Full Description
An indispensable sourcebook for designers everywhere, a keystone for non-verbal communication. Outlines the history of pictograms and icons and how they have been applied in commercial and creative fields over the past century. Included top tips and background information from successful pictogram designers, as well as detailed discussion of icons, the `silent servants' of online communities.
Contents
1. The Pictogram - Definitions from Various Designers; Various Types; Semiotics and Semantics; A brief history of the Pictogram * 2. Creating Pictograms - Explores differences in format, grid, colour, line weight, degrees of stylization; the contexts in which pictograms are used; the practicalities of using pictogram fonts * 3. The Pioneers - Early influential designs * 4. Commercial Uses * 5. New Approaches * 6. Icon Variations - Computer icons: Susan Kare; Meta Design; eBoy; Michael Renner; Kame Design * 7. A Language of Icons - an entirely icon-based language designed by Jochen Gros * Endmatter
