The Conscious Crossing
The safety system
that beats complacency
by constantly changing
Creative Director / Designer
KiwiRail
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The Good Report
Top 40 Campaigns for Good of 2018
WARC 100
Ranked #76 Campaign in the World, 2017
Cannes
1x Silver Lion
3x Bronze Lions
D&AD
3x Wood Pencils
Spikes Asia
2x Gold
Axis
Grand Axis
1x Grand Prix— Outdoor
1x Grand Prix— User Experience Design
8x Gold
Best Awards
2x Gold Pins
1x Bronze Pin
AdStars
1x Gold
1x Bronze
New York Festivals
1x Second Prize
3x Third Prize
AWARD
5x Silver Pencils
1x Bronze Pencil
The One Show
1x Bronze
2x Merit
AdFest
2x Silver Lotus
Clio Awards
2x Silver
1x Bronze
Caples
1x Bronze
LIA
1x Bronze
The Work
4x Acceptances
Directory Magazine
Featured Project
BestAds
Pick of the Week— Outdoor
Over-familiarity can be lethal at rail crossings.
The Conscious Crossing interrupts pedestrian complacency by keeping the familiar, unfamiliar. The movable set of warning gates can be infinitely reconfigured, constantly changing the environment and forcing people consciously into the moment. Designed with human nature in mind, anyone can change the gates into any layout, any time – actively helping to keep other pedestrians safe.Easily installed and cost-effectively produced, The Conscious Crossing has the wide-reaching potential to provide a simple, long-term solution to keep pedestrians safer at rail crossings around the world.
Over-familiarity leads to complacency. And at railway level crossings, complacency can lead to death. Many of New Zealand’s pedestrian rail crossings have no warning infrastructure beyond passive signage. Which over time loses its impact for regular users.To prevent more deaths and injuries, KiwiRail needed an innovative, cost-effective way to switch pedestrians’ minds back on, in the crucial moments before they crossed the tracks.