Pictopolitics – Icograda and the development of pictograms : 1960-1975 October 27, 2010

The next evening event from the Information Design Association.

Usually the development of pictogram systems in the nineteen sixties is associated with the designers of the Olympics and World Exhibitions pictograms. The contribution of other individuals and organisations has hardly been explored. Dutch design historian Wibo Bakker takes a look at the activities of the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda) in the field of pictogram development.

The activities of Icograda during the nineteen sixties give an extraordinary overview of the development of pictograms as a whole and contain interesting clues about the origins of what can only be described as an pictogram ‘explosion’.

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