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Signs are part of our every day life, worldwide … like these three. They look similar but have different meanings: 1) the logo of Santander, a German bank, 2) the logo of steinecke, a German bakery chain, 3) the symbol for an Onsen, a hot spring in Japan. Which sign(s) caught your attention today? #signsofthecity #signsoflife #immaterialculturalheritage #intangibleculturalheritage #tuqtuli

As communication via icons seems to be in the air one of Julis students at the Media University Berlin, Pauline Heckmann, unaware of Mexico City and Toulouse, created icons for tube stations in Berlin in one of Juli's TUQTULI workshops last autumn #signsoflife #signsofthecity

Also in Toulouse, France, every station on the Metro has its own icon. They are highlighting the city’s cultural and historical heritage. People with cognitive, visual or mental disabilities, as well as foreigners and illiterate people, can therefore identify metro stops more easily. https://toulousesecret.com/en/pictograms-metro-toulouse/ #signsoflife #signsofthecity

Every station on the Mexico City Metro has its own icon. When they started many of the population at the time were illeterate. Santiago de Chile had the same tradition but, sadly, it was abandoned. #signsoflife #signsofthecity

Signs are part of our every day life, worldwide … like these in Friedrichshagen, Germany. Which sign(s) caught your attention today? #signsofthecity #signsoflife #immaterialculturalheritage #intangibleculturalheritage

Signs of our every day life are part of our imaginary visual dictionaries … like these in Berlin, Germany. Which sign(s) caught your attention today? #signsofthecity #signsoflife #immaterialculturalheritage #intangibleculturalheritage

In Bardenitz in Brandenburg (Germany) people sport these symbols on their mailboxes. At carnival, the children dress up and go from house to house. They leave these pictogram-shaped stickers on the letterbox wherever they are let in and invited for juice and cake. This relatively new tradition is called »zempern« #immaterialculturalheritage #intangibleculturalheritage #signsoflife

Tomato flower!

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So far so good..

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Chili plant leaves and few small white flowers and buds with blinders as background.

Signs are part of our every day life, worldwide … like these in Berlin, Germany. Which sign(s) caught your attention today? #signsofthecity #signsoflife #immaterialculturalheritage #intangibleculturalheritage

One plant has new digs, hope it perks up soon.

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Chili plant in gray pot, background is see-through curtains and blinders with white houses across the street visible.

Dagnabit, I need to raise and orientate the led strips higher.

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Chili and tomato plants with buildings acrosss the street as background, seen through open blinders and see-trough curtains.

Jim is still here, and finally able to poke his head out and prove it. #Blogging #Translation #SignsOfLife

Coming up for air

Signs are part of our every day life, worldwide … like these in Berlin, Germany. Which sign(s) caught your attention today? #signsofthecity #signsoflife #immaterialculturalheritage #intangibleculturalheritage

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Chili plant top parts with few buds coming out. Background is birch-themed curtain.

Signs are part of our every day life, worldwide … like these in Berlin, Germany. Which sign(s) caught your attention today? #signsofthecity #signsoflife #immaterialculturalheritage #intangibleculturalheritage

It’s in the air… Birgit Heitfeld sends this drinking game, Chupitos Torre, from Barcelona. (chupito = shot) Communicating with sequences of symbols is completely natural here. Have you seen anything like this? If so, please send photos and or your observations to mail@juligudehus.net #signsoflife