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		<title>By: The Meaning Of Shapes: Developing Visual Grammar &#124; Van SEO Design</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-36476</link>
		<dc:creator>The Meaning Of Shapes: Developing Visual Grammar &#124; Van SEO Design</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Abstract shapes are symbols representing organic shapes and are common to logos and icons. They can carry a lot of meaning due to their connection with more concrete natural forms and can communicate quickly and effectively and because of this some are overused. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Abstract shapes are symbols representing organic shapes and are common to logos and icons. They can carry a lot of meaning due to their connection with more concrete natural forms and can communicate quickly and effectively and because of this some are overused. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Rebecca</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-28446</link>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why didnt circles and squares make the list? ;-)

Actually - Ive enjoyed these blog posts, so thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why didnt circles and squares make the list? <img src='http://justcreative.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Actually &#8211; Ive enjoyed these blog posts, so thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: becky</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-27195</link>
		<dc:creator>becky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with these! I see the same designs again and again. It seems I have seen that skull/wing/heraldy design everywhere. It gets irritating because it seems less like design art than it is.
PS. neil put it right</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with these! I see the same designs again and again. It seems I have seen that skull/wing/heraldy design everywhere. It gets irritating because it seems less like design art than it is.<br />
PS. neil put it right</p>
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		<title>By: Rawadeep</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-21027</link>
		<dc:creator>Rawadeep</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great list! hell yea...i used every one of those babies...all the time...i realized a few months ago that i&#039;d been overusin them....now i&#039;m tryin to get back to the 80&#039;s designs...u kno..bright colors, bad 3d and big text.....works for me....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great list! hell yea&#8230;i used every one of those babies&#8230;all the time&#8230;i realized a few months ago that i&#8217;d been overusin them&#8230;.now i&#8217;m tryin to get back to the 80&#8217;s designs&#8230;u kno..bright colors, bad 3d and big text&#8230;..works for me&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; 45 Best Web Collection &#38;raquo&#38;raquo&#187; on gNcWebmaster.com - Web 2.0 Tasar?m ve TÃ¼rkiye</title>
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		<dc:creator>&#187; 45 Best Web Collection &#38;raquo&#38;raquo&#187; on gNcWebmaster.com - Web 2.0 Tasar?m ve TÃ¼rkiye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It sounds more like you dislike a particular style rather than those elements themselves.

All of those elements can be used tastefully to make a great design.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It sounds more like you dislike a particular style rather than those elements themselves.</p>
<p>All of those elements can be used tastefully to make a great design.</p>
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		<title>By: The &#8220;Enough is Enough&#8221; in Design &#171; 37Â° C</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-15547</link>
		<dc:creator>The &#8220;Enough is Enough&#8221; in Design &#171; 37Â° C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Best Of Design - September</title>
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		<dc:creator>Best Of Design - September</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: neil</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-15242</link>
		<dc:creator>neil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Skulls! How true. If you want to appeal to the average suburban 12-year-old boy who&#039;s just hitting his rebellious stage, then use skulls. 

What strikes me about many of the derisive comments here is that they&#039;re being overly defensive about an icon or symbol they like to use. This list is meant to be helpful (and it is! thanks!) in helping us sidestep the common, the repetitious and trite. 

Strong art and design is fresh and unique. It comes from within, it&#039;s not be copied from what you see around you (although that can inspire you). If you&#039;re more interested in producing the familiar and safe, or following trends instead of setting them, do so by all means. But don&#039;t grumble when your style is held up as hackneyed and not particularly original. 

Thanks again for the list!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Skulls! How true. If you want to appeal to the average suburban 12-year-old boy who&#8217;s just hitting his rebellious stage, then use skulls. </p>
<p>What strikes me about many of the derisive comments here is that they&#8217;re being overly defensive about an icon or symbol they like to use. This list is meant to be helpful (and it is! thanks!) in helping us sidestep the common, the repetitious and trite. </p>
<p>Strong art and design is fresh and unique. It comes from within, it&#8217;s not be copied from what you see around you (although that can inspire you). If you&#8217;re more interested in producing the familiar and safe, or following trends instead of setting them, do so by all means. But don&#8217;t grumble when your style is held up as hackneyed and not particularly original. </p>
<p>Thanks again for the list!</p>
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		<title>By: cameron</title>
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		<dc:creator>cameron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>great list! my initial reaction was &#039;what about stars!?&#039; see someone else agrees.. 

