Copy V Design

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    Those icons you're designing Mr T use common visual cues as a way to communicate. Those symbols are as recognisable and full of meaning as words, if not, they would be useless.

    They have an existing meaning, something which you can enhance with design but not create. Again, as with copy, design is secondary and less important.

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    • Come one peeps, it's the lowest form of wit, allow me that...MrT
    • but those icons, they communicate without words, and DO create meaning for even people who don't speak the language or can't read at allmonospaced
    • while I agree content is king in most cases, there are so many situations where design is pure and can stand alone... icons is arguably one of those placesmonospaced
    • I have spent many hours the last few years drawing icons and learning to communicate without words. The pictograms become words, and it is design over content.monospaced
    • 'Design' does not create the meaning. The meaning of the pictogram already exists as a meme, otherwise it would not be understood.Morning_star
    • Design doesn't create the meaning, but it does in the absence of the word itself. Also, since it crosses language barriers, it does function without the meme.monospaced
    • You're getting pretty metaphysical with it :)monospaced
    • I think we may have a slightly different understanding of what design is. That's cool tho :)Morning_star
    • We may, but I think we're on the same page most of the time. I can see it both ways; I do feel like you're discounting design a little too much though.monospaced
    • Doesn't 'copy' in the context of this thread, relate to the skill of the copywriter? The wayfinding icons I was doing represent nouns rather than finessed copy.MrT
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