10 Mistakes in Icon Design

As an icon designer and GUI lover, I found Turbo Milk article on the common 10 mistakes of icons design very interesting. I agree with all 10 points.

#1 Insufficient differentiation between icons
#2 Too many elements in one icon
#3 Unnecessary elements
#4 Lack of unity of style within a set of icons
#5 Unnecessary perspective and shadows in small icons
#6 Overly original metaphors
#7 National or social characteristics not being taken into account
#8 Images of real interface elements in icons
#9 Text inside icons
#10 Outside the pixel framework

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