Exhibit Review: Give Me A Sign

This review provides an overview of the exhibition recently held at the Cooper Hewitt entitled "Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols." The exhibit coincides with the 50th anniversary of the seminal book, Symbol Sourcebook by Henry Dreyfuss, which proposed standardized symbols in order to create an international shared visual language. The exhibit focuses on symbols and iconography which are particularly relevant to the fields of wayfinding, urbans signs, and visual communication.

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Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding
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2024-08-26
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https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2470-9670.2024.v8.i1.a150
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Public Spaces through Art
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Exhibit Review: Give Me A Sign

Craig Berger
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding
Public Spaces through Art
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Exhibit Review: Give Me A Sign

Craig Berger
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Abstract

This review provides an overview of the exhibition recently held at the Cooper Hewitt entitled "Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols." The exhibit coincides with the 50th anniversary of the seminal book, Symbol Sourcebook by Henry Dreyfuss, which proposed standardized symbols in order to create an international shared visual language. The exhibit focuses on symbols and iconography which are particularly relevant to the fields of wayfinding, urbans signs, and visual communication.

Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and WayfindingVol. 8(1)
Fashion Institute of Technology (US)
Sustainable cities and communities
Openalex Percentile: Top 78%
Public Spaces through Art
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