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Visual Puns in Design

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PUN

WORDS = SYMBOLS

Photo by Josh Kenzer

VISUAL PUN

(A PUN) IS A PISTOL LET OFF AT THE EAR;

NOT A FEATHER TO TICKLE THE INTELLECT

CHINESE IDEOGRAMMATIC COMPOUNDS

Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter

Photo by Steve Rhodes

EST. OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

PUNNING & RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS

JAN VAN EYCK, THE FRIEDSAM ANNUNCIATION

RENAISSANCE: CONTENT OF PAINTINGS

GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO: TIMELESS PUNS

(1527-1593)
Photo by asirap

PORTRAIT OF RUDOLPH I

THE NYMPH FLORA (1591)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: PUNS & WORD PLAY

Photo by keepthebyte

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OF PUNS IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT MOST DISLIKE, WHO ARE LEAST ABLE TO UTTER THEM

EDGAR ALLEN POE

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HENRI MATISSE, PORTRAIT OF MADAME MATISSE (1905)

WORLD WAR I

1914-1918
Photo by drakegoodman

MARCEL DUCHAMP, L.H.H.O.Q. (1909)

1916, 1917 - ZURICH, BARCELONA, NEW YORK

MAN RAY, LE CADEAU (1921)

CONSTANTINE BRANCUSI, TORSO OF A YOUNG MAN (1917-1922)

PABLO PICASSO, BULL'S HEAD (1943)

PABLO PICASSO, BABOON AND YOUNG (1951)

SURREALISM

'SOCIAL REALISTS' WHO 'EXPRESS' IDEAS AND FEELINGS

MAN RAY, VIOLON D'INGRES (1925)

WHERE A DOUBLE MEANING IS PROJECTED GRAPHICALLY,

(THE VISUAL PUN) MAY BE INFORMATIVE & ENTERTAINING AS WELL

HOW PUNS WORK?

THE PUN EFFECT HAPPENS WHEN THE VIEWER BECOMES AWARE OF POSSIBLE MEANINGS

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VISUAL SYMBOL - THE BASIC UNIT OF PUNNING

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SYMBOLS CAN TRIGGER A VARIETY OF INTELLECTUAL ASSOCIATIONS

Photo by C-Monster

USING SYMBOLS TO CREATE PUNS

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THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE; CLARENCE LEE, SEASON'S GREETINGS CARD (1973)

PENTAGAM

BRALDT BRALDS, LIFE BEGINS AT 90

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PAUL RAND, AIGA 50 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

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