After years of preparation, 2010 is heralds the launch of Susan Woolf's sighted taxi hand sign booklet. Her rendition of the taxi hand signs, unique to South Africa, also feature on the 2010 South African National commemorative stamps and envelopes and they will be launched together on 29 January 2010 at the Standard Bank Art Gallery.

The research involved correlating taxi destinations and their corresponding hand signs, which had never before been documented in South Africa. These were then rendered into colourful fine art by the artist.

The first book was published March 2007. The book “Taxi Hand Signs for the Blind” (where Woolf actually created symbols the blind could use for commuter purposes), was launched in Museum Africa in 2009. This created the ironic situation that the blind were teaching the sighted the taxi hand signs they needed to know - most commuters only know about four signs, the ones they use regularly, and it is not easy to find out what the others are.

Woolf’s research continues through her PhD in Anthropology and Art at the University of the Witwatersrand. This booklet is the first in a series and will be revised as new Taxi hand signs evolve and are discovered.