# Project Description

Signs and Semiology

Gus Reading

Summary

Final work

I’m a 20 year old student beginning my BA Illustration and Visual Communication course at the London College of Communication.

I’m a 20 year old student beginning my BA Illustration and Visual Communication course at the Lon...

College School of Pre-Degree Studies

Course UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Graduation year 2025

My project centred around semiology and the idea of messages being reduced and packed into iconic symbols and wayfinders. Initially beginning with bathroom stick-figures, I wondered if I could provide these symbols with a new purpose as a work of art, subverting their meaning whilst holding onto much of the shapes and forms from their original functions.

Final work

This was the result of my final installation, created with acrylic plastic for the sculptures and soft pastels for the backgrounds.

Research and process

This was mid-way through the setting up of the installation, and the process of deciding the final composition of the work.

The first three background pieces I created for the installation.

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My project centred around semiology and the idea of messages being reduced and packed into iconic symbols and wayfinders. Initially beginning with bathroom stick-figures, I wondered if I could provide these symbols with a new purpose as a work of art, subverting their meaning ...

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