That was a real eye-opener. Mr. Mijksenaar, now a professor at Delft University of Technology, designed the signs for Schiphol Airport in 1991. Other public spaces bearing his mark are the subways in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and the Dutch railway, Nederlandse Spoorwegen. He is a compulsive collector of instructional information, with an archive of some 20,000 items, which, because they were overrunning his house, he recently gave to the university. He rarely travels without a Swiss Army knife, which he uses to collect specimens.
American instructions are full of warnings.
And so it has been at airports. Privacy Information Stay connected to the news that interests you with free e-mail alerts from The New York Times.