Assignment: Choose a mobile application with a lot of icons. Compare and contrast that application’s iconography to the original Sumerian alphabet, Mayan pictographs or Egyptian hieroglyphics.
- What’s being communicated?
- What concepts need to be learned?
- What metaphors are being used?
- You may limit your discussion to 1 or 2 icons for simplicity. You may include screenshots for comparing and contrasting.
- Post your thoughts to the class blog.
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Comparison of Egyptian hieroglyphics and mobile app icon designby Monica XuHieroglyphics evolved from pictorial writing, and it is one of the oldest fonts in the world. Unlike phonograms, hieroglyphs are ideograms. Egyptian hieroglyphs were independently…
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Hieroglyphics Of the 21st Centuryby DeeDee KwonOne of the reasons we feel familiar with icons begins with a simple reason that we can easily understand them, either from a single character…
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The Kebab, The Hamburger, and Determinativesby Elaine ChoiUpon exploration of various mobile applications, ranging from social media platforms to AI companions, there were two icons that remained consistent: the Hamburger and the…
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From Old World Icons to the Apple Music Appby Elspeth TordoffI looked at the apple music app for this exploration. I thought it was interesting how they seem to go back to basic human emotions…
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Our connection to the old knowledge!by Rebecca LinAfter watching the “Early-Writing Iconographic” video, the icon that I wanted to compare jumped into my mind. it is the Chinese version of Facebook called…
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Elevate – brain training app iconographyby Lylyna HengElevate is a mobile application for brain training. Despite, its elegant design, the app delivers a great user experience. One great aspect of design is…
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The connection between the Hamburger bar icon and the Egyptian hieroglyphics.by Hermione HuI always think about how our ancestors count. Early humans used bones as counting tools. These bones probably are the earliest evidence to show how…
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Similarities and differences between the icons used by One Medical and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphsby Betty DengThanks to the complete language and writing systems of various countries, the icons used in modern people’s lives have got rid of the need to…
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Modern Iconography vs. Egyptian hieroglyphicsby Tai HaoIn the history of human civilization, the use of hieroglyphics can be counted as a tremendous discovery of the human race. It can be traced…
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From Egyptian hieroglyphics to icons used in social media platformsby Philip JooIcons can be seen everywhere these days like we see when traveling, whether it be of street signs that warn us of entering school zones…
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The Transformative Power of Iconographyby Ted HuangOur ancestors created the writing system by inventing diverse techniques like drawings, symbols, and logograms. The purpose of innovating these fascinating methods was for our…
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The connection between Egyptian hieroglyphics and present iconsby Betty LiEach clan and tribe chooses an animal or natural object that it believes to have a special and mysterious relationship with it as a special…
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The connection between Iconography and Egyptian hieroglyphicsby Elena WangPharaoh Namur’s armor joint plate should be the earliest hieroglyphics. At that time, people did not have the vocabulary that is now flooded. The only…
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How Iconograph Reveals Difference in life Between Now and Egyptby Amanda LiuModern icons convey meanings through the pictorial resemblance of the physical objects, the same method practiced back to 3200 B.C. by Egyptians. Although the subject…
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Alipayby Zijie ZhouHumans in order to recognize, express, and exchange information with a more convenient method, a series of graphs and symbols with referent meanings were invented…
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Iconography in Apple Musicby Miles PetersonBefore language developed to the point it is today allowing humans to express themselves using groups of letters, ultimately creating words, eventually forming sentences on…
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Twitter’s Iconography in Relation to Ancient Egyptby Jonahtan Rabago“[T]his invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of learners, with the neglect of their memory, because their trust in writing comes from strange external…
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Reflections on Egyptian Hieroglyphs and an Apple Appby Mengyao XiuIt was a profound step in history for human beings to transfer their thoughts into communicable mediums. During the prehistoric period, our ancestors interpreted what…
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Bilibili Iconographyby Jasmine SunIn Relation to Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs With the development of mass media, the icons of applications are With the development of mass media, the icons…
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From Egyptian Hieroglyphs To VoiceThread’s Iconographyby Peter PengThe foundations of iconography can be traced back to Ancient Egypt. At that time, people used Egyptian hieroglyphs which combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with a total of some 1,000 distinct…
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Crunchyroll: Genre Symbolsby Corey RossiCrunchyroll is an anime streaming app. I chose Crunchyroll because they use symbols to represent the various genres of shows that they offer which are…
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Iconography of The App Health and Its Relationships With Early Writingby Yitong WangPictographic language was developed across different cultures from the 31 century bc and slowly evolves to a full writing system. Now, with the developments of…
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SoundCloud Iconographyby Noah AhrensSoundcloud is a music streaming and sharing service where members can create an account to listen, upload, and share their favorite songs. Within the Soundcloud…
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Iconography of the Past and Presentby Ruth BhavsarIn many ways, the foundations for modern day iconography and logos can be traced back to as early as 5000 BCE, or the eras in…
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LINEby Vincent ChenThe app I chose is “LINE.” One of the famous communication apps in east Asia and southeast Asia. The similarity between those ancient times languages…
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From ancient human figures to skip buttonsby Anh TruongEven with well-written languages and phonetic words in this digital world, we are already programmed to learn and understand the symbols and ideographs that existed…
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SNAPCHATby Evan TangThe app I decided to choose with many icons is Snapchat. The icons and buttons I find interesting featured in the app include: map, camera,…
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XBOX APPby John ChoI chose Xbox app as it has a variety of Icons. Among them, I selected ‘pins’, ‘search’, and ‘achievement’ as one group, and ‘settings’ as…
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Text Bubbleby Brian ZhaoThe icon that I chose to compare with the ancient characters or letters would be the Meet & Chat icon from the Zoom. The Meet…
