
Debating in A Vacuum
“It’s like a jigsaw puzzle, all one color. No key to where the pieces fit in.”
Untangling the webs of significance within which we've suspended ourselves.

“It’s like a jigsaw puzzle, all one color. No key to where the pieces fit in.”

"What a semiotician offers is an authentic reading of their culture that only they can provide."

The semiotician who develops a working semiosphere model is an astronomer, geometer, mathematician … and cheesy magician too.

Call for contributions — for Semiofest Warsaw 2026 — is now open!

"It’s about attention to detail, and spotting what fits a pattern, and what doesn’t."

A session on serendipitous discoveries… that may or may not have been useful to our clients.

"Semiotics can be applied to creative development, artistic production, or policy design — not just to uncover meaning, but to shape it."

"There is neither a here nor a beyond but the great unity."

"Understanding people means understanding the context in which we operate, and the cultural webs of meanings we’re caught up in."

"I don’t think it’s hyperbolic to say that semiotics will be the last saving grace of humanity."

A session on influencing global perceptions, driving social change, and consolidating symbolic and political power.

"At the start of a semiotics project, you do not know the answer. You also do not know exactly how you will get that answer. You need to be comfortable with that kind of uncertainty."

Are some sections of a semiosphere more “permeable” than others?

"There’s a whole untapped evidence base out there in the form of culture itself."

"Even with AI to hand, clients crave a strategic, human-centric approach — where analysis meets creativity to deliver razor-sharp, real-world solutions."