Isotype

Linoleum-cut and print of an Isotype symbol by Gerd Arntz, 1930's, from the Arntz archive, now at the Municipal Museum, The Hague.

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When Arntz was asked by Otto Neurath to join his team at he Vienna Museum of Society and Economy, and develop Isotype, he took it as an opportunity to expand the reach of his political beliefs into the realm of actively informing the proletariat, albeit as a graphic designer.

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Gerd Arntz, commissioned by Otto Neurath, developed the Isotype visual dictionary, consisting of over 4000 symbols.

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Neurath and Arntz further developed their method in the 1930s into Isotype.

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The legibility of Isotype is determined by the simplicity of its symbols.

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Gerd Arntz draws the Isotype symbol for 'unemployed'.

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Rotha co wrote the movie and produced it but he also had the cooperation of the Isotype Institute for the maps and charts used.

Masters of Media Margarida Fonseca 2010

Human BIN1 (Isotype 8) cDNA was obtained from Origene.

PLoS Biology: New Articles Ting-Ting Hong et al. 2010

The Isotype symbols were not meant to completely replace words, but to summarize and support the verbal content of the statistics.

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Gerd Arntz drew more than 4000 'signatures' (pictograms or small illustrations) for Isotype to be used in visual statistics.

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