Designing icons for web design, and mistakes to avoid

I love designing icons. It’s something that I still do whenever I get a chance. I find it relaxing, as weird as that may seem.

We often use icons for the sites we design at World Wide Creative. In our quest to develop sites that are profitable for our clients, we have seen (and research about the fact) that well-designed icons make difference to usability. Once a user is loyal to a site, and repeatedly visits the site, the icons go a long way into making it a more pleasurable experience.

So I found a post called ‘10 mistakes to avoid in Icon Design’ quite interesting (found via my new favourite resource, Design Float, which I posted about a week ago). Written by Denis Kortunov, it’s a detailed, well constructed breakdown on mistakes to avoid when designing icons.

On that note, one resource that our design team has found particularly useful in sourcing icons is iStockPhoto.com - especially when there’s no time to draw your own.

By Fred | June 3, 2008
Posted in Cookin' Design
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