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By Ritwik Agrawal | August 19, 2009 3:53 pm

informationisbeautiful.net features an interesting chart which puts into perspective the vast sums of money thrown about by politicians and commentators:

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By Ritwik Agrawal | July 28, 2009 3:20 am

It is common knowledge that our country lacks public toilets. This fact, combined with our utter lack of civic sense, has resulted in a situation where it is common to see people [mostly males] relieving themselves in public with impunity. It is not unusual to see wall upon wall enhanced by the penile artistry of generations of men.

But, fear not, for Mexican designer Miguel Melgarejo has hit upon what seems be a jackpot idea which would revolutionize urban living, or at the very least, clean up some walls:

Miguel Melgarejo has come up with a public urinal concept dubbed “Axixa” (urine in Nahuatl) that will help in maintaining a measure cleanliness on the streets. Featuring the shape that a leak leaves on a wall, the public ceramic urinal generates a permanent mark in public streets or places where people can urinate and participate in a manifestation in which the disposal itself becomes part of the public life.

Or, since a picture speaks a thousand words:

full story on The Design Blog

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By Ritwik Agrawal | July 21, 2009 5:27 am

Help Remedies has come up with a medicine packaging idea that is elegant and effective, yet so simple that it’s surprising nobody has thought of it before:
As lovelypackage.com notes,

This is one of the best examples of product concept and design. From the naming down to the witty copy and simple, clean design, it doesn’t get much better than this.

more images here