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Ensuring that your icons package is a winner on all fronts
0In the modern competitive world, design is no longer limited to functionality. Nowadays, sleekness of presentation and user-friendliness are significant factors in how a product or service is perceived. In a world where designer labels are all the rage, much of design is about lifestyle, …
Read MorePosted on: 08-4-2010 Posted in: Icon Design
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Why you want to own the copyright to your icon designs
If you have a brand that you’re proud of, you want to show it off to your clients and competitors alike, whether it is through literature or advertising. But the easiest and most convenient way to display your company or business image is through the …
Read MorePosted on: 07-28-2010 Posted in: Icon Design
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Give your icon design some dimension
Icon design has developed over the years as computer-aided design has become more advanced. There is now a greater demand for three-dimensional images, as they help 3D arrowsto represent objects or signs as we actually visualise them: solid, and with light, shadow and depth. This …
Read MorePosted on: 07-21-2010 Posted in: Icon Design
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Icons as part of your brand
With so many modern gadgets at their finger tips, from iphones to digital cameras, one can assume that most computer users are getting icon-savvy. They see loads of icons everywhere and instinctively know how to use them most of the time. This sets a challenge …
Read MorePosted on: 07-14-2010 Posted in: Icon Design
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Five questions leading to a great icon design brief
Are you planning to have a set of icons designed for your website or application, or a complete icon-makeover in the near future? As any icon designer will tell you, clear guidelines and a good brief can really help them deliver the goods. A design …
Read MorePosted on: 05-21-2010 Posted in: Icon Design
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Common iPhone Application Icon Dimensions
iPhone apps – common icon dimensions When I first started producing icons and graphic elements for iPhone or iPod apps I couldn’t seem to find a single place that listed all of the required icon sizes used throughout the standard GUI elements such as iPhone …
Read MorePosted on: 05-12-2010 Posted in: Icon Design, Icon Design Tips, Icon Design Tutorial, Icon Sizes
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Five reasons to design your own icons for your web site
Not all sites need icons, but for those that do (especially web applications), it is relatively easy and convenient to find free icons on the net. However, using free icons is not necessarily the best practice in web design. For one thing, you can’t always …
Read MorePosted on: 05-5-2010 Posted in: Icons in Web Design