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Cleverly designed flat-packed traffic cone can be assembled in multiple ways, making it more efficient

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You’d think traffic cones are already pretty well designed. They’re visible, fairly stable, and stack easily. However the two things they’re not are A. space-efficient, and B. modular. Meet Apiece, a flat-packed traffic cone that can be assembled into individual cones or even a long cone strip to cordon off large areas. With multiple flat triangular panels that lock together, Apiece lets you put your traffic cone together piece by piece. When you’re done, the pieces come apart and become a flat stack that occupies much less space than the traditional stacked conical traffic cones!

Designer: Chris Chang

Apiece brings a unique level of modularity to the traffic cone. The flat piece can be used in a variety of ways, creating individual cones or even long fences in square or zigzag patterns. The cones are made from the same plastic, and come with reflector panels on the top. Connect them together and you can use them however you see fit. If one panel breaks, it can simply be replaced with a  new one, making the Apiece more cost-effective than actual traffic cones.

The flat-packed nature of the Apiece does wonders for the traffic cone’s footprint. It occupies virtually no space when not in use, making storing and shipping the Apiece much easier than your average traffic cone. Sure, traffic cones stack too, but even in its most basic individual form, a traffic cone occupies much more space than four Apiece panels stored together.

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This traffic cone uses a one-of-a-kind transformation to become a stackable stool. Watch the video!

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Inspiration for design hits when you least expect it. Could happen when you’re binge-watching your favorite show on Netflix and it could happen as you’re tirelessly flipping through old art books itching for an idea to hit. For Timo Riemann, a Germany-based design graduate, inspiration seemed to have hit while he was busy watching a traffic cone across the street from where his school lecture was taking place. Envisioning the blueprint for a traffic cone that could unfurl into a stool, Riemann developed Pylon, a convertible stool that doubles as a piece of interior artwork and also saves space in the living room.

At first glance, the Pylon appears as an ordinary traffic cone. Brass hinges line the circumference of the cone’s round base and hint at the traffic cone’s secondary form. By unlocking one of the brass clasps along the base’s outer edge, the traffic cone unfolds and inversely furls back together to form a stool, complete with four-pointed legs. Described as a “cross-section between art and design,” Riemann’s traffic cone stool has a certain industrial appeal – the ideal interior furniture piece for a warehouse turned art studio. Pylon was constructed from laminated fiberglass, fiberglass-reinforced polyamide, as well as a collection of molds that harden Pylon into its full shape. In addition to its fiberglass structure, the brass locks and hinges that line Pylon’s base each were made one-of-a-kind to streamline Pylon’s metamorphosis from traffic cone to office stool.

Initially thought of by Riemann as a last-minute idea for a class assignment, Pylon’s blueprint practically opened itself up to Riemann before he hit the workshop to begin the stool’s construction. Stackable and versatile in purpose and design, Pylon is an exciting piece of furniture for the design enthusiast in each of us.

Designer: Timo Riemann





By simply unlatching one of the cone’s metal clasps, Pylon then unfolds to inversely connect once more, turning it into a stool.

One-of-a-kind metal clasps and brass hinges were integrated into Pylon’s base to ensure a seamless transition.

The Pylon stool morphs from traffic cone to office stool simply by inverted its structure and flipping it upside down.

Pylon was constructed from laminated fiberglass, fiberglass-reinforced polyamide, and a series of molds.

This redesigned traffic cone is minimal, visible, durable, and stackable!

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Designed as a part of Render Weekly’s concept-creation sprints, Gary Clarke’s take on the traffic cone offers a stronger, classier take on the conical road-barricade. Most traffic cones/barricade come either rotationally molded or injection-molded from plastic, whereas Clarke’s alternative uses bent metal piping.

Made to be slightly larger than traditional cones (for everyone who’s arguing that minimal cones would impact visibility), Clarke’s design is tetrahedral and manufactured from a single pipe that’s bent and powder-coated in bright metallic orange before being finished off with a couple of stripes of reflective paint. Like most cones, these ones are stackable/nestable too, but fill the hollow piping in with sand or gravel and you’ve got cones that are also much more durable than their plastic counterparts, i.e., can resist breakage, and can withstand strong winds too!

Designer: Gary Clarke

Never knew a Traffic Cone to be so Dynamic

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During the day, it’s quite easy to see the brightly colored orange traffic cones lining the street around constructions zones or other driving hazards, but at night, most of them are barely lit and so it’s easy to run them over, or not see clearly what the dangers are that may lie ahead of you. This can cause a vehicle to run over the traffic cone, or be knocked down which can cause even more issues for the motorists to follow – an endless vicious cycle.

Well now we have the Dynamic Traffic Cone designed by Yuhui Wang. These environmentally friendly cones light up the way via their solar powered LED lights that make them more noticeable at night – even at a distance. The cones are easy to operate. Once you open the release, the LED lights will spring out to resemble a cone and can easily be replaced back into the cube for storage, taking up less space than the other type of cone we are accustomed to.

The bottom of the Cones are made from organic plastics which house the solar panels that light up the LED lighting. At 380mm wide x 380mm depth and 60mm height, these cones are perfect as a safe and convenient alternative to the traffic cones of yesterday, and definitely much easier on the eyes.

Designer: Yuhui Wang

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Piece of Cake Traffic Cones

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Setting up traditional traffic warning cones at a roadwork site takes a long time because the cones are heavy and cumbersome. Warning Cone offers much greater convenience to construction workers. A set of Warning Cones can be expanded (unfolded) easily by pulling out the extendable base. After use, the ‘cones’ can be compressed and placed back in the storage box, saving both time and space.

Designer: Asia University

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