Media Diet
"Good-natured comedy is what my brain is craving, at least for now."
Decoding the world of culture, design, and marketing.
Making Sense
"Be passionate. Go crazy. This is the only way to do semiotics."
Media Diet
"To be a successful semiotician, you just have to know as much as possible about the world…"
The Man with Six Senses
"We are surrounded by imperceptible, patterned forces that subtly guide our behavior…"
Media Diet
"The Financial Times supplements HTSI and Life & Arts consistently feed my curious mind — with just the right touch of hedonism."
Making Sense
"Place is storied, and stories are placed."
Media Diet
"A character that's not given or explained but deconstructed — that is a semiotician’s dream."
Media Diet
"I prefer magazines whose editors are concerned not with what they suspect I might want to read, but rather with what they want me to read."
Making Sense
"Like any great work (in any field), semiotic insight needs to move us emotionally."
Media Diet
"My Instagram feed is this mash-up of personal moments and cultural commentary — it keeps me grounded while also feeding my curiosity."
Media Diet
"I slip from one state of enchantment into another…"
Making Sense
"Nothing gives me more cultural satisfaction than a well-crafted Semiotic Square that works."
Media Diet
"Many of us continue with 'normal life,' even as we are confronted by signs of crisis: political instability and new conflicts."
Embassytown
"The Ariekei's discovery of the myriad possibilities of signifier/signified connections proves catastrophic."
Session: Doing Semiotics in Asia
A session on semiotics in Asian contexts… and how Eastern philosophies might expand the way we think about meaning-making.