Trapped in a Stairwell

The Problem

At General Assembly Chicago, if you try to exit the building by taking the stairs to the first floor, you will encounter the stairwell.  It is unmarked, and while there aren't many floors to choose from being a relatively short building, I still managed to exit on the wrong floor because I had to guess which one was street level, and I guessed wrong.  

The Solution

Remove human error.  There shouldn't be guessing when exiting a stairwell, and this is a problem with a simple, inexpensive solution.  Clearly mark each floor, at a minimum with floor numbers noting which is street level, and to delight with tenant names and suite numbers, in the stairwell itself.  This will allow people to confidently exit a floor without expending energy on making a decision. 

Textural Design for Glasses Cases

The Problem

I own two pair of Warby Parker glasses - one regular prescription and one prescription sunglasses.  I often carry both, in their cases, in whatever bag or purse I have with me.  There is no differentiation in cases between regular and sunglasses.  80% of the time the first case I grab isn't the pair of glasses I want as there's no way of knowing what you've got until you open the case and look inside.

The Solution

Because the problem involves a blind grab in a dark purse, my recommendation is to have textural differences between the two - one smooth case, possibly plastic, and one textured case.  This would allow both people looking at the cases and those going by touch alone to differentiate which type of spectacles are housed within, and make more accurate grabs when going for them.