URBAN COMMUNICATION | SIGNS AND SIGNALS | STADTGESPRÄCHE
Prohibition of Weapons, Vienna, Austria
Alcohol Prohibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sunbathing Prohibited, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria
Prohibited to Scribble, Campanile, Venice, Italy
Swimming is forbidden, Caorle, Italy
It is not allowed to eat ice cream, Berlin, Germany
The ignition of explosive devices is prohibited, Los Angels, USA
It is forbidden to feed the animals, Zoo, Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria
Rules, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
No dogs allowed, Caorle, Italy
Smoking prohibited, Rovinj, Istria
No smoking and handling with fire, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
The final prohibitions are still uncertain! Vienna, Austria
Sacred Place, Salamanca, Spain
No Alcoholic Beverages, Los Angeles, USA
Do not step on the railing, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
NO, Bellagio Casino, Las Vegas, USA
Don’t Litter Please! New York, USA
It is forbidden to climb on the walls …, Gordes, France
No Foot Traffic Allowed Beyond This Point, Luxor Casino, Las Vegas, USA
Do Not Honk, Paris, France
No Smoking, No Food, No Drinks, No Pictures, New Orleans, USA
No Fishing, Sydney, Australia
No Loitering, San Diego, USA
Between self-control
and external determination
Society emerges through cooperation and the necessary forms of mutual confrontation and negotiation.
The principles of composition of signs may refer to the relationships that forms a neighborhood. In urban areas private and public interests are confronted in a unique way. They are not only propagandistic support calls, but also stage private wishes, desires and feelings. Public and institutional concerns behave as individual messages, individual interventions are presented in a official-looking style.
Rule differences
for winners and losers
If we consider the regulatory signs in public space, the impression arises that the rules apply to all people equally. If in a park it is is forbidden to drink alcohol, to take a sunbath, to smoke or to carry weapons, those wont worry, who possess their own parks. Although the rules apply to everyone, they affect people to varying degrees.