Iconography 🏞
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Icons are everywhere. Any graphic symbol used to represent a real entity or action is an icon. Your smartphone is full of app icons. You'll likely click a "send" icon to reply to this email. Even the emoji used in this newsletter are icons.
This week we look at four talented icon designers, plus some sweet icon collections for your own use.
Susan Kare
The modern computer icon system owes a huge debt of gratitude to Susan Kare. She is responsible for the original Macintosh icons. Her work gave the Mac its huge personality. Check out this article about her work at Apple: The Story Behind Susan Kare’s Iconic Design Work for Apple.
Michael Flarup
A Danish designer, Michael creates some of the most stunning app icons ever. Take a look at his work at PixelResort. And his project, Apply Pixels is chock-full of design resources. Download free app icon templates for iOS and Android, along with tons of other goodies.
Jon Hicks
Jon created the Firefox browser app icon, one of my favorite app icons of all time. He designed the emoticons for Skype. And he recently made the iconography for Spotify. See his work at https://hicksdesign.co.uk/.
Stefan Dziallas
Stefan is one super-talented icon designer. Just take a look at his clients on the iconwerk website. His style is clean, minimal, bold, and bright.
Bonus! Icon libraries
5 of my favorite icon collections.
Feather Icons: https://feathericons.com/
Heroicons: https://heroicons.com/
Streamline Icons: https://streamlineicons.com/
The Noun Project: https://thenounproject.com/
Line Icons: https://lineicons.com/
Use these in your next project, or find some inspiration for your next icon creation!
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Until next week,
Craig