These were good readings to kick off the next phase of the project, which I'm thinking that will be to pair our icons with a sign. I found the Two Symbols in One to be more inspirational since the images that went along with that article were really good examples. It really showed that if you take 2 things and list out all the possible symbols for them, and then combine those symbols, you have a whole new meaning to it. Along with that, it won't be predictable and it makes it interesting. In Visible Signs, Crow defines text and image having 2 possible functions, anchorage and relay. Anchorage directs the beholder through a number of possible readings of an image or a "floating chain of signifiers". Relay is much less common, it advances the reading of the images by supplying meanings which are not to be found in the images themselves. Both these readings helped define what we are doing in the next phase. It simply comes down to icons + image/text/other icons = powerful message.
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