Luxofor traffic light concept invites square addition to spheres
Gizmo Watch — ... in mundane spherical bulbs. The spherical shape for the bulbs is however used because it allows the light to spread both evenly and brightly, making it easier for the drivers to notice. But often it becomes difficult to notice these signals from a distance owing to the dimension; therefore the design team believes that replacing the spherical shape with squares could make the signals more easily noticeable and recognizable, with larger lit area for the same overall dimensions. Art Lebedev :Via: Electronista

Art Lebedev outthinks the room with square Luxofor traffic lights
Engadget — ... We can only imagine that at least a few staffers over at Art Lebedev Studios get paid to do nothing but conjure up ideas, because this one is just marvelous. And marvelously simple, but that's beside the point. The Luxofor traffic light concept improves upon a ...

Art Lebedev Reinvents the Traffic Light
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... extras -- speed detectors, security cameras and child-scaring noise emitters. Lebedev also left out Naples, Italy, presumably because traffic lights there are universally ignored. In fact, their only purpose seems to be to lure unsuspecting tourists into the path of speeding scooters where they will be crushed in a hideous scene simultaneously reminiscent of both Ben Hur and Mad Max. How do I know this? I was there this weekend, and narrowly escaped with my life. Luxofor traffic lights design concept [Art Lebedev via Design Launches] ...

Square traffic lights: more color, fewer curves
DVICE Atom Feed — ... Art Lebedev design studio throws this idea out there: square traffic lights. More than just a quirky take on a long-standing urban fixture, the edgy lights have a greater surface area than round lights of the same size (a diameter equal to the length of one of the square's sides). That means more light, and a better chance of noticing them from further out. Great idea, but when they arrive, can we call them traffic pixels? Art Lebedev Studio, via Design Launches

Square traffic lights
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... light the glass evenly. Today traffic lights use superbright light diodes that can be arranged in any way. And the sections are plastic, which also means any shape can be created. Our idea is to produce square traffic lights. This can make the signals more easily noticeable and recognizable, with larger lit area for the same overall dimensions. They're pitching the idea as a way for a city to distinguish itself without substantial extra cost. Luxofor traffic lights design concept [Art Lebedev via DVICE] ...

Cubism: Square Traffic Light Concept
GEARFUSE — ... those new traffic lights that don’t show you what color it is until the last possible second. Now Art Lebedev is hoping to switch things up with these colorful, LED-powered square traffic lights. While red, green and yellow lights will be familiar, the shape of them gives them a new look that most drivers would welcome in a heartbeat. Let’s see if Audi can detect these. What about you? Would you like to see some new traffic lights on your street corner that resemble these? Link [ via ]