreach that says “No one should have to sleep here”
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 24/06/2023
a wheelchair ramp at an entrance to a park that ends at a high curb before dropping off
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 22/06/2023
Bogotá, Colombia
A row of spikes along a brick window sill
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 19/06/2023
"El Viajero" station in Pereira, Colombia
A neon green bench on a sidewalk in front of a yellow bus. The center portion of the bench is lower than the ends.
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 08/06/2023
Paris, France “It was a normal bench before”
Two bench seats facing opposite directions. Looks as if a full size bench was cut in half.
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 06/06/2023
Madrid Metro System
Two steel tubes of differing heights meant to be benches
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 01/06/2023
Bogor Station, West Java, Indonesia
Low triangular fence around a gardened areaLow triangular fencing around a light pole
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 29/05/2023
Tweet that reads: Rich Mintz @richmintz
lol imagine designing an enormous public destination so that it's illegal and dangerous to walk to

Sign in the tweet: Hotel Guests attending events at
MetLife Stadium cannot walk to the stadium and cannot walk back to the hotel from the stadium.
It is illegal and dangerous
to walk on the roadways surrounding the stadium.
Please make the proper transportation arrangements.
Thank you.
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 27/05/2023
This is ableist as hell, aside from being cruel and ignorant. Anyone who’s ever had a bad back knows they need to sit during long travel days. How about just old and tired? I loathe this.
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 27/05/2023
Entrance to a playground in Massy, France
Green gate entrance to a playground with a narrow, zigzag opening
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 24/05/2023
San Diego, California
A wooden bench made of slats that elevates in the center for no reason making the bench mostly unusableSame bench different angle
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 23/05/2023
Tukwila train station in Tukwila, Washington
A row of black  inclined “leaning benches” at a train station in a yellow hallway with large windows
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elle mundy @exch.gr · 22/05/2023
i don’t know if they noticed, but wheelchair users are already sitting down
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 22/05/2023
Toulouse, France
Two rows of triangle angled metal along sidewalk and building side
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 20/05/2023
tilted seats designed to be uncomfortable while eating
Lunch table seats leaned forward to cause discomfort in the legs to make you want to leave quicker
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 19/05/2023
A twitter exchange wherein the subway authority admits it removed benches to prevent the homeless from sleeping on them
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Dalton Deschain @daltondeschain.com · 19/05/2023
when nimby Magneto sees a sleeping homeless person and clenches his fist
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Colin @yesitscolin.bsky.social · 19/05/2023
I'm glad Hostile Design is here...
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Good Boy @goodboy.bsky.social · 19/05/2023
They came up with the idea
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 19/05/2023
hostile benches disguised as “wheelchair accessible”, Germany
An illustration of a man using a wheelchair, positioned in a gap between two ends of a single bench
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Hostile Design @hostiledesign.bsky.social · 19/05/2023
Philly Septa Line
A metal bench attached to a wall in a train station made from metal grating that curves into itself midway like a car has smashed into it
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