This could be the most valuable item a traveller could pack. This clever T-shirt is emblazoned with 40 icons that tourists can use to communicate when they don't know the local language in whatever country they're in.

New Zealand Herald

ICONSPEAK is a product line that includes the most common and recognisable icons anywhere in the world. Simply point to an icon, and let the shirt do all the talking (and translating) for you.

Lost at E Minor

Trying to find the closest gas station, ATM or emergency bathroom in a foreign country can be an adventure in and of itself. But now, thanks to a new T-shirt created by ICONSPEAK, your language barrier hiccups may now be a thing of the past.

Huffington Post

We’ve all been there – in a foreign country desperately trying to ask someone where the nearest toilet is while relentlessly flicking through a microscopic phrase book.

UNILAD