bzzzpeek.com is presenting a collection of “onomatopoeia” from around the world using sound recordings from native speakers imitating the sounds of mainly animals and vehicles. This selfinitiated project by London-based design studio FL@33 focuses on the pronunciation and comparison of these sounds by presenting them side by side as each language expresses them differently.

bzzzpeek.com is an interactive experience inviting everybody to contribute. Submissions of additional recordings representing missing languages are more than welcome. Concept generation and design have been developed with a family experience in mind. The menu is easy to use and is based on a mainly visual approach to invite a truly international audience to interact. Our audience is mainly families, teachers / educational institutions, designers / artists and musicians / sound artists.

Since its launch in September 2002 bzzzpeek.com has been awarded the Distinctive Merit Award by the Art Directors Club New York (ADCNY) and has been site of the day, week and/or month in hundreds of publications and websites such as howdesign.com, yahoo.com, usatoday.com, Time-Out New York, Parisian Radio Nova, amongst others.

Links: http://www.bzzzpeek.com

FL@33 is a multidisciplinary design studio for visual communication founded in July 2001 by Agathe Jacquillat (F) and Tomi Vollauschek (A). The multilingual and multi-specialised graphic design team is based in London. Concept Generation, Print, Screen-based Work, Motion Graphics, Exhibition Design and Publishing are keywords to describe the areas the studio is working in. The award-winning team met in 1999 while studying at the post-graduate Communication, Art and Design course at the Royal College of Art, London.