We came to class this morning feeling really pleased that we had a near finished project.
We presented first to Tom and Jo because of our position of being close to finished. Unfortunately they threw a bit of a spanner in the works.
Whilst they were really impressed with where we were at - they were questioning us about a lot of things:
* why were the 2 crossings different colours?
Tom liked green because it suggested to him safety/go and the pink was close to red which says "warning". Jo disagreed however and liked the pink, especially given our consideration that we stayed away from red/orange/yellow because of their warning connotations.
They did both agree that maybe it would be better if the two crossings were the same colour though to keep it consistent so we need to make a decision about that.
* why don't we embrace the whole area?
Tom and Jo were really keen on the idea of spreading this so that it encompassed the whole road area, however we think this is because they didn't really understand our brief. We did agree that we could try it but none of us were really sure that it conveyed the message that we were trying to: cross safely to either side of lower Cuba Street.
* check out these recent articles on installations that are similar:
https://thespinoff.co.nz/auckland/11-05-2017/bright-spots-on-the-highways-of-doom/
http://www.designboom.com/art/opperclaes-creative-crosswalk-rotterdam-05-15-2017/
Whilst these were relevant we think our own precedent is more successful and more relevant to our situation.
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