We enjoyed perusing this abecedary of desk pads (blotters) promoting the Petit Larousse junior encyclopaedic dictionaries, above motto, “I sow to all the winds,” usually depicted on the cover by a figure blowing dandelion seeds, la dent-de-lion. It’s a bit of a brain teaser to figure out what the words are being depicted in French—like D for douche, dolmen, dinde. Scroll through the whole alphabet and see what for us non-francophiles needs some puzzling out.
synchronoptica
one year ago: microbar banners (with synchronopticæ) plus Napoleon returns from exile (1815)
twelve years ago: a direct connection between Europe and Brazil to bypass US undersea cables
fourteen years ago: the myth of the eight hour sleep
fifteen years ago: Germany surpasses France as a European travel destination
