Study on the emergence and development of the movement of internationalpicture language(international graphic symbols) after ISOTYPE

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21520143
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: IHARA Hisayasu 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 准教授 (20193633)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: デザイン史 / ピクトグラム / アイソタイプ / オットー / ノイラート / グラフィックデザイン

Research Abstract

This study tried to give a new and comprehensive picture of the development of international picture language(international graphic symbols), from Isotype began to disseminate internationally in the 1930s u to the movement of standardization of graphic symbols rose in the 1960s. By focusing on the activities of Rudolf Medley who had the experience of working under Otto Neurath in Vienna and later pursued his own direction for making pictorial statistics in the lgsos' USA, and also by comparing his activities and Neurath' s, this study revealed the fact that it was Medley rather than Neurath who significantly contributed to the history of this movement.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Rudolf Medley s contribution to the standardization of graphic symbols (2011)
  • Author(s): Hisayasu Ihara
  • Journal Title: Prom dir cf IA SDR 2011
  • URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2324/20301
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Rigor and relevance in theInternational Picture Language : Rudolf Medley' s Criticism against Otto Neurath and his activities in the context of the rise of the" Americanization of Neurath Method' (2009)
  • Author(s): Hisayasu Ihara
  • Journal Title: Procesclingp of IASDR 2009 Volume: CD-ROM Pages: 18-22
  • URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2324/20302
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] RudolfMedley' ss contribution to the standardization of graphic symbols (2011)
  • Author(s): Hisayasu Ihara
  • Organizer: The 4th world conference on design research, Delft University of Technology
  • Place of Presentation: Delft, the Netherlands
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-03
• [Presentation] Rigor and relevance in the International Picture Language : RudolfMedley' ss criticism against Otto Neurath and his activity in the context of the rise of the" Americanization of Neurath Method" (2011)
  • Author(s): Hisayasu Ihara
  • Organizer: The 3rd world conference on design research
  • Place of Presentation: Coex, Seoul, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-20
• [Presentation] グリフス社におけるルドルフ・モドレイの活動一一アイソタイプ以降のシンボル標準化運動の展開2- (2011)
  • Author(s): 伊原久裕
  • Organizer: 日本デザイン学会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉工業大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-06-25
• [Presentation] アイソタイプ以降のシンボル標準化運動の展開 (2010)
  • Author(s): 伊原久裕
  • Organizer: 日本デザイン学会第五支部研究発表会
  • Place of Presentation: 崇城大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-23
• [Presentation] 恐慌下のアメリカの視覚化: 1930年代のアメリカにおけるアイソタイプ運動 (2009)
  • Author(s): 伊原久裕
  • Organizer: 日本デザイン学会全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋市立大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-27
• [Book] Isotype (2012)
  • Author(s): Benjamin Benus, Christopher Burke, Hisayasu Iham, Eric Kinder, Robin Kinross, Emma Minns, Sue Walker
  • Publisher: Hyphen Press(London)(出版予定)
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.hyphenpress.co.wk/journal/2011/08/01/isotype_anewbook)
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.isotyperevisited.org/2011/08/isotypethebookhtml