Making Sense
"It is gold when a client suddenly realizes that the cultural codes and dynamics playing out in an entirely different industry hold key answers to their own questions."
Semionaut
Giving voice to the global community of applied/commercial semioticians. (This "topic" is named after a now-defunct website founded by Malcolm Evans and Josh Glenn.) Click here to view Semiofest Sessions only, or here to view MAKING SENSE Q&As only.
Making Sense
"Many client questions are not only about behaviour or preference, but about meaning."
Making Sense
"The most satisfying projects are those where meaning is operating everywhere at once."
Making Sense
"When we interrogate social taboos, we can steer towards significant transformation."
Making Sense
"Applied semiotics allows you to read any object as a novel!"
Session: Semiotics & Food
On July 31st! A session exploring food myths, magic, and munches.
Making Sense
"A label, a framing choice, a repeated gesture, a category, a visual convention, a protocol: these are often the places where larger systems become visible."
Making Sense
"What does semiotics bring to the party?" is the key question.
Making Sense
"Make abstract ideas and observations clear, without losing the rigour or wonder of whatever ideas you had in the first place. "
Session: Viscosity Redux
On June 26th! A session exploring semiotic "viscosity."
Making Sense
"Unlike LLMs, we help build a deep understanding of culture, not just engage in pattern recognition."
Making Sense
"You notice when a system is addicted to an old myth it can no longer metabolize."
Making Sense
"If analysis doesn’t restore the beauty, texture, or emotional vibration of an object, it becomes abstract."
Session: Festschrift for Malcolm
On May 29th! A session honoring Malcolm Evans…