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Icon design trends 2010
2010/12/08 10:16 | by gaolewen
Author: Denis Kortunov
7 December 2010
Creating icons is a rather conservative area of design. Often a new and original ...
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Icon design trends 2010
2010/12/08 10:16 | by gaolewen
Author: Denis Kortunov
7 December 2010
Creating icons is a rather conservative area of design. Often a new and original icon works much worse than a standard
and conventional one. But our industry does not stand still – new devices with new interfaces come into light and it
changes the ways of operating such devices. It happens rather slowly but some trends are quite obvious.
Icons ceased being small
Long ago, icons were very small, and pixels were very large. Icon size 16!16 was the standard, and sometimes it was
necessary to draw icons size 12!12 or even tiddlers size 8!8 pixels. Icon design was sometimes called “digital
miniature.” Icons size 32!32 were considered large and time consuming.
Now everything has changed – the resolution and screen size increased. It takes an extra effort to see a small icon and
clicking such icons with a pointer or finger became unrealistic (exceptions are Windows Mobile and stylus-equipped
devices). Icons became large. Extremely large. Right now the maximum size of icons in Mac OS X is 512!512 px.
Initially, it was not clear – why having such large icons? But with the screen resolution above 300 dpi, it became clear
that larger icons are demanded.
Images inside icons in
the Dashboard of Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Essentially, icons have turned into illustrations (sometimes quite complex, with a plot and several shots). In today’s
industry no one cares whether you match pixels or lines. More often, icons are created in 3d-editors, and sometimes
even using real photographs.
Very high detail
Designers used to have a problem: how do we place objects to be depicted into small squares yet maintaining realism,
proper perspectives, and readability? As a rule, an icon pictures not more than three objects with clear features
identifying their attributes. There used to be experts who could place a cowboy horse rider or even a whole naked lady
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