paul ellimen - icon creator

olly mars (uk)- icon creator

michael rose ( new york)

jerry kogi- japan centric icon designer

icon design ;

kyle Tezak -

“trying to capture the essence of an object or a idea with only few lines and the same time retaining its elegance is design in a nutshell “

icons are language agnostic

noun project - free icons to download

icons here and now

icons are useful for branding

icons have a role in user interfaces

nielsen norman says labels should be used with icons sometimes

icons are kind of mental shortcut , their goal is to improve fast identification of things / functions .

mind map keywords; (pic in week 1)

style ;