On 30/01/2010, at 7:59 AM, River Brandon wrote:

> there is obvious, and there is memorable. the two are not always the same. i 
> submit that if the icon is elegant, creative, and pleasing, it will be 
> memorable. obvious is best suited for cases where the risk of confusion is 
> high. i don't think that's necessarily true here.
> 
> that is not to say that obvious is bad. but personally, i think it's too low 
> a bar to set. i would suggest we aim for memorable.
> 
> some non-obvious, yet (subjectively) great application icons:
> 
> <icons.jpg>

Interestingly enough, four of these were icons that came to mind earlier when I 
was thinking about this.

Coda, Transmit, NNW and Safari.

Lots of other good examples, but these are all nice, and well 
designed/implemented.

Robin
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