My First Post

So this is my first blog. I still don't quite understand the point. I figure I'll use this blog to share pictures that I take of my work or of other work that I find interesting and try to talk about them if I can.

So I was in the Jacksonville airport on Saturday. I had driven some friends that had an earlier 1 pm flight, so I was stuck there for quite a few hours till my flight departed at 5pm. Needless to say I now know the Jacksonville airport like the back of my hand.

Anyway, I was wondering around and something caught my eye. As i was passing the entrance to the rest rooms I saw this.

 Both restrooms had, in edition the the familiar male and female symbols, quite a few other interpretations of the same symbol.

I laughed to myself because, as it turns out, This is actually an assignment I will have to do for my 2 dimensional design class later this semester that states, "Re-imagine the male and female rest room sings."

Seeing as I can't just rip this off (especially now that I've drawn attention to it). I will use these images to influence my work. I may even share with the class to inspire/steal other peoples ideas.

I did a little research and it turns out these "Pictograms" were actually studied and collected by the artist Gregor Turk from around the world. So as it turns out the, "familiar male and female symbols," are only familiar in the united states.