[ubuntu-art] Human emblem icons proposal

[Troy James Sobotka]

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Nacho de los Ríos Tormo wrote:
> We should better stop trying to be hip and start designing meaningful 
> icons, that are culturally transportable.
> 
"Design something that people everywhere will understand and like --
across all cultural boundaries and aesthetic tastes."

About three seconds of research would probably reveal that not only is
there no such creature as "culturally transportable", but also that the
term 'meaningful' is a nebulous creature that morphs across time based
on existing socio / economic / etc. trends.

Aesop's "try to please everyone and please no one" might apply here.

1) The consistency factor regarding colouring, to an outside and
unfamiliar user will immediately draw a connection between the emblems.
 Diversity across colour and form could _perhaps_ appear as nothing more
than 'more icons' when you look at the emblems placed overtop of
existing icons.  Consider road signs, chemical alert status symbols, and
like design matters.

2) It might be more appropriate to discuss meme sets for various
audiences.  I am quite certain that a North American dollar symbol has
little relevance in certain eastern cultures.  In addition to this, it
is probably likely that the detail level on emblems aimed at average
users with acceptable eyesight are completely useless to someone with
impaired vision, for example.

Two pennies,
TJS
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