Pictograms, icons & signs : a guide to information graphics / Rayan Abdullah, Roger Hübner ; [translated from the German by David H. Wilson].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdullah, Rayan, 1957-

Contributor:

Hübner, Roger, 1967-

Standardized Title:

Piktogramme und Icons. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Signs and symbols--Design.

Signs and symbols.

Icons (Computer graphics)--Design.

Icons (Computer graphics).

Logos (Symbols)--Design.

Logos (Symbols).

Design.

Physical Description:

243 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Pictograms, icons and signs

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2006.

Contents:

1 The Pictogram 9

1.2 Semiotics: The Study of Signs 12

1.3 The History of Pictograms 18

1.4 A Summary 24

2 Building Pictograms 29

2.1 Conception 30

2.2 Design 31

2.3 Using the Pictogram 40

2.4 General Tips 44

2.5 Creating Pictogram Fonts 48

2.6 Legal Protection 52

3 Pictogram Pioneers 55

3.1 Traffic Signs 56

3.2 The Olympic Games 64

3.3 Association of German Airports 88

3.4 Professor Herbert W. Kapitzki 92

4 Commercial Pictograms 101

4.1 ERCO 102

4.2 Deutsche Bahn AG 110

4.3 Berlin Transport Services 116

4.4 Cologne/Bonn Airport 124

4.5 Dusseldorf Airport 130

4.6 A Design for Telecommunications 136

4.7 Pacific Bell-Yellow Pages 1 140

4.8 Pacific Bell-Yellow Pages 2 144

4.9 Bombardier 'Driver's Cab' 152

4.10 Berlin Swimming Baths 154

4.11 Zurich Airport 156

4.12 Swiss Post 162

4.13 Sto AG 168

5 New Uses for Pictograms 175

5.1 Zurich Waste Disposal 176

5.2 Park in Chambord 180

5.3 EXPO 2002 84

5.4 Typebox, San Francisco 192

5.5 Pippo Lionni, Paris 194

5.6 The Natural History Museum, Berlin 200

6 Icon Variations 205

6.2 Susan Kare Design, San Francisco 208

6.3 Meta Design, San Francisco 214

6.4 eBoy, Berlin/New York 218

6.5 Ascom, Bern 222

6.6 Kame Design, San Francisco 224

7 A Language of Icons 227

Development of an Icon Language 228.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 240).

ISBN:

0500286353

9780500286357

OCLC:

69022178

Publisher Number:

9780500286357