Comments on: Wordless Stories http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/2008/08/07/wordless-stories/ keeping it up in the translation/interpretation sphere Wed, 13 May 2009 04:04:55 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ilaria http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/2008/08/07/wordless-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Ilaria Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:49:52 +0000 http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/?p=451#comment-813 My guess for the bottom right: after washing, shampooing, blow drying and waxing, your car is ready; you can start the engine and go! ;) Pictograms are used, as you pointed out, in situations requiring that some information is immediately conveyed (e.g. an airport, a railway station) or when giving instructions by showing what is to be done is actually a more productive strategy. Nevertheless, I don't think words will go out of fashion so easily; rather - and also considering the recent raise in popularity of graphic novels - I would see it as an interaction between these and other visual ways of expressing concepts. Ilarias last blog post..<a href="http://airy-eel.blogspot.com/2008/08/sharing-vs-cutting-down.html" rel="nofollow">Sharing vs. cutting down</a> My guess for the bottom right: after washing, shampooing, blow drying and waxing, your car is ready; you can start the engine and go! ;)
Pictograms are used, as you pointed out, in situations requiring that some information is immediately conveyed (e.g. an airport, a railway station) or when giving instructions by showing what is to be done is actually a more productive strategy. Nevertheless, I don’t think words will go out of fashion so easily; rather – and also considering the recent raise in popularity of graphic novels – I would see it as an interaction between these and other visual ways of expressing concepts.

Ilarias last blog post..Sharing vs. cutting down

]]> By: Marine http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/2008/08/07/wordless-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Marine Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:42:20 +0000 http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/?p=451#comment-812 Moi je trouve on dirait qu'on lui fait un shampooing dans celle en bas à droite... mais vu qu'on l'a déjà lavée au milieu a gauche peut être que c'est effectivement du blow dry... Moi je trouve on dirait qu’on lui fait un shampooing dans celle en bas à droite… mais vu qu’on l’a déjà lavée au milieu a gauche peut être que c’est effectivement du blow dry…

]]> By: Mike Farho http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/2008/08/07/wordless-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Mike Farho Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:26:02 +0000 http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/?p=451#comment-811 Hi Nadine. Love your Clio! I think the bottom right image is supposed to tell you that they will blow dry your car. I know your car is licensed (matriculated) in France, because of the yellow and blue plate with the F in the blue section. Hi Nadine. Love your Clio!

I think the bottom right image is supposed to tell you that they will blow dry your car.

I know your car is licensed (matriculated) in France, because of the yellow and blue plate with the F in the blue section.

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