It’s in the air … Everybody can #tuqtuli! Like those who gave these instructions on this machine in Berlin, Germany. What do you understand? Please put it in the comments! Have you seen anything like this? If so, please send photos and or your observations to [email protected] #signsoflife

It’s in the air … Everybody can #tuqtuli! Like those who gave these instructions in the bus in France, seen by Loïc Marleix @MoritzBrouhaha. What do you understand? Please put it in the comments! Have you seen anything like this? If so, please send photos and or your observations to [email protected] #signsoflife

In the summer semester of 2026, I will be standing in for Prof. Daniel Utz @dnlutz at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design, leading a seminar on the topic of ‘visual thinking’. The students’ task will be to translate the instructions for various medicines into symbols. The resulting works will be exhibited in various locations as part of the #milulayuproject. At the same time, this seminar forms part of the contribution to Frankfurt’s programme as World Design Capital. In the summer, the students’ tuqtuli translations will be featured in the WDC campus exhibition at the Museum Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts). #tuqtuli

… and came up with their individual suggestions. … #ibuproject #tuqtuli

They worked on it in groups of three to six students … #ibuproject #tuqtuli

Recently, #ibuproject member Adam Yeo, assistant professor of graphic design, and lecturer-researcher at the University of Bondoukou, Côte d'Ivoire, had his students translate the medical instructions for ibuprofen into #tuqtuli! …

Signs of our every day life are part of our imaginary visual tuqtuli dictionaries … like these in Clermont-Ferrand, seen by @MoritzBrouhaha. Which sign(s) caught your attention today? #signsofthecity #signsoflife #immaterialculturalheritage #intangibleculturalheritage #tuqtuli

On 17 March at 11 a.m., I will be appearing on Kathrin Kunze's MedTalk podcast to discuss my #TUQTULI project and its first interdisciplinary, and international collaboration, the #ibuproject. I hope you can join us live! https://lnkd.in/dHYBRMvk https://lnkd.in/dztkyWx8

It’s in the air … Everybody can #tuqtuli! Like those who gave these instructions in the Spleen club in Melbourne, Australia, seen by Stefanie Urbach. What do you understand? Please put it in the comments! Have you seen anything like this? If so, please send photos and or your observations to [email protected] #signsoflife

Signs belong to our every day life, worldwide and could well be part of a tuqtuli visual vocabulary … like these in Berlin, Germany. Which sign(s) caught your attention today? #signsofthecity #signsoflife #immaterialculturalheritage #intangibleculturalheritage #tuqtuli