Designer Tyler Thompson took it upon him­self to tackle a redesign of some­thing mil­lions of peo­ple use–the board­ing pass. It is one of those every­day items that is com­pletely over­looked in terms of design and func­tion­al­ity. They’re usu­ally unat­trac­tive and often incred­i­bly confusing.

Here is the actual board­ing pass he used as a start­ing point:

And here is the redesign:

Clean, leg­i­ble and styl­ish. Now, how amaz­ing would it be if all board­ing passes were as beau­ti­ful and highly func­tional as these?

It’s unlikely we’ll ever get to this point, as it would require a mas­sive update to the sys­tems used to cre­ate these passes. But Tyler’s design still proves that there is a ton of room for improve­ment and even tak­ing a few small steps would help.