The making of the Pedestrian crossing pattern

Overview• Process

Coming up with the idea and starting the search for the best implementation. Trying different numbers and positions of knots.

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The art director asks to maintain the scale to make the effect easier to see.

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Deciding to make a knot on only one of the existing stripes. This will allow us to use a negative stencil.

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Nope. Going back to knots made of two stripes.

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Using a straight knot as a basis of our design and trying to apply rope notches onto two intertwined stripes.

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Sketching with chalk.

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The art director asks to make rope ends a bit neater.

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Finalizing the stencil and preparing the announcement.