Abstract

The present research seeks to understand how different types of pictograms can represent their objects in various ways, as well as having a variety of processes of interpretation in the face of the affection of signs. The solution proposed to this proposal ensues through a literature review regarding the classes of signs in Peircean semiotics. Taking into consideration that pictograms are visual signs, it is possible to understand that their intention is to represent a certain object for an interpreting mind as they seek to represent a certain concept collectively. This study is focused on the analysis of universal pictogram in six airport systems and six Olympic systems made by Rosa in which he obtained four methods of creating pictogram systems to ensure their formal coherence. With Rosa’s proposal and analysis, it is possible to deepen the philosophical knowledge about sign classification of pictograms, classifying them within the trichotomies of signs proposed by Peirce and later developed by Lucia Santaella and Winfried Nöth.