A universal symbol for shampoo, soap and conditioner

Alex Bäcker

2012

1 min read

Abstract

A short proposal advocating for the creation and implementation of a universal, standardized set of symbols for shampoo, conditioner, and body wash to assist users who struggle to distinguish between these products in the shower.

Reprinted from my facebook page in 2012:

I have a modest proposal for the shampoo & conditioner industry: There is only one thing that people taking a shower need to know about those little flasks: which one is the shampoo, and which the conditioner. Perhaps even which the body wash is. And it's a pretty sure bet most people in the shower are not wearing their glasses. So can you please get your act together and use a large clear universal symbol for shampoo (think clean hair), another one for conditioner (think straight) and a final one for body wash (think clean body)? Leo Mollica, can you make this happen? Any artists out there want to put draft symbols together?

Cite This Work

Bäcker, Alex (2012): A universal symbol for shampoo, soap and conditioner. alexbacker.com/w/a-universal-symbol-for-shampoo-soap-and-conditioner. Originally published at http://alexbacker.pbworks.com/A-universal-symbol-for-shampoo%2C-soap-and-conditioner.