An ingenious Swedish design classic
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Special thanks to:
Kenneth Österlin - https://designinfo.se/ or https://skissbox.se/
The Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF) - https://www.srf.nu/om-oss/in-english/
The Design Archive in Nybro - https://digitaltmuseum.org/s-da
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00:00 A Scandinavian design classic of street furniture
00:45 Accessible pedestrian signals or crosswalk buttons
02:44 Origin story - Kenneth Österlin gets the brief
04:32 How tactile crossing maps work
06:05 Design principles of wayfinding
08:35 Real life impact for vision impaired pedestrians
10:03 Spread and influence - Sweden to Austria and beyond
11:55 A tactile legacy in public safety
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