Re: Signs of the Times

This geek-tastic design contains all state route shields, with the number indicating the order of each state's entry into the Union.

Re: Signs of the Times

Here is a link to a higher detail copy to show the signs better.

lyonscc wrote:Here is a link to a higher detail copy to show the signs better.

Love it

Re: Signs of the Times

This one isn't getting enough love. Fantastic design.

kattpdx wrote:This one isn't getting enough love. Fantastic design.

I would say that, as well

Creative idea!

Re: Signs of the Times

Great! But a little bland. Would look nicer with a little color.

lyonscc wrote:This geek-tastic design contains all state route shields, with the number indicating the order of each state's entry into the Union.

Thanks for the explanation... I live in one of the smaller New England states and was trying to remember where my route number was, if it ran north-south or east-west... cool!

nek0nck2n wrote:Great! But a little bland. Would look nicer with a little color.

I thought about trying to put some half-tones together to color the map, but I'd already eaten all six of my colors w/ the road signs...

Re: Signs of the Times

As a roadway designer, I deal with signs all the time, and this is a fun little idea. I would suggest making the signs bigger, in some cases quite a bit bigger, so that they're more visible. Right now, you'd have to be up very very close to someone's chest to see them and that could get... awkward. You wouldn't need to worry about overlapping state lines, everyone in the USA is so familiar with the states that it won't lose anything. Gray is a simple background color, nice and generic, but what about trying the design on kelly green? It's a pretty classic Freeway-sign color and might go well

nek0nck2n wrote:Great! But a little bland. Would look nicer with a little color.

Thanks!

runnerfrog13 wrote:As a roadway designer, I deal with signs all the time, and this is a fun little idea. I would suggest making the signs bigger, in some cases quite a bit bigger, so that they're more visible. Right now, you'd have to be up very very close to someone's chest to see them and that could get... awkward. You wouldn't need to worry about overlapping state lines, everyone in the USA is so familiar with the states that it won't lose anything. Gray is a simple background color, nice and generic, but what about trying the design on kelly green? It's a pretty classic Freeway-sign color and might go well

Thanks for your feedback, too! I went in and did some quick edits and scaled the signs by almost 2X (stupid New England gets crowded very quickly), and went with your Kelly Green suggestion (which "bought" me a color for the map, itself).

You can check it out here