Posted by sabine7
Meta MoCo | 24 Dec 07 | Comments (4) | Stumble
+ Stanislav Katz sends us this traffic light concept that functions with only green and red that signal yellow when lit together.
+ Jillables are reusable, portable vases that pack flat and come in a variety of delightful designs.
+ Chetan Sorab’s Modular Mp3 player is a central console with interface and display and then blocks of 50 GB of memory can be added or traded and shared.
+ Sorab also sends us the Switch Me salt and pepper shaker that is a sleek design for a dual-chambered table accessory that dispenses salt or pepper at the flick of a switch.
+ These cufflinks are made by Coto Luxe for 20ltd. from fallen rack antler horns and Indian head nickels and corozo wafer buttons made from the sustainable South American tagua nut.
The traffic lights by S. Katz above are decoration, not design. For good reasons the traffic lights display various colors in a vertical order, as for people with red and green seeing disability (what is the correct term?) both of the colors can't be separated. They wouldn't notice any difference between a traffic light showing red and one showing green lights if that study above were actually used. Sorry, but this object isn't exactly mature enough for real life.
That traffic signal wouldn't work us us colorblind folk. With lights in three separate places, we know what light is on simply by location. With this configuration I would have no idea if it was safe to enter the intersection.
That vase is not the D-Bros vase, is it?
(http://www.d-bros.jp/)
The traffic light could be something if every color had its own pictogram, like a red cross and a yellow triangle and a green.. uhm... well you know what i mean.