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EVENTS
Over the last decades, interest in symbols has grown with the rise of a growing global media culture. The primary objective of The Symbol Group is to critically re-evaluate symbol projects such as this to develop more effective visual communication for the future.

2022
Symbol '22: Symbol Sourcebook @50
Virtual symposium
The Symbol Group’s inaugural online symposium examined the 50th anniversary of industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss’ discipline-defining Symbol Sourcebook, to reveal the legacy underpinning our current fascination with emojis, icons and symbols and explore new symbol applications.
2024
Symbol '24: (Untitled - TBD)
We are currently developing themes for Symbol '24 based around the 40th anniversary of Susan Kare's groundbreaking screen icons for Apple Macintosh.
Want to be a part of this upcoming event?

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