From Just Design: Socially Conscious Design for Critical Causes by Christopher Simmons: "Everything is OK" can be read as an affirming phrase or a condemning indictment of mediocrity -- a tension that is amplified when the message is
December 7, 2011

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From Just Design: Socially Conscious Design for Critical Causes by Christopher Simmons:

"Everything is OK" can be read as an affirming phrase or a condemning indictment of mediocrity -- a tension that is amplified when the message is delivered through the cautionary medium of barricade tape.

Reminds me of this:

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