lecture 4: pictograms

i think the lesson learnt from the lecture is that pictograms are abstract. as simple and obvious as that sounds quite duh that a pictogram needs to be abstract but its not as simple as it sounds. it needs to not be entirely like what it signifies yet it needs to have some form or relation to it.

our assignment is to create a pictogram that can be used in nus. and it struck me immediately to do something about water coolers, since we have so many of them yet no one really knows where they are! i was rather pleased with myself d=