The Phaistos disc from Crete was pretty amazing with all of its little unknown symbols. What is interesting is the variety of interpretations; from a call to arms, a curse, a prayer....
In year 3 I'd devised an alphabet entirely made up of symbols so that myself and my friends could pass around notes in class and the teacher wouldnt be able to read them if discovered haha - this disc reminded me of that. Primitive rough symbols yet representations of life and language at the time.
Here are some Australian Cave paintings that I thought were great at communication (picture writing):
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font types and tricks can alter the psychology of content.....
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Pop Up Books...
"Books with three-dimensional pop-ups are a good example of a small physical change in format which can make a dramatic impact. Although most commercial pop-up books basically fit into the traditional codex format, they present a challenge to the reader - she or he must assess and digest the visual surprise of the layout suddenly becoming three-dimensional as the page is turned. Pop-up books are in a sense value added."
Here are some pop up book examples.
And a link to a pop up book blog where the images were lovely: http://spagats.blogspot.com/2009/09/pop-up-book.html
I checked out the site posted by our lecturer for a pop up book exhibition:
My favourite was this one:
from Michael Wells and Graham Brown’s The Ultimate Pop-up Cocktail Book. London: Ward Lock, 1984. Paper engineering by Paul Wilgress.
It has such chaotic depth of field and I was suprised at how un kid like it really is. It's fantastic. I would definitely read this book.
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