The making of the Autonomous Cars road sign

Overview• Process

We receive the task to develop a sign for driverless cars: “We need a sign that could actually be placed on a road. The same sign may also be used to mark the cars themselves, similar to the existing Child and Ladies’ Shoe ones.”

Designers upload ideas into the studio’s Brain Storage.

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The art director chooses the most promising one.

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Developing the sign. Trying options with different location and number of the waves.

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The art director suggests to develop the design with the waves in perspective.

Drawing.

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Art director: The lines are weak and lack energy. This sign would have looked well in 1980.

Trying to draw the waves by hand instead of simply tracing a circle.

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Still, looks like a horse on a spring.

Making some more effort to draw the waves freehand and also trying a couple of options without the perspective. Attempting to make the car look more modern.

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Art director: Number 7 is getting close. Try to search for a better silhouette of the car and the headlights. Right now it looks like a crappy Soviet car.

Tracing various modern cars, looking at common features and drawing a neutral silhouette.

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Art director: OK.

Trying the result on all the signs.