On E-junkie.info we've featured many versions of ABCs. After publishing ABC of eCommerce, we found that there are many illustrators out there who can get so creative with something as simple and basic as ABC. Mike Boon for example, created a series of ABCs where he turned alphabets into characters from movies and TV shows like Harry Potter, The Simpsons, The Muppets and many more. Then there was Super ABC by Matt Cowan who drew inspiration from superheros and made an attempt to teach ABC using characters from Marvel Comics.

Today we would like to feature another such creative illustrator from South Africa, Emma Cook, who has created a series called 'Design Flash Cards' for the new age kids. According to her, the geek-hipster parents are gonna love this version of ABC for their kids.

"Now design geek-hipster-interwebbers can teach their kids their ABC's with more culture-relevant examples" she says. Have a look:

I remember my attempt to learn the French language couple of years back, and the question that irritated my teacher the most was 'what would you call it in English?'. Because you see, not all words can exactly be translated into another language. Since I also speak Hindi, I should have realized this long time ago, because there are many words on Hindi that I cannot precisely translate in English, although they can very well be described, but cannot be translated.

So, when I came across Fuchsia Macaree's series of ABC of 'untranslatable words' it instantly intrigued me. Macaree is a London based illustrator from Ireland who has listed A to Z of words from languages like Italian, Persian, French, Mandarin, German and Ancient Greek. Not only has she beautifully imagined them in her illustrations, but has also quite aptly described their meaning.

Have a look, it's always a good thing to learn new words from new languages:

A lot of graphic designers tend to draw inspiration from superheroes. Matt Cowan is no different, who has created a series of illustrations of The ABCs using characters from Marvel comics. What's different about him is that these illustrations might actually help a child learn faster...for obvious reasons.

"Finally, for the discerning parent who wants to teach their child the English alphabet, there is a geek alternative to A is for Apple: Super ABC!" shares Cowan on his website.