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VERSION A
The original Victoria Tile-inspired design presented on 9 May 2009:
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VERSION B
Carpet straight edging, 9-tile ochre central diamonds:
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VERSION C
Carpet straight edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:
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VERSION D
Carpet straight double-tile edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:
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VERSION E
Carpet sawtooth edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:
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VERSION F
Carpet sawtooth edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds, ochre corners:
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VERSION G
Diagonal ochre-bordered edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:
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VERSION H
Diagonal edging, 16-tile ochre central diamonds:
4 comments:
Ted and all,
I like Versions A and G the best, I think they achieve the "room" effect best and also mirror the house tiles best.
Cheers
Alex (from Sustrans)
We like version G . We think that psychologically drivers might slow down more with a head-on drive into an arrow head...
Thank you for all your hard work and creative skills , Ted.
The Hopes [45]
Personally I think B looks tidiest. Best of luck sorting out which is the most popular! I'd be happy with any of them, I think, but prefer the least fussy.
Paul
Hi Crofters,
With regards to aesthetics I'll avoid giving you my subjective response as I do not live in the street, and I can't give you a useful objective one without studying the area's built environment further; I trust you guys have done that already anyway.
From a practical point of view I think the somewhat muted colours are good because road surfacing will wear very quickly anyway: the success of the design is not reliant on bright colour. Another positive is that, even with the muted colours, the montages shows a decent amount of contrast with the tarmac, which should help slow traffic (perhaps an argument here for the designs with more yellow ochre: B-G).
A last point is about maintenance: you need to plan with Oxford how to ensure that utility companies replace the carpets as found: they won't look nearly as effective with rough splashes of tarmac all over them.
Best wishes,
Dan (Sustrans)
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