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The Watchmen

Ideo, Inc is a company that specializes in the realm of travel design. Companies, like Marriott, pay them to study travelers in their native habitat--hotels--to determine what's working and what's outdated in their hotels. The results?

No one likes seeing a human at check-in--they'd rather have a self-service kiosk, like at the airport. And people rarely unpack everything into large armoires, choosing instead to leave everything in their suitcase.

Naturally, they also found that business travelers who like to have a glass of wine (or three) while they work don't have enough desk space. Their solution is two-tiered desk, with the wine on the lower tier, to limit the damage from spills. Cutting back on the drinking? Heaven forefend.

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