Modern Hierogyphics

I enjoyed reading "Modern Hieroglyphs". I had never thought about the visual signs that we see everyday as hieroglyphs, but I see now that they are. I can see how some of the signs would be difficult to understand if you were from a different culture, but some, like the ones for different types of sports, I would think anyone from any culture would be able to understand them. The only reason that they didn't understand them would be if they never watched or played that particular sport. I also found it interesting that the main time that the female figure is used is when it is on a bathroom door. I think that the use of modern hieroglyphs is a much more efficient and universal way of getting a message or an instruction across to the viewer. Especially, if the same hieroglyphs were used worldwide, than when someone was in another country and didn't know the language well, they would still be able to understand the visuals.

I found this picture of the male and female hieroglyph dancing from nopartnerrequired.net. It's a website that wants to get you out on the dance floor. I thought that it was a cute idea to use those recognizable images in a different way.

I found this picture, also when looking for a picture for the reading. I have never seen a male and female bathroom sign that was in this style before and thought that it was interesting.

I chose this picture because I thought that it was pretty witty. Especially, since the creator of the original male and female hieroglyphs in the 1920s was the Viennese philosopher and social scientist Otto Neurath.