the main tasks of ‘environmental graphics’ have been designated as: provision of instructions and essential information, environmental embellishment, ease of interconnection and visual identity establishment all of which can affect the culture and identity of the audience through an unconscious process. if we consider, on the one hand, the crisis of identity and cultural problems of the present...

one of the fundamental policies of the prophet in the field of education and establishing an ideal society based on religious teachings is the issue of ‘naming’. in order to build culture and identity, along with the qur’anic commands, the messenger of allah aimed – in all relevant areas such as selecting beautiful names for children, refining and changing adults’ names, nicknaming, reforming a...

Japanese culture is not easy to understand for the Westerner examining it from the outside. It takes many years of study for a foreigner to get a grip on it, be able to understand what is going on, and at least in some cases see why something is happening. I have put together a list of the major components as I understand it but apologize in advance for things that I have missed or imperfectly ...