Assignment 06
Icon System

Design a belief system that exist through its symbols. Create a set of 20 icons based on the aesthetic and conceptual characteristics of your beleif system. Text can supports the system, but meaning should be communicated primarily through the signs and symbols chosen. Your icons should share common stylistic attributes and feel like a family. Deliverables Week 3
Produce your final book or deck of cards. Write and print a 100 word rationale that explains your project. Reflect on your process and the choices you made. Use this as a guide or script when you present your project to the class. Learning Outcomes
This project demonstrates symbolic thinking, system design, and the ability to translate a visual language across formats.

Background
Icons are different than letterforms. An alphabet is a writing system where glyphs stand for sounds in a spoken language. Understand that icons represent something less abstract as a glyph, they have inhernt meaning. In class we discussed the fundamentals of icon design. We will use these terms to evaluate your icons.

Concept—A concept is an abstract idea representing the type and fundamental characteristics of some set of objects. In terms of graphic iconography the concept is what you need to communicate to the user.

Symbol—A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship.

Style—Style is considered the visual details in which an icon is rendered. This can be fill style, line weight, round corners, color, size, etc.

System—A system is the consistent details that carry from one icon to the next. How are the stylistic details executed across the set, and what is the underlying grid or scale relationship the icons follow.