
Making Sense
"Semiotics can be applied to creative development, artistic production, or policy design — not just to uncover meaning, but to shape it."
Commercial semioticians getting to know one another via dialogue, Q&As, and more. Also see: NARRATIVE.

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

Fascinating work and fun creative projects…

"Social media is a great way of working through intellectual problems… by allowing me to ‘offshore’ my own thinking."

"Since I started studying semiotics, I have been obsessed with trying to find the unmediated…"

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

"It's a dive, a luxurious possibility of immersing myself in a new technique, giving time to cohesive texts in a specific field."

"After a day of decoding meaning and navigating digital input, slipping into a well-crafted novel feels like a quiet indulgence."

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

"No learning can occur without reading books and real face-to-face conversations."

"There is life beyond signs — and beyond doing."

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."

"Never hesitate to share a story that’s weighing heavy on you. Someone else is feeling it too."

"What I find most compelling [about the DUNE movies] is author Frank Herbert’s and director Denis Villeneuve’s exploration of myth making."