Abstract

Icons, as core morphemes of interface design, have relatively standardised visual style definitions. However, little is known about the related metaphorical design method from the academic and industrial standpoints. We conducted comparisons based on Chinese character-creation and examined radical (root) forms and rules based on mainstream metaphorical designs, with a focus on the Airstar Bank icon. We adopted a practice-based design research method to continue to explore and evaluate the icon metaphor design method. We found similar approaches in icon metaphor design and ideographic Chinese character-creation. We further explored three icon metaphor design methods based on the ideographic design methods used for Chinese characters, including the single-body, variant, and compound-body modelling methods. An analysis of the Airstar Bank icon exemplifies an efficient, standardised icon morpheme, based on Chinese character-creation, which provides practical insight into systematic icon metaphor design.

摘要

图标作为界面设计的核心语素，具有相对标准化的视觉风格定义。然而，从学术和工业的角度来看，对相关的隐喻设计方法知之甚少。我们基于汉字创造进行了比较，并根据主流隐喻设计检查了激进（根）形式和规则，重点是 Airstar Bank 图标。我们采用基于实践的设计研究方法，继续探索和评估图标隐喻设计方法。我们在图标隐喻设计和表意汉字创作中发现了类似的方法。在汉字表意设计方法的基础上，我们进一步探索了三种图标隐喻设计方法，包括单体、变体和复合体建模方法。