File this under “things I must have immediately”: the Oxford Pocket Dictionary, translated into Internet–that is to say, with every word’s definition replaced with the first Google Images search result. Each entry is presented without context or commentary; what results is a free-associative, kaleidoscopic tour through the consciousness of the web, all wrapped in a beautifully bound hardcover book. The first edition came in 2012 (that’s where the above images came from), but designers Ben West and Felix Heyes say that if demand is high enough, they’ll print a new edition each year, to match the constantly mutating nature of the internet.
The Image Toaster from German designer and engineer Scott van Haastrecht searches Google Images for a random picture related to the current date, then "prints" it onto a 6x6 pixel grid on a piece of toast. Finally! Today's toast might feature a crude rendering of Barbara Streisand, for example, or the…
A "biker" is no longer "a motorcyclist, especially one who is a member of a gang: a long-haired biker in dirty denims," according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which has succumbed to criticism backed by insurance industry research and altered the definition for one of the world's earliest countercultures as…
The Oxford American Dictionary defines marriage as "the formal union of a man and woman by which they become husband and wife," which, in 2013, is starting to look more than a little dated. To combat that, a group of anonymous artists printed stickers with an amended definition-- "the formal…