Elephant path in Geneva

I am always amazed by elephant paths (”a name for a path that is formed in space by people making their own paths and shortcuts; it is an unofficial route“):

Elephant path in Geneva

Why do I blog this? this nicely depicts “social navigation” or how the activity of others could be a trigger to your own activity (like footprints in the snow). A previous post about that here.

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One Response to “Elephant path in Geneva”

  1. Peter Dalsgaard Says:
    July 26th, 2006 at 11:24 am

    Dan Hill has a great collection of posts on adaptive design, much in the same vein as elephant paths, on http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/adaptive_design/index.html

    Keep up the brilliant work!

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