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Lawn

Synonyms / Other Terms Used

Public Green Space, Sunbathing Area

Category

Public Facilities, Recreation, Tourism

Message / Function

To indicate public green space designated for relaxation and lying in the grass

 

Source Description
ÖNORM A 3011 Public Information Symbol No 121: Public Green Space ÖNORM A 3011 Side view of human figure resting, several elements indicating grass and flowers
Austrian Standards Test Design: Lawn *) ON Testdesign Side view of human figure resting, several elements indicating grass and flowers
Austrian Standards Test Design: Lawn *) ON Testdesign Side view of human figure resting, several elements indicating grass and flowers
Austrian Standards Test Design: Lawn *) ON Testdesign Side view of human figure resting, several elements indicating grass and flowers
Pictogram Lawn from an unknown source 1) Unknown Side view of human figure resting, vertical lines indicating grass, flower above
Austrian Standards Test Design: Lawn 2) ON Testdesign Side view of human figure resting, several elements indicating grass
Austrian Standards Test Design: Lawn 3) ON Testdesign Side view of human figure resting, short vertical lines indicating grass
Pictogram Lawn (PKST) 4) PKST Side view of human figure resting, horizontal bar indicating ground
Pictogram Lawn from Carinthia 5) Kärnten Side view of human figure resting, dots and lines indicating grass
Pictogram No 0059 Sunbathing Area Aicher OAP Sun, side view of human figure lying, short bent lines indicating grass
Aicher & Krampen page 134: Pictogram Rest Room 6) Aicher &
Krampen
Side view of human figure lying
Draft of DIN Symbol for Lawn 7) DIN X Sun, side view of sunchair
Icon Lawn/Sunbathing Area from website https://www.bad-groenenbach.de/urlaub-gastronomie/gastgeber/ferienwohnungen.html Bad Grönenbach Side view of tree and sun lounger
Icon Lawn/Sunbathing Areafrom website https://elbhavelwinkel.com/gastgeber/gruenes-haus-im-elb-havel-winkel/ Elbhavelwinkel Side view of human figure on sun lounger, parasol
Pictogram Sunbathing Area from an unknown source 8) Unknown Sunchair
Draft of DIN Symbol for Resort DIN X Sun and flower
Icon No 3189285: Field, Grass, Lawn, Meadow by Dutchicon (Iconfinder) Dutchicon Side view of pointed grass

Discussion

The range of pictograms shown in the table above gives a good hint of the range of variants and image contents available for this referent. While quite a number of pictogram variants - most designed in the context of a project of the Austrian Standards Institute to develop a graphic symbol for the message Liege­wiese (German for a meadow or lawn established or designated for relaxing and lying in the grass) - show renderings of a human figure resting, plus several elements indicating grass and flowers, some focus on displaying a sunchair or sun lounger, optionally combined with other elements like a tree, the sun, or a parasol.

Research data presenting test results on comprehen­sibility of symbols concerning Lawn or Public Green Space is rather limited in our database:

To reduce the number of pictograms for detailed research on comprehen­sibility, Brugger (1984) examined eight pictogram variants on basis of an Appropriateness Ranking Test conducted in Austria. In the table above these pictograms are marked with 1) to 8) according to their scaled ranks resulting from the judged appropriateness to indicate a public green space specified for relaxation and resting in the grass.

On basis of these results new pictograms were designed and then the three variants labeled with *) in the table above were tested for under­standability using a Comprehension Test. In this study all proved to be well comprehen­sible, as more than 90 % of the responses could be classified as correct applying lenient scoring.

Just showing pointed grass, as shown in the variant at the bottom of the table and labeled Dutchicon, might result in confusions with Marsh, for example.

Recommendations

Lawn

Based on test results available we recommend the use of a pictogram similar to public information symbol No 121 of ÖNORM A 3011 part 7 to indicate a public green space designated for relaxation and lying in the grass.

Tests of pictograms of referent Lawn

Brugger, Ch. (1984): Reihungstest 1984. Report to the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) dated 19/84, Vienna.

Brugger, Ch. (1990): Abschlußbericht über den Verständnistest. Report to the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) dated 10/90, Vienna.

See also

Beach, Park, Picnic Area / Rest Area, Marsh
Accommodation, Hotel, Spa, Solarium

 

Updated 2024-09-03 by Ch.Brugger