Thought Signs

Thought Signs
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Publisher : IOS Press
Total Pages : 710
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ISBN-10 : 9051991975
ISBN-13 : 9789051991970
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Thought Signs by : Carl G. Liungman

Download or read book Thought Signs written by Carl G. Liungman and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of Western ideograms ever published, unique in its search systems, that allows the reader to locate a symbol by defining just four of its visual characteristics. It is about our graphic cultural heritage as expressed in subway graffiti, fighter jets' signs and emergency exit symbols. It contains 2,300 symbols, 1,600 articles and streamlined reference functions. Ideogram scarved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men 25,000 years ago, put on modern household appliances by their manufacturers or sprayed on walls by political activists, are all presented in dictionary form for easy reference. Symbols cover current designs used in advertising, logotyping, architecture, design, decoration, religion, politics and astrology.


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