“Taken from Seputar Indonesia Daily Newspaper published on Sunday, 14 September 2008. This caricature was the complement of Ayu Utami column titled “Bangkitnya Kelas Kreatif” that inspired by the book titled The Rise of Creative Class by Richard Florida.”
What do you think the image symbolizes?
September 16th, 2008 at 10:21 am
It’s very mathematical looking to me - reminds me of the pocket protector my engineer father used to wear to work every day. But at first glance I saw a cross between the ASL symbol for “I love you” and the “rock on” symbol of pop culture.
September 16th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Maybe the hand sign has specific cultural meaning in Indonesia, or maybe with Muslims. We’d need to know that to understand what the superimposed engineering tools mean.
Older than the “rock on” symbol, the hand sign used to represent the horns of a cuckold.