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SIGNS OF THE TIMES: BREAKING THE LANGUAGE BARRIER

Image: “Symbols: Communicating Without an Accent” by Henry Dreyfuss, in The Magazine of Standards, October 1968 (Vol. 39, No. 10); Henry...

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Image: International Picture Language: The First Rules of Isotype by Otto Neurath (1936); Smithsonian Libraries & Archives, Gift of Henry...

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Image: Symbols for Polaroid Corporation, circa 1969; Henry Dreyfuss Archive Find Full Blog Post Here: https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2024/0...

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Image: Poison symbol as featured in the Symbol Sourcebook, 1972; Henry Dreyfuss Archive, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; Image...

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Image: Henry Dreyfuss, Doris Marks Dreyfuss, and Pamela Holaday with Symbol Designs, 1971; Henry Dreyfuss Archive, Cooper Hewitt Design...

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Image: “Isotype: Education Through The Eye” by Marie Neurath, Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols,...

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Image: Note, Paul Clifton to Pamela Holaday, June 22, 1970; Courtesy of Pamela Holaday Find Full Blog Post Here:...

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Symbol Ashtray: Caution, 1972; Designed by the Office of Henry Dreyfuss (South Pasadena, California, USA); Distributed by Neiman Marcus...

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Drawing, An “evolutionary” panel – SS development, December 2, 1971; Made by Paul Clifton; Henry Dreyfuss Archive, Cooper Hewitt,...

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International Signs and Symbols 'Special ICOGRADA' Issue. In this magazine you will find articles by the most prominent symbol designers...

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This 1965 edition of Design Quarterly, ‘Signs and Symbols in Graphic Communication’ by Martin Krampen sums up the way that symbols were...

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Chapter written by Henry Dreyfuss for Sign Image Symbol edited by Gyorgy Kepes 1966 Read the whole Case study int he PDF attached below:...

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This article from Natural History magazine 1968 sets out ideas for the quest to establish a universal language in what was known as the...

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Chapter written by Rudolf Modley for Sign Image Symbol edited by Gyorgy Kepes 1966 Read the full chapter in the PDF attached below:...

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