Graphic Design & Illustration Universal Symbols Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission.  Trade & Industrial Education

Universal symbols Symbols must be easily understood Symbols must be used consistently Symbols must be placed in visible locations Symbols must mean what they say Symbols must be simple Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 

Your first job is Examine existing universal symbols Redesign 5 of them Share these with the class Allow the class to determine if they read as you intended Are they successful? Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission. 

Your next job Create 8 brand new symbols – such as no TV, shoe store ahead, no talking Render these simplistically Place each in a bordered square on a solid background Do not label them Critique them Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2011. All rights reserved. Images and other multimedia content used with permission.