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Semiotics for Designers & Illustrators.
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New book out in 2026
This is the Semiosis 101 Bluesky account featuring creative-centric video explanations of how to apply pragmatic semiotic theory into design & illustration.
www.youtube.com/@Semiosis101Channel
New book out in 2026
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· Aug 11
My latest semiotic book newsletter is now available to read on Semiosis 101’s Semiotic Resource
bit.ly/003TheInitia...
003: My writing process… the initial 'draft' of my new #Semiotics for #Designers and #Illustrators book.
Please have a read of the newsletter (and a repost is always welcome)…
bit.ly/003TheInitia...
003: My writing process… the initial 'draft' of my new #Semiotics for #Designers and #Illustrators book.
Please have a read of the newsletter (and a repost is always welcome)…
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreicahofq6s4xow7vowj7dx6odw6ejdwr4kwcmzta7qwi4hg2nvywji@jpeg)
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Greta Thunberg releases a video describing the conditions faced by Palestinian adults and children in Israeli custody after her release.
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Greta Thunberg releases a video describing the conditions faced by Palestinian adults and children in Israeli custody after her release.
What she said ✊🏻 #NoImpunity2WarCrimes
Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.
October 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What she said ✊🏻 #NoImpunity2WarCrimes
Free Greta Thunberg
October 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Projections of U.S. President Donald Trump, Britain's Prince Andrew and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were put on display against the walls of Windsor Castle while Trump was in Britain for a state visit.
September 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Projections of U.S. President Donald Trump, Britain's Prince Andrew and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were put on display against the walls of Windsor Castle while Trump was in Britain for a state visit.
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Love “Truss Pork Market” 🤣 (butcher must be bankrupt by now?) I’m looking forward to getting this book soon. Good luck with it 👍🏻
The only way you could ever take in every quirky detail in our busy busy double-page spreads, is for Scarlett to take you on a tour.
Are you ready for some minuscule surprises?
Are you ready for some minuscule surprises?
September 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Love “Truss Pork Market” 🤣 (butcher must be bankrupt by now?) I’m looking forward to getting this book soon. Good luck with it 👍🏻
My first free book newsletter is now available to read bit.ly/001WhyIwrote...
In 001: Why I wrote this book… discusses why I felt it important to write my 2026 #Semiotics for #Designers and #Illustrators book which will be published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts next Spring.
In 001: Why I wrote this book… discusses why I felt it important to write my 2026 #Semiotics for #Designers and #Illustrators book which will be published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts next Spring.
July 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My first free book newsletter is now available to read bit.ly/001WhyIwrote...
In 001: Why I wrote this book… discusses why I felt it important to write my 2026 #Semiotics for #Designers and #Illustrators book which will be published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts next Spring.
In 001: Why I wrote this book… discusses why I felt it important to write my 2026 #Semiotics for #Designers and #Illustrators book which will be published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts next Spring.
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We are delighted to hear that @zarahsultana.bsky.social is working on forming a socialist party. Anyone sniping from the sidelines should read ‘Cynicism is the Enemy of Action’ from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social newsletter.
Socialism is possible, don’t give up on the future!
Socialism is possible, don’t give up on the future!
July 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We are delighted to hear that @zarahsultana.bsky.social is working on forming a socialist party. Anyone sniping from the sidelines should read ‘Cynicism is the Enemy of Action’ from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social newsletter.
Socialism is possible, don’t give up on the future!
Socialism is possible, don’t give up on the future!
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Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
July 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.
Join us. The time is now.
Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...
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If you want to see Kneecap at Glastonbury standing up for Palestine.
RT and send the message.
RT and send the message.
June 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
If you want to see Kneecap at Glastonbury standing up for Palestine.
RT and send the message.
RT and send the message.
Well that’s a wrap. 75000 words of sweet semiotic goodness to enhance how you visually communicate to an audience. Semiotics for Designers and Illustrators: Using Peirce’s Semiotic Sign-action to Give Visual Communication (more) Meaning 1/2
April 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Well that’s a wrap. 75000 words of sweet semiotic goodness to enhance how you visually communicate to an audience. Semiotics for Designers and Illustrators: Using Peirce’s Semiotic Sign-action to Give Visual Communication (more) Meaning 1/2
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
In TEN WAYS TO FRAME MEANING: Encoding Different Levels of Engagement we discuss how to use #Peirce’s 10 semiotic sign classes to frame meaning for different purposes through 3 lenses of Perception, Representation & Delivery youtu.be/Mv9NqGDhMUY #design #illustration #Peirce
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
February 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In TEN WAYS TO FRAME MEANING: Encoding Different Levels of Engagement we discuss how to use #Peirce’s 10 semiotic sign classes to frame meaning for different purposes through 3 lenses of Perception, Representation & Delivery youtu.be/Mv9NqGDhMUY #design #illustration #Peirce
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
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A public information message concerning Nazis.
