On Dec 3, 2007 8:07 AM, Ari Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yes, great recommendation! > > Horton's book is 13 or 14 yrs old but still valid today as it was when it > came out. it's a fantastic resource for understanding the theory and > practical considerations when designing icons and visual metaphors. >
I'm not such a big fan of the Horton book. Some design books age well, this one hasn't IMHO. I gave my copy away, and I do lots of icon design work. I recommend instead: Pictograms Icons & Signs, Rayan Abdullah & Roger Hubner Large and interesting book with examples from many artists and eras. A large emphasis on Olympics variants is understandable since that sort of started the trend. Handbook of Pictorial Symbols, Rudolf Modley Another good sourcebook with lots of pictorial examples If you expand out from these two books on Amazon you'll find lots of similar symbol sourcebooks to choose from. A more modern book on icon design is: Icon Design, Steve Caplin But it's still underwhelming and outdated, even though it was published in 2001. Great color printing though. Two web sources that I keep hoping will be better than they actually are, but in case you don't know about them: The Tango Icon Library http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Library The Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Online http://visual.merriam-webster.com/ If you need to create Windows icons, IcoFX is my favorite of the free icon editors: http://icofx.xhost.ro/ I think there's a real opportunity for a crackerjack designer/writer to create the definitive book on icon and symbol design for software and hardware products. You'll sell at least one copy to me. Michael Micheletti ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
