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Imagine you had to create a warning that would be understood for 10,000 years. Not only by future generations, but perhaps by people who no longer think or speak like…

ISO and ANSI safety signs just don't seem to fit together. On the one hand abstract and sometimes trivializing and on the other hand dramatic, almost pictorial and highly individual.…

For some time now, the symbols "Installation, electrotechnical expertise" and "Installation, mechanical expertise" have increasingly been seen on electrical installation products, for example. These symbols are intended to indicate that…

We humans act far less rationally than we like to think. As technical writers, we need to speak to the instinctive, emotional side of our readers.

Nobody needs much explanation about what "Zack", "Zisch" or "Peng" stands for. Reading a comic is enough. But there is more to a comic than pure entertainment, such as an…

ISO 7010 provides some safety signs. However, depending on the application, these are often either too general, too specific or not available for the specific case. In order to warn…