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Beyond emojis: an insight into the IKON language
13 Sep, 2022

Abstract This paper presents a new iconic language, the IKON language, and its philosophical, linguistic, and graphical principles. We examine some case studies to highlight the semantic complexity of the visual representation of meanings. We also introduce the Iconometer test …
SciLang 2022
17 Jul, 2022

SciLang: Holistic integration of languages into science and science into languages took place on Friday 8th July at the Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. The SciLang conference aims to promote a more holistic approach to languages and science for scientists interested …
KomunIKON Conferences
27 Jun, 2022

KomunIKON representatives will give talks at 3 prestigious academic conferences: 1) July 8th: SciLang 2022, a conference on holistic integration of languages into science and science into languages, University of Lancaster (Cesco Reale, Laura Meloni, Andriana Georgieva) Science …
Ludikon Game – Polyglot Gathering 2022
11 May, 2022

The Polyglot Gathering takes place every year in spring. It is the world’s biggest international event for polyglots and language lovers. Every presentation, activity, and social program is related to languages; this year, as in 2021, we presented our Ludikon Game at the …
KomunIKON Paper published in Springer
22 Nov, 2021

The paper "From Hieroglyphs to Emoji, to IKON: The Search of the (Perfect?) Visual Language" authored by some members of the KomunIKON team (Cesco Reale, Marwan Kilani, Araceli Giménez, Nadu Barbashova, Roman Oechslin) was published by Springer International Publishing in the …
KomunIKON meeting at the exhibition on visual languages
19 Aug, 2021

Some members of the KomunIKON team have met at the exhibition about visual languages in Freiburg, Germany. Jochen Gros, creator of Piktoperanto, also joined the group. Special thanks to the Museum für Neue Kunst for their kind acceptance.