{"id":3604,"date":"2022-01-27T21:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T05:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/?p=3604"},"modified":"2022-01-27T21:59:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T05:59:36","slug":"symbols-and-cuneiform-to-iconography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/symbols-and-cuneiform-to-iconography","title":{"rendered":"Symbols and Cuneiform to iconography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/2019\/02\/28230224\/cavedoodles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"575\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 there are symbols being used. They all use these symbols to communicate an idea, a story, their history in a sense of pictures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.fs.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-9ff670da03e1b2fcfed08c69b092503d\" alt=\"How do we know the meaning of the inscriptions written in Sumerian  cuneiform? - Quora\" width=\"365\" height=\"365\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Symbols that once were used to tell a story were developed into a way to communicate, a writing system. The image above shows the Sumerian Cuneiform an early adaptation of their alphabet. The Sumerian Cuneiform has a symbol similar to that as seen in the caves, fourth one down, barley. Sumerian Cuneiform eventually would develop into the confusing alphabet of arrows and lines that they would use to write. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1-473x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3607\" width=\"190\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1-768x1662.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1-710x1536.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1-946x2048.jpeg 946w, https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1-720x1558.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1-580x1255.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1-320x693.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_F428F30BBC77-1-1.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I see something like these symbols and Sumerian Cuneiform I think of Yelp&#8217;s Icons. Yelp uses Icons (and words) to communicate different serves they offer (as seen above). These pictures, symbols, tell a story of what you will be topic you will be taken to if pressed. The symbols have the same goal as the icons we have today. It tells a story, a development of what would happen or could happen if pressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 there are symbols being used. They all use these symbols to communicate an idea, a story, their history in a sense of pictures. 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