The all-purpose orange cone is a ubiquitous marker on streets, sidewalks and highways everywhere, to keep areas clear or guide traffic away from construction zones. To be approved as an official channelizing device, a cone must pass requirements for height, chromaticity coordinates, and luminance factors set by the Federal Highway Administration. To be approved as an art installation, hundreds of cones must be arranged in a gridded cluster and mounted to a 20-ft wall.

The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA

09.18.20