By Jessica Stewart on My Modern Met site:
The use of illusion in art is nothing new, but a small town in Iceland is using the effect to help with public safety and traffic issues. In the small fishing village of Ísafjörður, a 3D pedestrian crossing was painted last month in an effort to slow traffic on a narrow street. The eye-popping illusion gives the effect of walking on air as pedestrians move from one side of the street to the other.
Environmental commissioner Ralf Trylla came up with the idea after seeing a similar project in New Delhi, India. Trylla was researching creative ideas on how to slow traffic when he stumbled upon the India project and came together with street painting company Vegmálun GÍH to create the effect. They experimented for several weeks before perfecting the technique and painting the crosswalk.
The visual effect is striking, as the optical illusion shifts depending on your perspective. From the air, the white stripes jump up, making them appear as a column of walls. While at ground level, the bars seem to hover just above the ground. Right now the project is experimental, with the town seeing what effect the creative zebra crossing will have before deciding if they’d like to roll out more in other areas of the village.
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That’s really neat, Chris. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Welcome, Suzanne glad you enjoyed it 😃
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A different perspective on a traditional form. Artistic hiccoughs and why not, if it works it will be brilliant. “Art saves lives, read all about it” I can hear the calls being cried on London’s street corners.
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That is such a great idea. Love it. Should do it in some places where it’s needed most
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I’m thinking it might cause a traffic jam, lol. Great idea!
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At least the vehicles wouldn’t be going too fast, Jacquie 😄
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I don’t know, Chris…I watched the video on that site and one car went barreling over it! There were some funny reactions, too…but hope that one car is the exception!
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That is so cool. I’d be crossing the street constantly. 🙂
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LOL
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Brilliant idea 🙂
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That is awesome – I think it would cause a mess here in America, though (especially where I live).
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Cool, but actually a bit dizzying! It’ll most likely slow traffic down, but I also wonder if it would be too much of a distraction. Anyway, being an artist, I love this and going to go check out the others on the Crosswalk site. Thanks, Chris!
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It is a bit eye boggling, Em – but it would tend to slow the traffic down as intended 😃
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Very cool, thanks, Chris!
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Welcome, Zoe 👍😃
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