Today I was in gruyère, a not-so remote part of Switzerland but definitely not a city nor an international capital, and I stumbled across very interesting pieces of urban furnitures, obviously designed by HR Giger (the creator of ‘Alien’, who happens to be Swiss). It’s actually the entrance of the HR Giger Museum 
There is first this nice bench:
Then, this intriguing handrail:
And of course an alien on the wall:
This is a blog by Nicolas Nova. I undertake user/field research at LIFTlab: I study people's practices as well as usage of technologies and turn them into insights, ideas, prototypes or recommendations to inform design and foresight.
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June 1st, 2006 at 10:18 am
i would be pleased to receive the permission for publishing the magical alien on the wall in my weblog, i really like this picture a lot, as well as your whole weblog!
June 1st, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Sure go ahead (just put the credit
June 17th, 2006 at 3:10 am
fantastic! makes me wanna get there straight away. I had no idea……!!!!
Talk about placing fear in teh hearts of teh villagers…..
interesting absoervatios too my man… ta. get in touch thru flickr…. i may not be back, but your link’s going all over…..
ta
x
November 11th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
you might like this approximate geotag url
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=46.58335,7.08223&z=8&t=M&marker0=46.58335%2C7.08223%2C3.9%20km%20SxSE%20of%20Bulle
which might be updated 46.58335 7.08223
interesting post
December 1st, 2006 at 4:34 pm
On my 1,001 to do list before I die. I must visit the Giger Museum. Surrealism has a new meaning when seeing his art. After Zermat CH, I am positive I’m going to visit this town.