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Welcome To Signum
Signum is a cooperative association of academics and specialists from around the world, united by their common interest in marks and how we use them. Signum has been established to promote and support mark studies through conferences, publications and dissemination of news related to this emerging interdisciplinary field.
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Recent Posts
- From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script: An Ancient Egyptian System of Workmen’s Identity Marks
- TAG: Name Writing In Public Space
- Publication: The First Signs
- The Idea of Writing: Longhand and Shorthand
- Publication: Understanding Lapidary Signs
- The Idea of Writing: Beyond Speech?
- Publication: Branding Terror
- Non-Textual Marking Systems In Ancient Egypt
- Signum Publishes The First Issue of Re:marks
- Decoding Signs of Identity: Egyptian Workmen’s Marks
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3rd Party Publications Archive
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From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script: An Ancient Egyptian System of Workmen’s Identity Marks
Posted on January 27, 2018 | No CommentsWriting is not the only notation system used in literate societies. Some visual communication systems are very similar to writing, but work differently. Identity marks are typical examples of such […] -
Publication: The First Signs
Posted on January 18, 2016 | No CommentsThe first-ever exploration of little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art -
Publication: Understanding Lapidary Signs
Posted on January 5, 2015 | No CommentsA new publication on lapidary marks by Signum member Jean-Louis Van Belle -
Publication: Branding Terror
Posted on December 20, 2013 | No CommentsThe first comprehensive survey of the visual identity marks of world terrorist organizations -
Publication: Franz Ržiha’s 1881 Mark Study
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No CommentsA French edition of Studien über Steinmetz-Zeichen co-published by Véga/La Nef de Salomon -
Publication: The Science of the Swastika
Posted on May 15, 2011 | No CommentsA study of Sinnbildforschung, German ideograph studies, and the National Socialist regime. -
Publication: Cultures of Commodity Branding
Posted on May 11, 2011 | No CommentsA recent UCL series publication takes a new view of the historical continuity of branding. -
Publication: Signs in Culture and Tradition
Posted on June 12, 2010 | No CommentsSemiotic analysis of non-verbal communication focusing on Hungarian folk culture. -
Publication: Written on the Body
Posted on May 25, 2010 | No CommentsA collection of studies dealing with the tattoo as a Western cultural phenomenon. -
Publication: Marks of Excellence
Posted on May 25, 2010 | No CommentsA heavily illustrated overview of the history and taxonomy of trademarks.