A new term was coined at last night’s IA Salon.
slanty adj, a term used to describe a design that purposefully reduces functionality or usability to protect the space or community from the activities of irresponsible users. Named after the common technique of architects to used inclined planes to prevent people from leaving things, such as coffee cups, on flat spaces. The Giuliani era pedestrian blockades in New York City are a very slanty design.
mmm… Slanty. (obligatory Simpsons reference)
