North Face social
The CODE-X series catalogs a vast codex of source codes (aka “signs”) extracted from past audits.
The object of study in semiotics is not the signs but rather a general theory of signification; the goal of each “audit” is to build a model demonstrating how meaning is produced and received within a category or cultural territory. Signs on their own, therefore, only become truly revelatory and useful once we’ve sorted them into thematic complexes, and the complexes into codes, and the codes into a meaning map. We call this process “thick description”; the Code-X series is thin description.
“NO (CITY) LIMITS” NORM: Opportunities to test yourself are all around — you don’t need to go into the wilderness.
“NO (CITY) LIMITS” FORMS: Adventurers testing their skills, curiosity, bravery, fortitude, etc. — but in an urban context.