Brand · POI / landmark markers · proposal v0.1

POI markers, drawn in the dot-field language.

Amenity hotspots are solid AA-6 dot-field discs that breathe in place. External points of interest — the Louvre, Guggenheim, the Corniche, the airport — currently use a thin hollow location-pin that reads as a different system entirely. These variations keep POIs inside the dot-field family, but each carries a cue that says distant / external rather than here, inside the project. The recommended treatment, G · pin-housed ring, houses the hollow ring inside a classic location pin drawn in our frosted dot language — the instantly-recognisable "pin" read, still unmistakably our system. Every marker below is shown on a light panel and over a darkened 360° aerial (where POIs actually live, against sky and shore), at its working size, with the name + distance label it ships with (always above the icon), and every marker here is fully static.

01 · Eight variations · light panel + over 360° sky

Each card shows one marker twice — left on the product's light panel, right over the darkened aerial it sits on in the sales tour. The recommended default is flagged. Every label sits above its icon (name + distance), and every marker here is fully static — no pulse or flicker.

Light
Louvre Abu Dhabi2 km
Over 360° sky
Louvre Abu Dhabi2 km
A · Glyph-in-field
Dot-field disc with the centre masked into a pin glyph. Reads as "a place" instantly while staying in the family.
Use · POIs that need an obvious place-marker on first glance
Light
Guggenheim AD3.4 km
Over 360° sky
Guggenheim AD3.4 km
B · Ring-only · hollow
Base of G
Just the 12-dot AA-6 ring with a hollow centre + a tiny hub dot. The exact inverse of the amenity's filled field — reads "distant / outline". Now superseded by G, which houses this same ring inside a location pin.
Use · the hollow read on its own · or as G's iris
Light
Eastern Beach1.1 km
Over 360° sky
Eastern Beach1.1 km
C · Teardrop · pinned field
The dot-field disc grows a teardrop tail, becoming a true map-pin silhouette — still 100% dot-field. The most literal "pin here".
Use · map / plan views where a precise drop-point matters
Light
Corniche4.8 km
Over 360° sky
Corniche4.8 km
D · Small glass · accent halo
A compact field disc (smaller than an amenity) inside a thin accent halo. Size + halo say "external & secondary" without leaving the system.
Use · dense skylines · many distant POIs at once
Light
Zayed Intl Airport 22 km · 18 min
Over 360° sky
Zayed Intl Airport 22 km · 18 min
E · Connector-to-chip
A small field disc joined by a hairline stem to a label chip — a leader line calling out its name + drive time. Carries the most information.
Use · key destinations needing name + distance at a glance
Light
Saadiyat Beach2.6 km
Over 360° sky
Saadiyat Beach2.6 km
F · Duotone ring + glyph
The hollow ring (B) with a small accent diamond at centre — combines "distant outline" with a legible "place" mark. Holds up when scaled down.
Use · when a hollow ring alone reads too empty at small sizes
Light
Louvre Abu Dhabi2 km
Over 360° sky
Louvre Abu Dhabi2 km
G · Pin-housed ring
Recommended
B's hollow ring + hub dot, set as the iris of a classic location pin drawn in the frosted dot-field aesthetic — clean outline stroke + subtle translucent fill, no heavy solid. Reads instantly as "a location", still unmistakably our system. Supersedes B.
Use · default external POI · the recognisable "pin" read, in our dot language
Light
Yas Island14 km
Over 360° sky
Yas Island14 km
H · Pin · dot-filled
Bold alt
The whole location pin filled with the AA-6 dot field rather than an outline housing a ring — the pin is the field, clipped to the teardrop silhouette. The heaviest presence of the set; reads as a solid "place" pin, still 100% our dot language.
Use · a single hero destination · or when the pin must read filled, not hollow

02 · Family check · do they belong together?

The real test: a POI marker sitting next to a genuine amenity hotspot. They should look like siblings — same dot vocabulary, same disc — but you should never confuse the distant POI for an amenity you can walk to. Left is the solid amenity; the rest are the POI proposals.

Amenity (solid)
A · Glyph
B · Ring-only
C · Teardrop
F · Duo ring
G · Pin-housed
H · Dot-filled

03 · In context · POIs on the 360° aerial

Where these actually live: distant landmarks pinned to the horizon over the project's 360° sky. The recommended marker (G · pin-housed ring) sits alongside the hollow ring (B) on the primary POIs so the two reads can be compared, with the connector-chip (E) for the airport call-out and the small-glass (D) for a secondary point. All static, all labelled above.

Riviera · rooftop · 360°
look around · neighbourhood
Louvre Abu Dhabi2 km
Guggenheim AD3.4 km
Qasr Al Watan5.2 km
Corniche4.8 km
Zayed Intl Airport 22 km · 18 min
360° neighbourhood The pin-housed ring (G) reads instantly as a location while staying in our dot language; hollow rings (B) sit beside it as the lighter alternative. Neither is confused with the solid amenity discs inside the tour. The chip (E) carries the airport's drive time.