So after class today, I had some copies of my Saul Bass flyers that I didn't need. I obviously wanted to recycle them, so I walked around the printer since that's where paper recycling usually is. I did see this blue bin, which I associated it with recycling, however due to the circular hole, I automatically thought it was a bin for cans and bottles, despite there being no drinks allowed in the room. Completely ignoring the little sign on the bin, I proceeded to ask where the paper recycling was, and was led to very bin I was looking at. Turns out it was the recycling for paper, but why is the hole circular?? Having the hole be the shape it was completely threw off the purpose of the bin in my mind without a second thought. It amazed me how something as simple as a certain shape, can define what it is a part of so strongly. If it was a slot shaped hole, then I would have associated it with paper recycling. Perhaps it was originally for cans and bottles, but someone decided it would serve a more useful purpose in the computer lab.
~ Catherine
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