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An icon should never picture a particular product, because the product dates and takes the icon down with it; use a metaphor instead.

Drawn from what Susan Kare said

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design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

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  1. Susan Kare

    Graphic designer and type designer

    So, in general, I think it's not good in icons to show pictures of a particular product design because like the 3 and 1/2 in floppy for save. Um even though some there's still a few of those kicking around, but obviously it it didn't age well. Better to use a metaphor.

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