<![CDATA[Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols]]>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/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/38ce5bb5-c5b5-41f0-a906-1a68b94f3dfc/typology-of-pedestrian-walking-symbolsRSS for NodeMon, 28 Sep 2026 13:38:38 GMTMon, 21 Sep 2026 13:17:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:12:10 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Aarhus, Denmark - small vikings (we only have 17 of them in the city center though).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/MThaastrup/statuses/117310609003377955https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/MThaastrup/statuses/117310609003377955Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:12:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:10:11 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Late to the party, but here's one from Aotearoa.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/frauxirah/statuses/117310607325838145https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/frauxirah/statuses/117310607325838145Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:10:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:08:20 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Please help my family get basic necessities and food. Please, even $50 would be enough for me and my family.
https://chuffed.org/project/149031-give-waleeds-family-a-chance-to-live

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fairy.id/ap/users/117310404955991414/statuses/117310600007208114https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fairy.id/ap/users/117310404955991414/statuses/117310600007208114Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:08:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:05:58 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay How about a lazy green man that appeared in our local newspaper about 10 years ago?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/cjhearn/statuses/117310590729736626https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/cjhearn/statuses/117310590729736626Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:05:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:03:23 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay @HarriettMB There's also Corunna in the bottom right image of the OP - girl / woman with pony tail, top, and skirt.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/HollieK72/statuses/117310580536459164https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/HollieK72/statuses/117310580536459164Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:03:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:55:39 GMT]]>@maumau
mind: since the ESC 2015! 😊
@Natasha_Jay

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.at/users/raVeN/statuses/117310550179259192https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.at/users/raVeN/statuses/117310550179259192Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:55:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:51:13 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
I wish I could use each of these crossers on a tee-shirt. ©?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/gregalotl/statuses/117310532732884107https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/gregalotl/statuses/117310532732884107Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:51:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:41:47 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay I really like Andorra's concept of Transportation via Electric Boogie!]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.place/objects/b3d0f70f-0a83-499c-b4ec-8e28734df317https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.place/objects/b3d0f70f-0a83-499c-b4ec-8e28734df317Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:41:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:41:17 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Are pedestrians required to wears hats, in Tokyo?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/devnull/statuses/117310493623931423https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/devnull/statuses/117310493623931423Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:41:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:36:47 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay in also has some love•ly ones. ❤️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.glaux.io/users/ngrewe/statuses/117310475988071503https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.glaux.io/users/ngrewe/statuses/117310475988071503Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:36:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:32:50 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay there is a Ampelgirl in Heidelberg, Germany

https://chillr.de/ampelmaedchen-ampelfrau-heidelberg/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rheinneckar.social/users/hdvalentin/statuses/117310460403695746https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rheinneckar.social/users/hdvalentin/statuses/117310460403695746Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:32:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:30:32 GMT]]>@lindarosesmit @Natasha_Jay here are some from Saarbrücken, Germany

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rheinneckar.social/users/hdvalentin/statuses/117310451372614808https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rheinneckar.social/users/hdvalentin/statuses/117310451372614808Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:30:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:19:47 GMT]]>@combat_penguin @Natasha_Jay My thoughts exactly. You can’t discuss pedestrian walking symbols without discussing the iconic Berlin Ampelmännchen!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/116653665301591873/statuses/117310409108774242https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/116653665301591873/statuses/117310409108774242Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:19:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:13:07 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay viva corunna

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lindarosesmit/statuses/117310382907144653https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lindarosesmit/statuses/117310382907144653Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:13:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:11:26 GMT]]>@schnitzer @Natasha_Jay Böblingen as well

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/sphericalcyclist/statuses/117310376253441601https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/sphericalcyclist/statuses/117310376253441601Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:11:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:10:50 GMT]]>@danielaKay @Natasha_Jay mistook it for a man carrying a scythe over his shoulder

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://axillae.telent.net/users/dan/statuses/01M32JKQ4VV3B5WE3HJYEWEDBQhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://axillae.telent.net/users/dan/statuses/01M32JKQ4VV3B5WE3HJYEWEDBQMon, 21 Sep 2026 18:10:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:05:01 GMT]]>@elasticsoul @Natasha_Jay

I particularly love this one 😍💃🕺

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117232022070281095/statuses/117310351047001980https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117232022070281095/statuses/117310351047001980Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:05:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:58:19 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

The one for London should perhaps have an England / UK caption as It is pretty much universal here.

Can anyone from




Confirm ?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/zleap/statuses/117310324725696678https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/zleap/statuses/117310324725696678Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:58:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:50:04 GMT]]>@johartig @Natasha_Jay @mainz_de Unfortunately, I do not have a green light version, but here's one from Trier.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://circumstances.run/users/agturcz/statuses/117310292233419673https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://circumstances.run/users/agturcz/statuses/117310292233419673Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:50:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:45:43 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay the one from Warsaw looks like a Sontaran

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Workshopshed/statuses/117310275137788077https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Workshopshed/statuses/117310275137788077Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:45:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:44:17 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Ampelmann is a big thing in Berlin.

https://www.ampelmann.de/en/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Workshopshed/statuses/117310269513536847https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Workshopshed/statuses/117310269513536847Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:44:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:43:22 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay in Utrecht, the Birthplace of Dick Bruna, the author of Miffy, has these traffic lights.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/Timo_Micro/statuses/117310265914666239https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/Timo_Micro/statuses/117310265914666239Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:43:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:30:57 GMT]]>@irina @Natasha_Jay sorry, couldn't find a photo of the red one

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/ap/users/117082308006425440/statuses/117310217115332890https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/ap/users/117082308006425440/statuses/117310217115332890Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:30:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols on Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:29:49 GMT]]>@danielaKay But what is the red one? @Natasha_Jay

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/irina/statuses/117310212649198362https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/irina/statuses/117310212649198362Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:29:49 GMT