Paris pictograms from the International Olympic Committee and historical pictograms from the Olympic Studies Centre. Text by Kelsey Ables. Story editing by Kendra Nichols. Photo editing by Jintak Han.

He also owns a lot of ugly Christmas sweaters. And with its inclusion comes an entirely new pictogram! You know, those cute, stylized images of human beings performing various sporting activities?

The author is an industry 1 team reporterof the JoongAng Ilbo. Pictogram is a compound word combining picture and telegram. It was created to deliver information quickly through pictures without text.

Today we look at pictograms, symbols that say a lot without any words. Let’s see how many of these communication icons make universal sense. A pictogram or pictograph is a symbol representing a ...

The simplicity and standardization of the isotype language came more fully into the Olympic pictogram arena with the 1972 Munich Olympics, but in between came the 1968 Mexico games, where, as ...

Designers and asylum seekers collaborated on the pictograms, which help ease communication in refugee camps. Last October, when refugees were arriving in droves in European cities from places like ...

Researching modern pictograms on a worldwide basis, the team produced 34 distinct pictograms. By 1979, 16 more symbols were added to the system, which brought the total to 50, where it remains today.