10 Mistakes in Icon Design

Turbo Milk wrote a nice article on the common 10 mistakes of icons design. GUI lovers be sure to check it out!

Here is the extract:
It is much easier to criticize somebody else’s work than to create something cool yourself. But if you apply a systematic approach to criticizing, make a numbered list and prepare illustrations, it will be regarded as a fully-fledged analysis! In my opinion, icon design is undergoing a transitional period. On the one hand, screen resolutions are increasing, hence enhancing icons. (simonsezit.com) On the other hand, we still have good old pixels. Icons sized 16×16 and even smaller are still widely used. And so, here are the most commonly observed mistakes in icon design… Read full article