The company has now made elaborate changes to its icons on both the apps and web.
Caitlin Winner, Facebooks Design Manager shares the changes made to the icons via a post on Medium.
The designer tries to bring a little more balance to its website by highlighting gender equality.
Previously, the man stood in front of the woman.
Continuing with the improvements, Winner fixed the icons hair design by trying out something different.
A single male icon was used to represent an action such as add friend in many places.
She believed that it did not seem appropriate that that all friend requests should be represented by a man.
So, for cases where a gendered icon was not appropriate, she designed a silhouette.
I placed the lady, slightly smaller, in front of the man.
Groups icon
The change has been added to the groups icon, too.
Now, in the new icon, the lady is first and will stand in front of two men.
For example, is the briefcase the best symbol for work?
Winner questioned in a Medium post explaining the process of making the new icon.
Which population carried briefcases and in which era?
As a result of this project, Im on high alert for symbolism, writes Winner.
I make a run at question all icons, especially those that feel the most familiar.
source: www.techworm.net
