UI and Icon Design Past and Present

I found two great articles showing user interface design and icon design in a type of historical context.  I find it kinda of amazing that user interface design has come so far in such a short amount of time. And that our understanding of symbols and certain navigation structures has evolved into its own unique sort of language.

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One Response to “UI and Icon Design Past and Present”

  1. Matt says:

    nice little low blow in that last one :-D

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