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Icon design gets graphic designers excited.
And a good icon transcends cultural differences.
Flip side: a bad icon can be a huge obstacle to communication.

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On Oct 26, 2005, at 11:14 AM, Patricia Verheyden wrote:

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> You could use icons, symbols,..
> But they might be country dependent
>
> Patricia
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> Verzonden: woensdag 26 oktober 2005 16:58
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: languages and traveling exhibits
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> Interesting thought! Thanks for the suggestion. Do you think that this
> is something that can work in multimedia, though?
>
> Charity Counts
> Int'l Traveling Exhibits Manager
> The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:45 AM
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> Subject: Re: languages and traveling exhibits
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> Charity,
>
> Can you design the exhibits so that panels of text can be changed  
> out -
> maybe with velcro or magnets? The exhibit itself remains basically the
> same just the text panels change. How about really being creative and
> designing the exhibit so they need no text - novel concept which I am
> certainly in favor of. Then your problem is solved!
>
> Joe Ruggiero
> www.TheExhibitGuys.com
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> Charity Counts wrote:
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>> We are currently working on a traveling exhibition that we plan to
>> travel to multiple countries around the world.
>>
>> I was wondering if you have traveling exhibitions that tour
>> internationally and how you deal with language in exhibit  
>> elements. Is
>> it best to make interactives and text panels bilingual or is it safe
>>
> to
>
>> create an exhibit only in English? If we make them bilingual, what  
>> two
>> languages are best to use?
>>
>>
>>
>> I have heard that some places deal with this issue by creating
>>
> multiple
>
>> versions of a single exhibit to send to different regions of the
>>
> world.
>
>> However, this may not be possible for us. Any suggestions??
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Charity
>>
>>
>>
>> Charity Counts
>>
>> Int'l Traveling Exhibits Manager
>>
>> The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
>>
>> 3000 N. Meridian St.
>>
>> Indianapolis, IN 46208
>>
>> 317.704.3520
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