Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/How about using @altbot if it's to time consuming to describe these quite detailed images?
I tried it with the fourth image out of curiosity and it even created simple descriptions of the symbols. (I like the weavy person from Andorra)
#Altbot had become much better over the last 12 month - I would say:
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/I am greatly enjoying the comments on this thread

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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay London also looks like this:
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@Natasha_Jay since everyone has pointed out the missing Ampelmann, there's also the Hilversum and Tilburg cross walks with a jaunty ponytail
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay Esslingen / Germany has "Äffle und Pferdle" as red/green lights
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/What? No Ostmännchen? And none of these?
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I am greatly enjoying the comments on this thread

@Natasha_Jay Curious how in Italy we have the most neutral, icon styled walking person. So neutral that I never thought very much about it

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I am greatly enjoying the comments on this thread

@Natasha_Jay today i learned that andorra has at least one traffic light!
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@Natasha_Jay Esslingen / Germany has "Äffle und Pferdle" as red/green lights
@Natasha_Jay And in Bayreuth / Germany composer Richard Wagner can be found.
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay Vienna has had so many different and wonderful traffic light figures since the Eurovision Song Contest… showing just one really isn’t enough.
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay
Morning brain:My first thought, scrolling through... Aah, someone has made an international field guide to identifying the various species of yeti. Mostly swamp things, based on coloration.
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/It's only possible to tell by context on a road crossing signal what the Puno one is supposed to be doing .
If I just saw that sign on a door all I'd think is do not go though that door.
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay Puno looks like something from Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks is happening! And Andorra is definitely feeling the groove but I’m not sure if they’re making progress across the street.
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay I see other missing ones mentioned, but not Miffy in Utrecht?
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay don’t forget about those two
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay
Can't touch Andorra's.Did they get MC Hammer to model for that?
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@Natasha_Jay Istanbul looks like he needs the loo

@connynasch @Natasha_Jay
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@Natasha_Jay London also looks like this:
@SimonRoyHughes Does it really? All intersections? I think I can see a silhouette in the light above, which seems confusing.
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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay amazing. And I have a bunch of questions

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Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols
... the brainchild of photographer Maya Barkai who collected the various representations of the “walking man” from around the world
http://www.coadesign.org/portfolio/walking-men/@Natasha_Jay boosting this specifically to do Berlin erasure


