Why is a striped T-shirt an icon for "small boy"? It helps if the stripes are red and white. Is there a similar icon for "little girl"?
What are other icons— especially those that may be useful in exhibit design? I can think of plenty of negative ones, starting with the old Cleveland Indians "logo". Eliciting a reaction— positive, one hopes (though negative may also be useful)— may help visitors relate to thematic concepts of an exhibition.
Images are from the New Yorker and Wikipedia.
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What do you think about Visual cultural studies? This seems to be right up your ally. One image that libraries fight against is the lady in glasses and hair in a bun. I dont mind the glasses but if I am going to wear my hair as a woman a bun is the last style I would try :P Unfortunately, many women feel the same way and now we might go to the extreme and do the sexy librarian look and lose professionalism.
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