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David Wood

Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)

Wood is an industrial designer, the managing director Nielsen Design Associates. Working with Louis Challis, designers from Nielsen Design Associates and others, he was a key team member in the development of the NSW Dept of Main Roads' PB/5 pedestrian button, a “Audio-Tactile Pedestrian Detector” (ATPD). This device was developed in the 1970s and remains in use.

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Powerhouse Museum, 'Pedestrian crossing button’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.
http://from.ph/74447
Charles Furey (1 January 1986), '“The Commercial Effectiveness of Products resulting from Industrial Designing in Australia.”’.
Judy Adamson (1 January 2005), 'Moments away from Inspiration.” (David Wood profile)’.
unk (2012), 'Nielsen Design Associates’, Australia.
http://www.nielsendesign.com/
Miles Park. “The PB/5 pedestrian button.”
http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/technology/sublime-design-pb5-pedestrian-button

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