Pictogram Design for Brands

History of Pictograms

A course by Wayfinding Consultores , Information Designer

Information Designer. Tulsa, Chile.
Joined November 2019
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About the video: History of Pictograms

Overview

“In this lesson, we will briefly review the history of pictograms and their origins until we reach relevant milestones in the history of pictograms that marked the history of graphic design and communications. ”

In this video lesson Wayfinding Consultores addresses the topic: History of Pictograms, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pictogram Design for Brands. Learn how to design custom pictograms for unique signage systems.

Partial transcription of the video

“History of pictograms Now we will analyze the history of pictograms and we will address the important milestones that have marked this discipline. Pictograms are very synthetic images that are capable of carrying meanings and transmit them without the need for words. Among its characteristics and main relevance, at the social and communication levels, is that they can create hierarchical visual stimuli, that is, they can generate instances decoding information faster, they can organize the information, generating in conjunction with words, diagrams that are more complex that contain a great...”

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Course summary for: Pictogram Design for Brands

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (55)
  • 1188 students
  • 5 units
  • 20 lessons (3h 28m)
  • 10 downloads
  • Category

    Design
  • Software

    Adobe Illustrator
  • Areas

    Branding & Identity, Graphic Design, Signage Design, Vector Illustration

Wayfinding Consultores

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Pamela Sthandier, is an information designer at Wayfinding Consultores, a consultancy specialized in the analysis of flows and trajectories and focused on information and signage design. Since 2011, she has been developing projects focused exclusively on information design, including branding strategies and environmental graphics that create memorable spaces and improve user navigation.

In 2017, the consultancy won the Chile Design, Clap and IGDEA award, in the category of Information Systems design for the development of a signaling system at Parque Arauco Kennedy. In 2019, they won again with a system project for the Megacentro Enea Distribution Center.


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  • 20 lessons (3h 28m)
  • 29 additional resources (10 files)
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  • Audio: Spanish
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Pictogram Design for Brands. Design course by Wayfinding Consultores

Pictogram Design for Brands

A course by Wayfinding Consultores
Information Designer. Tulsa, Chile.
Joined November 2019
  • 100% positive reviews (55)
  • 1,188 students