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Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1972

  • Work on this object began.

2023

2025

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Reproduction, Geographic Areas of Research for the Symbol Sourcebook

This is a Reproduction. It was published by McGraw-Hill. It is dated 1972. Its medium is print on paper. It is a part of the department.


This map introduced the Symbol Sourcebook’s Acknowledgments section and showed the global collaboration that made the book possible. Standards organizations, academic and technical departments of colleges and universities, and design centers worldwide corresponded with and hosted the Symbol Sourcebook team members during its production.

It is credited Henry Dreyfuss Archive.

Its dimensions are

variable

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols.

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