[LINK] UN Pictograms for Humanitarian Software

[Tom Worthington]

On 27/08/12 10:45, Andy Farkas wrote:
> On 08/27/12 09:03, Tom Worthington wrote:
>> The OCHA Humanitarian Icons are a set of 500 pictograms for humanitarian
>> relief operations ...
>> http://www.unocha.org/top-stories/all-stories/ocha-launches-500-free-humanitarian-symbols
>
> ... fun putting meanings to some of the icons before reading what they were actually meant to
> represent :)

Some of the UN icons are a little disturbing when your read the 
captions, such as "child soldier".

Coming up with meaningful pictograms is a difficult task. I recommend 
the book "Symbol Signs" (AIGA, 1993) which documents the development of 
the standard symbols for use in airports: 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/01/public-information-symbols-in-japan.html


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