#124 Design Symbols
A common symbol system. Sharing a symbol like a sports team jersey or a brand logo creates a sense of community.
David Spinks • The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage
angled, chevron-like line as a youthful, energetic, authentic, and fun graphic element for the museumgoer.
Richard Poulin • The Language of Graphic Design Revised and Updated: An illustrated handbook for understanding fundamental design principles
Signs and symbols are easily transformed to mean good or evil depending on how they are sanctioned and applied over time—and who accepts said usage.
Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
Our thermostat was made to be on people’s walls for ten years. By design, it would become like a piece of art—occasionally admired and adjusted, mostly fading into the background. But every time they opened the random-stuff drawer in their kitchen, they’d see the cute little Nest screwdriver. And they’d smile. Every time they’d need to replace the
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