Susan talked about her career and experience in designing icons for different functions. Most of her work was with early Apple computers and Windows computers. She is the designer of common icons such as the: mouse pointer, happy mac, paint bucket, eraser tool, various application icons, etc.
Some of her presentation she talked about the process behind creating the icons, such as the limitations and expectations of the users. One of her limitations was making the icons a certain size, such as 16x16, etc. Susan explained though that this was her favorite form of icon work. She enjoyed the constricted space and simple designs that went into the icons. Much of her work still lives today in applications, although they were redesigned to have more detail to keep up with todays technology.
It was a very interesting video to watch and I enjoyed learning who the designer was behind such common icons, and I really enjoyed her processes behind the designing.
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Began talking about our next project we will be working on:
We will be doing research on a website we choose, from a list given, and will be planning and designing an icon set that represents the application/website's user interface.
-Application Icon Design: Company:
- MixMax
-Icons
- Main Application Icon
- Pictograms
- Ideograms
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Homework for next class:
-Bring drawing materials and tab.
-Icon Capture: Post image of icon with a two line description of function. 15 Physical World, 15 Digital World.
-Explore Website for Icon Design: Write 200 words on blog for what the website is about, how it works, how icons could enhance the usage.
-Readings:
- "Icons and Interface" pages 124 - 145
- "Type on Screen" pages 148 - 149
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