Abstract:
The main objective of this research is to understand the purpose of using flower
illustration to signify the product characteristic in women magazines. The ustration meaning contruction process in this research composes of language of the flowers, concept of the body shape and odor, theories of psychology of color, line and form, symbol, semiotic study including the Jakobsons Communication Model. A total number of 15 flower-illustrated icons selected from women magazines printed during 2001 2003 (B.E. 2544 2546) are used for data analysis.
The finding of this research indicate that the signification of flowers can convey the product characteristics in terms of color, odor, feeling and mood through their pertinent symbolic meanings. The meaning construction process of flowers in women magazine advertisements consists of the following methods: 1) the use of flowers to infer symbolic meanings, 2) the reflection of connotative meaning of color, line, form and odor through floral icons, 3) the pictorial metaphor and 4) the context construction in advertisement as a means to lead the viewers
interpretation in correlation with the creator intention.