designlaunches.com - 11/24/2008
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square_traffic_lights_1.jpg Traffic rules are taught to us from the time we are toddlers. It's hammered into out subconscious and forever the lights have sported the same contours. Art Lebedev, the whiz studio has come out with their concept called the Luxofor. As Art explains, the reason behind ...
dvice.com - 11/24/2008
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Why are traffic lights round? Because they're products
of their time — when they were invented a...
spherical bulb was the only thing that would light the glass evenly. Now that there are a host of lighting technologies (like LEDs ) that ...
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Square traffic lights: more color, fewer curves
gearfuse.com - 11/24/2008
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gearfuse.com —
Traffic lights are an annoying but needed accessory
to our daily life. When I used to drive,...
I'd get incredibly irritated with 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 ...
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Cubism: Square Traffic Light Concept
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Traffic lights change shape with the future
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... Presently, with technological advancements, super-bright light diodes can be arranged in different ways. And since the sections are plastic, any shape can be created. The square traffic lights are more noticeable and recognizable with larger lit area for the same overall dimensions . This way, you can easily make out the lights from a greater distance and plan your drive. square_traffic_lights_2.jpg square_traffic_lights_3.jpg square_traffic_lights_4.jpg Via - Designlaunches
Art Lebedev Reinvents the Traffic Light
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... 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]
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Square traffic lights: more color, fewer curves
DVICE Atom Feed —
... 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
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