When visiting the archives in the MOSI there was a series of posters and advertisements ranging from the late 19th century onwards. Company's that would send products to non-English speaking countries would put these bright recognizable images on the products, shipments and in shop windows. Some have English, Arabic, or both languages on them while others just had images on them. This idea was very effective in that if someone was not able to read the language on the package to remember it for next time, they would just recognize the images and colours. This got me thinking that in the future with the possibility of many cultures coming together, and therefore many languages we may have to resort to this technique again.
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