-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nacho de los Ríos Tormo wrote: > We should better stop trying to be hip and start designing meaningful > icons, that are culturally transportable. > "Design something that people everywhere will understand and like -- across all cultural boundaries and aesthetic tastes."
About three seconds of research would probably reveal that not only is there no such creature as "culturally transportable", but also that the term 'meaningful' is a nebulous creature that morphs across time based on existing socio / economic / etc. trends. Aesop's "try to please everyone and please no one" might apply here. 1) The consistency factor regarding colouring, to an outside and unfamiliar user will immediately draw a connection between the emblems. Diversity across colour and form could _perhaps_ appear as nothing more than 'more icons' when you look at the emblems placed overtop of existing icons. Consider road signs, chemical alert status symbols, and like design matters. 2) It might be more appropriate to discuss meme sets for various audiences. I am quite certain that a North American dollar symbol has little relevance in certain eastern cultures. In addition to this, it is probably likely that the detail level on emblems aimed at average users with acceptable eyesight are completely useless to someone with impaired vision, for example. Two pennies, TJS -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFgc2+ar0EasPEHjQRAtuGAJ0XbGG+QiNsfqH/X9qRCvuIr0dX5gCeORr4 h15cKlE57TYLVV8hXVpGnjY= =+qAq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
