The Invisible Dictionary

above are two iterations of posters based around the social practices associated with the dictionary. basically i went with a contrast of the physical [book] dictionary and the ubiquitous dictionary [the one in your mobile or web browser or google search bar].

The blue and yellow pair were what i used in the final critique and were completed a week after the two that are dripping with cooper. I am still very much in love with the bottom pair and was coerced into changing them [greatly] by a professor who doesn't like cooper. The real argument was that the final would need copy and "it would be hard to establish a hierarchy using a font like cooper..." because whereas something like futura has medium, black, condensed etc, cooper has black and italic.

holler.

Fuck, it's cmyk...

[THE STRENGTH OF GODZILLA!]
[THE FINEST IN JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY!]

so, this is actually purple, but i'm too lazy to resave it as rgb. it's for a timeline i'm doing on The Dictionary.

The first handheld electronic dictionary was made in 1979 in Japan.

The first predictive text programs were being used as early as 1971, text messages didn't hit the public till 1995.

The second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was fully digitized by 120 keyboarders, had 350,000,000 characters and needed 55 proof readers.


i did this instead of working on my timeline...

...off to jackpot.

so, this is my final concept map. small i know, you can def read all the details with a microscope though.

Beginnings of Dictionary Concept Map

I wish it was bigger. 

Nice crit today, but this is soooooooooo in its infancy.

See you later.