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==== What problem to solve ====
- Visitors often don't know how much space they're meant to claim and how to do so

- Long-term residents get annoyed by unmarked or wrongly marked spaces

- Explaining different systems to each individual visitor is work and they might not remember everything at the right moment

==== General idea ====
Choose a set of clearly distinct symbols that are easy to recognize even when small. Define which spaces should or could be claimed by a visitor and create a set of labels/markers in which each location get a thingy. Make several sets to hand out to different visitors. Keep track of which visitor uses which symbol e.g. on the physical visitor board. Collect the markers when the visitors leave.

==== Which spaces to prepare for ====
- Towel rack (clothes peg)

- Used dishes shelf (magnet?)

- Private shoe shelf (magnet?)

- Private storage (could even be a new shelf with symbols permanently attached. but where?)

==== Which symbols to use ====
- star

- flower

- cloud

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