Icon Set for State: Maine
Overview:
To create a cohesive icon set, a designer must use similar properties so that each icon within the set feels like they belong to the larger family. These shared properties can include using (but not limited to) the design principles (i.e. positive-negative, contrast of stroke vs. mass, etc.), same stroke-weights, sharing similar dimensions, amount of weight they take on a page, etc.
To create a cohesive icon set, a designer must use similar properties so that each icon within the set feels like they belong to the larger family. These shared properties can include using (but not limited to) the design principles (i.e. positive-negative, contrast of stroke vs. mass, etc.), same stroke-weights, sharing similar dimensions, amount of weight they take on a page, etc.
Objective:
For this exercise, students will create an icon set for six identifiers that represent a state of their choosing that they have not yet traveled to.
For this exercise, students will create an icon set for six identifiers that represent a state of their choosing that they have not yet traveled to.
Process:
Students will pick a state from a curated list, create a matrix with shared properties (for example, "all outline," "positive / negative," and "within a circular badge," etc.) running along one axis, and the identifiers listed below along the other axis. Students will sketch the intersection.
- Land Animal
- Flying Animal or Insect
- Geographical Monument
- Historical Event
- Major Building
- Produced Good
Sketch Matrix
I actually ended up combining a lot of designs I liked into a separate "stroke and fill" category for the final icons.
Final Icons
