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Icoon, Communicates through Images
Icoon is a passport-sized illustrated dictionary that contains photos and drawings to help travelers communicate without any problems. |
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 How do you say coconut in Russian? Just point. |
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This 78 page pink book is the invention that travelers who don’t speak languages have been awaiting for years. It’s a dictionary that uses the most universal of languages: images. Its pages are filled with drawings, illustrations and photographs so that travelers can point to them. This way, they won’t go crazy trying to ask for a room with a shower in India, an electrical converter in Japan or a fruit salad in Madagascar.
The drawings are divided into 12 categories made up of groups of symbols that stand for everyday objects. Different types of clothing, food categories, travel items, colors, maps of countries… there are even drawings that depict actions such as a man drowning or a woman who just fainted. Everything you need to survive in a foreign country and even make friends with people who don’t speak your language.
The illustrations are minimalist and simple, with no complicated details that may potentially confuse people. The book was designed by Gosia Warnick, who traveled the world carrying a notebook where she started jotting down symbols to communicate the needs that came up in each country. Then she compiled them into this book with all types of travelers in mind: backpackers, families, business people, groups of friends, couples, and solo travelers. According to her, “we’re highly influenced by the simplicity of visual communication, and it’s only possible to communicate with all types of people, from all parts of the world.”
It’s the perfect travel companion, it won’t complain or take up space, and thanks to it you’ll have no problems on your vacation. It weights only 60 grams (2 ounces) and, because it’s the size of a passport, you can stick it in your jeans pocket.
You can buy Icoon at Curiosite
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