{"id":15,"date":"2021-12-11T05:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T13:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2022-02-25T08:14:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:14:02","slug":"early-writing-iconography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/in-the-beginning\/early-writing-iconography","title":{"rendered":"Early Writing &#038; Iconography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Assignment<\/strong>: Choose a mobile application with a lot of icons. Compare and contrast that application\u2019s iconography to the original Sumerian alphabet, Mayan pictographs or Egyptian hieroglyphics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What\u2019s being communicated?<\/li><li>What concepts need to be learned?<\/li><li>What metaphors are being used?<\/li><li>You may limit your discussion to 1 or 2 icons for simplicity. You may include screenshots for comparing and contrasting.<\/li><li>Post your thoughts to the class blog.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates has-author wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/week-1-comparison-of-early-writing-and-modern-iconography\">WEEK 1: Comparison of Early Writing and Modern Iconography<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Emily Tseng<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-02-03T21:34:02-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">February 3, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In an application with many features, we might see various icons that represent different features. These simple and delicate representations help the users understand the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/week-1-comparison-of-early-writing-and-modern-iconography\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: WEEK 1: Comparison of Early Writing and Modern Iconography<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/applications-iconography-and-early-iconography\">Application&#8217;s Iconography and Early Iconography<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Yitong Wang<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-01-28T14:39:48-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 28, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Petzinger believes, using symbols to communicate \u201crepresent a fundamental shift in our ancestor\u2019s mental skills\u201d, to abstract symbols like we mostly see and use today.\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/applications-iconography-and-early-iconography\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Application&#8217;s Iconography and Early Iconography<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/compare-and-contrast\">compare and contrast<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Xingyu Yang<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-01-28T01:45:13-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 28, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The picture above is Egyptian hieroglyphics, some of the symbols are relatively easy to understand words, people judge the meaning of the words by the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/compare-and-contrast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: compare and contrast<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/symbols-and-cuneiform-to-iconography\">Symbols and Cuneiform to iconography<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Robert Leng<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-01-27T21:59:35-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 27, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The symbols seen across the world in caves have a similarity as seen in the image above. From North America, Europe, Australia, and Central Africa\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/symbols-and-cuneiform-to-iconography\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Symbols and Cuneiform to iconography<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/week-1-compare-and-contrast\">week 1 Compare and contrast<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Tingyi Li<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-01-27T20:50:35-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 27, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I think these two Icons are very similar. But they may mean different things. The original European hieroglyphs probably spoke more of the heart. This\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/week-1-compare-and-contrast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: week 1 Compare and contrast<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/week-1-_iconography-and-pictography%ef%bf%bc\">Week 1 _iconography and Pictography\ufffc<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Gina Park<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-01-27T15:20:07-08:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">January 27, 2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I&#8217;ve heard many history of language. And this is one that most detailed. I didn&#8217;t know there was that many variety of (history of latin)\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/week-1-_iconography-and-pictography%ef%bf%bc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Week 1 _iconography and Pictography\ufffc<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assignment: Choose a mobile application with a lot of icons. Compare and contrast that application\u2019s iconography to the original Sumerian alphabet, Mayan pictographs or Egyptian hieroglyphics. What\u2019s being communicated? What concepts need to be learned? What metaphors are being used? You may limit your discussion to 1 or 2 icons for simplicity. 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