May 14, 2023 at 8:23 PM
A public information message concerning Nazis.
In FOREVER ENCODERS: Why You Have Always Been Working Semiotically we review Semiosis 101’s season 3 to explore what we have discovered about #Peirce's semiotics so far. In youtu.be/5YW4b1JKrsI we go on a deep dive into ways Semiosis can be applied into #design or #illustration
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
January 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In FOREVER ENCODERS: Why You Have Always Been Working Semiotically we review Semiosis 101’s season 3 to explore what we have discovered about #Peirce's semiotics so far. In youtu.be/5YW4b1JKrsI we go on a deep dive into ways Semiosis can be applied into #design or #illustration
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
In SEMIOTIC SIGNS: Think… Design… Semiosis… we reveal the application of semiotic sign-action. A thank you to co-directors Ian Fuggle & Sara Jane Chapman for permission to use Hudson Fuggle’s work as an example on Semiosis 101 youtu.be/oDmYYkyTt6o #design #illustration #Peirce
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
January 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In SEMIOTIC SIGNS: Think… Design… Semiosis… we reveal the application of semiotic sign-action. A thank you to co-directors Ian Fuggle & Sara Jane Chapman for permission to use Hudson Fuggle’s work as an example on Semiosis 101 youtu.be/oDmYYkyTt6o #design #illustration #Peirce
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
In TEN WAYS TO FRAME MEANING: Encoding Different Levels of Engagement we discuss how to use #Peirce’s 10 semiotic sign classes to frame meaning for different purposes through 3 lenses of Perception, Representation & Delivery youtu.be/Mv9NqGDhMUY #design #illustration #Peirce
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
January 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In TEN WAYS TO FRAME MEANING: Encoding Different Levels of Engagement we discuss how to use #Peirce’s 10 semiotic sign classes to frame meaning for different purposes through 3 lenses of Perception, Representation & Delivery youtu.be/Mv9NqGDhMUY #design #illustration #Peirce
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
In SIGN-VEHICLES: Semiotically Getting Meaning Into the World we will expand on what #Peirce’s ten semiotic sign classes can mean within contemporary #design or #illustration practice. This will be delivered to you through three semiotic sign-vehicles youtu.be/u1yPGULWGsw
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
January 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In SIGN-VEHICLES: Semiotically Getting Meaning Into the World we will expand on what #Peirce’s ten semiotic sign classes can mean within contemporary #design or #illustration practice. This will be delivered to you through three semiotic sign-vehicles youtu.be/u1yPGULWGsw
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
In PEIRCE’S TOP TEN SIGNS: Ten Classifications of Semiotic Power we discuss the mindful alignment of semiotic thinking with ideation to aid the creative to work smarter, and not ‘louder,’ structured by #Peirce’s 10 semiotic sign classes youtu.be/atrEgLWuwgk #design #illustration
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
January 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In PEIRCE’S TOP TEN SIGNS: Ten Classifications of Semiotic Power we discuss the mindful alignment of semiotic thinking with ideation to aid the creative to work smarter, and not ‘louder,’ structured by #Peirce’s 10 semiotic sign classes youtu.be/atrEgLWuwgk #design #illustration
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
In INTERPRETATION AS DESIGN: Semiotic Signs Enhancing Visual Communication we will focus on semiotically enhancing aesthetic decisions to ensure your target audience can only interpret what you intend youtu.be/-MtowGoLlCY #design #illustration #Peirce #semiotics
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook
January 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
In INTERPRETATION AS DESIGN: Semiotic Signs Enhancing Visual Communication we will focus on semiotically enhancing aesthetic decisions to ensure your target audience can only interpret what you intend youtu.be/-MtowGoLlCY #design #illustration #Peirce #semiotics
bit.ly/SemioticBook
bit.ly/SemioticBook