Icon, Index, and Symbol

Icon - Represents the object 

- Looks like the object 

- Representational 

- For an example: if a safety pin is the object, a photograph of the safety pin is an icon. 

- An icon is meant as a direct imitation of the object or concept.

- Use the wrong tool to draw the object (Microsoft Excel)
- Project things onto the object 
- Be 'meta' - take a photo of a photo
- Flat Lay of deconstructed object
- Use the scanner to photograph the object 

Index - Refers to the object 

- Relates to the object
- Shows evidence of the object through a cause or a connection.
-My index must be of something that relates to safety pin that I find through my research. For example, the twitter icon is of a bird. It looks like a bird, and is a bird, but represents Twitter. Similarly, the popular icon that is used for Emails is of an envelope.
- The correlation does not have to be perfect

- Modify the object
- Collage
- Create a simple diagram
- Make a prop

Symbol - Abstract Interpretation of the object

- No visual link to the object

- Connection must be culturally learnt
- Open to interpretation until context is given

- Make a grid
- Modify the object
- Create a simple diagram
- Abstract the object