My Fave New Blog: Bad Pictograms I | dispositio
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Here's an excerpt & do read the full post by Holger Syme!
"Pictograms work on a principle of maximum reduction and minimal specificity: the figure depicted ought to represent as many individually distinct viewers as possible. It should address itself to everyone concerned.
That’s the idea, anyway – and that’s why the above are “good” pictograms. There are plenty of “bad” pictograms, or ones that are described as bad by people around the interwebs. Like these (above)..."