The 1,240-page Google Dictionary is Technologically Savvy
The Google dictionary capitalizes on the old adage: a picture is worth a thousand words.
Created by London Designers Ben West and Felix Heyes, this photo-heavy dictionary offers the first Google image as the ‘definition’ of a word. The traditional 21,000 words featured in this resource book do not have usage examples, synonyms, antonyms or tools to help you pronounce, but rather, are represented by high-gloss pictures sourced from the Internet.
As people spend more time on the web, the way in which information is synthesized evolves, so a dictionary like this is revolutionary. With infographics and the ‘meme’ phenomenon as Internet staples, it is about time that other academic resources catch up.
Created by London Designers Ben West and Felix Heyes, this photo-heavy dictionary offers the first Google image as the ‘definition’ of a word. The traditional 21,000 words featured in this resource book do not have usage examples, synonyms, antonyms or tools to help you pronounce, but rather, are represented by high-gloss pictures sourced from the Internet.
As people spend more time on the web, the way in which information is synthesized evolves, so a dictionary like this is revolutionary. With infographics and the ‘meme’ phenomenon as Internet staples, it is about time that other academic resources catch up.
