Signs & Visual Communication, Part 2a - Elements of Design

Calligram: a word or piece of text in which the design and layout of the letters creates a visual image related to the meaning of the words themselves. 

Courageous

Camera

Olifant

Pictograms: a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs were used as the earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC.

Restrooms

This shows a person where the restroom is but in the pictogram its basically saying theres boy and girl restrooms. 

Super Heroes

Theses are super hero's and the pictogram just shows all the different type of hero's.

Work area

This pictogram just shows that this is a work area and work area only.

Rebus: a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters; for instance, apex might be represented by a picture of an ape followed by a letter X.

1. I dream that I'm at the beach, and sharks are swimming in bubbles around me. Now's the to use my brain and turn the sharks into playful dolphins. 

2. The rebus that are being used is a picture of an eye, a beach, shark, bubbles, clock, a brain, and dolphins.

1. In the summer of 2002, a woman from the mountains and a man from the forest met in new york. Over the next many nights they spend lots of time together enjoying food, riding, and flying the globe. They made a great pair and fell in love. They finally decided to dive in and tie the knots. They invite you to their wedding in the Big Apple. 

2. Te rebus that are shown hear are a picture of the letter "I", a picture of a women, a picture of mountains, a picture of a man, a picture of a leaf, a picture on the statue of liberty, a moon a timer,  food, bike, plane, globe, pear, a man falling, a heart, a man diving, rope with knots, a wedding picture and a apple.

1. Library

2. The rebus hear is using pictures of a lion a brain and a ear.