I really enjoyed the exercise. I think if you were to analyze the misinterpretations, one could see common mistakes and assumptions in design. Once someone put their own personality in it, it changed the meaning ie: from "turn around" to "twirl".
The group that went from "U-turn" to "over the hill" showed a perception shift from above to straight on. Also in that group, once one person drew on the post it in landscape the following person oriented the same way. We need to be aware of subtle cues that we may inadvertently create. Designers need bias training.
Great exercise because of the simplicity.
Toni
