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This reminds me of the Isotype project (1924-1934). If it isn't an inspiration it is an nice coincidence.

* Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotype_(picture_language)

* Isotype gallery: http://www.gerdarntz.org/isotype



Wow, there's an Isotype for "hiding your erection with a hat": http://www.gerdarntz.org/node/471


Yeah, I love how, for example, http://thenounproject.com/noun/bread/ is basically a vectorisation of http://www.gerdarntz.org/node/255 without acknowledgment.


It's probably a coincidence, I'd say. There are only that many ways to represent a piece of bread.




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