why the Australian pedestrian button belongs in our archives
- Written by Miles Park, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
Josh Calabrese/UnsplashThe PB/5 pedestrian crossing button is an immediately identifiable product in our physical and aural urban landscape.
Now inducted into the National Film Sound Archive of Australia’s 2026 Sounds of Australia, it is one of very few physical objects selected for the archive. It joins the Fairlight CMI digital synthesiser,...





