Image concepts

Creating a language for image concepts

Images already used on the wiki (those in uppercase are used very often):

• Vegetables: CARROTS, cauliflower, tomato, aubergine, broccoli, cabbage...
• Fruits: orange, strawberry...
• Insects: BUTTERFLY, bumblebee, wasp...
• Animals: CHICKEN, EGG, goldfish, rat, camel, kitten, dog, crow...
• Humans: 'holding hands', hands, SILHOUETTES...
• Writing tools: paper-clip, PENs, pencils, scissors, MAGNIFYING-GLASS, filingbox
• Gardening tools: wheelburough, hoe, SHED...
• Builders tools: LADDER, WORKBENCH, hammer, hardhat...
• Kitchen tools: BIN, candle, cutlery...
• Furniture/products: sofa, chair, compact mirror, table...
• Toys/games: rubik-cube, puzzles, abacus...
• Transport: cars: Hummer, Smart, bicycles, mopeds...
• Media: COMPUTER, BOOKS...
• Nature: flowers, grass, clouds...
• Other: TETRAHEDRON, BINOCULARS, DOLLARS/MONEY,fortune-cookie...

Ideas for images to be used on the wiki (based on notes from brainstorm on meeting 25/04/08) :

Places:

• Children: toyshop, playground, sandcastle,
• Buildings: high-rise,
• Monuments: statue of liberty,
• Public places: airport, beach,

People:

• Characters: pirate, ghost, silhouettes,
• Cults: hip-hop artist,
• Groups: circle of people,
• Men/ Women/ Children:
• Professions: storyteller,
• Human body: hands, brain,

Natural world:

• Landscapes:
• Weather: clouds,
• Space: sun, moon, stars, planet-earth,
• Seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter
• Elements: fire, earth, water, ice, air,
• Vegetal: seeds, cow-dung, grass, flowers,
• Mineral: diamond,

Animal world:

• Insects: butterfly, bumble-bee, ant, wasp, spider web,
• Mammals: whales, dog, kitten, rat, camel,
• Reptiles:
• Fish: shark, goldfish,
• Birds: parrot, crow,
• Pre-historic: dinosaurs,

Home & Garden:

• Household: socket, plug, wind-up gramophone, iron, matchbox, dynamo, bins, mirror, alarm clock,
• Office: filingbox, post-it notes, scissors, books, pens, pencils,
• Kitchen: knife, cutlery,
• Garden: shed, a net, wheel borough, hoe,
• Furniture: table, sofa, chair,
• Tools: abacus, magnifying-glass,stethoscope, stamps, post-cards, blackboard, hammer,
• Lighting: lanterns, candles (burnt each end, blowing in the wind …)

Everyday items:

• Accessories: top-hat, suitcase, facemask, spectacles, binoculars (red), hairclip,
• Jewellery: rings, chains,
• Footwear: flip-flop, shoes, snow boots,
• Gadgets: computer, robot,
• Clothing & apparel: tutu,
• Money: dollars, coins, pennies,

Materials: Hemp, feathers, clay, metal, plasticine,

• Colours:
• Patterns: graffiti,
• Textures:

Food & Drink:

• Beverages: champagne, tea-cup, red wine, beer,
• Dairy: eggs (chicken/duck), boiled egg + eggcup, omelette, cheese,
• Fruit: strawberry, orange,
• Vegetables: carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, tomato, aubergine
• Sweets: dumle
• Meat:
• Fish & seafood: oysters, lobster,
• Bakery: bread, fortune cookie,
• Seasoning: salt & pepper

Leisure:

• Sport:
• Toys & games: beach ball, juggling balls, tight rope, magic tricks, bucket & spade, dolls, storm-trouper, puppet on strings, puzzle (bit of), tetrahedron, Rubik cube,
• Camping: picnic, tent, fishing rod,

Events:

• Rituals:
• Celebrations:

Transport:

• Public: subway, taxi,
• 4-wheels: Chrysler, hummer, smart,
• 3-wheels:
• 2-wheels: bicycle, moped,
• aircrafts: airplane, helicopter,

Maps & Diagrams:

• Maps: Tube map, World map, Globus

<- click on the globe to see samples!

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