But then again, stars are just so very cool. They like the ultimate &#039;stock image&#039; - I mean it&#039;s built into illustrator!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>great list! my initial reaction was &#8216;what about stars!?&#8217; see someone else agrees.. </p>
<p>But then again, stars are just so very cool. They like the ultimate &#8217;stock image&#8217; &#8211; I mean it&#8217;s built into illustrator!</p>
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		<title>By: Ross</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-15195</link>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I stumbled across this 6 part series.  Very interesting, although I&#039;m far removed from the creative industry.  While reading this article I thought it could also be titled &quot;6 Overused Icons, Shapes &amp; Symbols in Trendy t-shirts&quot;  (The lightbulb doesn&#039;t really fit)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I stumbled across this 6 part series.  Very interesting, although I&#8217;m far removed from the creative industry.  While reading this article I thought it could also be titled &#8220;6 Overused Icons, Shapes &amp; Symbols in Trendy t-shirts&#8221;  (The lightbulb doesn&#8217;t really fit)</p>
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		<title>By: Christine Martino</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-14324</link>
		<dc:creator>Christine Martino</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They&#039;re overused because they&#039;re free! I think I&#039;ve seen all of those examples on freevectors.net. lol</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They&#8217;re overused because they&#8217;re free! I think I&#8217;ve seen all of those examples on freevectors.net. lol</p>
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		<title>By: Jacob Cass</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-14280</link>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Cass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Kristarella,
It is true, but it is also true that it is the internet and people scan, not read on the net... well most anyway ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Kristarella,<br />
It is true, but it is also true that it is the internet and people scan, not read on the net&#8230; well most anyway <img src='http://justcreative.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: kristarella</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-14277</link>
		<dc:creator>kristarella</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Jacob! I like this series. It didn&#039;t excite me at first, but I like how your taking a positive slant on things, rather than just a good/bad list. Quite original.

Looks like a lot of the commenters above didn&#039;t read your purpose statement &lt;q&gt;to encourage people to use these effects in a manner that suits the design&lt;/q&gt;...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Jacob! I like this series. It didn&#8217;t excite me at first, but I like how your taking a positive slant on things, rather than just a good/bad list. Quite original.</p>
<p>Looks like a lot of the commenters above didn&#8217;t read your purpose statement <q>to encourage people to use these effects in a manner that suits the design</q>&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Graphic Design</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-14276</link>
		<dc:creator>Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Graphic Design</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Top 7 Ã­cones usados excessivamente no design &#124; Digital Paper Web</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-14240</link>
		<dc:creator>Top 7 Ã­cones usados excessivamente no design &#124; Digital Paper Web</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Cristiano</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-14154</link>
		<dc:creator>Cristiano</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For some reason, the first thing I&#039;ve thought of when I&#039;ve read &quot;Top 7 Most Overused Icons&quot; was.. famfamfam. That&#039;s why I made it a point to create (or rather buy) custom icons for every new project.

Cristiano&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cristianogiardina.com/no-more-bullshit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;No more bullshit&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For some reason, the first thing I&#8217;ve thought of when I&#8217;ve read &#8220;Top 7 Most Overused Icons&#8221; was.. famfamfam. That&#8217;s why I made it a point to create (or rather buy) custom icons for every new project.</p>
<p>Cristiano&#8217;s last blog post..<a href="http://www.cristianogiardina.com/no-more-bullshit/" rel="nofollow">No more bullshit</a></p>
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		<title>By: Tom Jimenez</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13890</link>
		<dc:creator>Tom Jimenez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This article is very true. You can&#039;t find anything at stores these days without a skull on it or a crest on it. It&#039;s really overused and waters down design and style. This trend is much like the Japanese Sun Ray design.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article is very true. You can&#8217;t find anything at stores these days without a skull on it or a crest on it. It&#8217;s really overused and waters down design and style. This trend is much like the Japanese Sun Ray design.</p>
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		<title>By: Dainis Graveris</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13845</link>
		<dc:creator>Dainis Graveris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not really qualified yet to say - I know that those graphics are used too often and overused - but when I read Your article - I couldn&#039;t actually agree more. 

But if I remember right - those overused elements are popular because they are good. And maybe most of the clients will be satisfied with those designs and there is no need to think about something different? Just remembered when there was a topic about - Does designer need their own style?

Dainis Graveris&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1stwebdesigner/~3/394608624/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;50 Awesome And Creative Business Cards&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not really qualified yet to say &#8211; I know that those graphics are used too often and overused &#8211; but when I read Your article &#8211; I couldn&#8217;t actually agree more. </p>
<p>But if I remember right &#8211; those overused elements are popular because they are good. And maybe most of the clients will be satisfied with those designs and there is no need to think about something different? Just remembered when there was a topic about &#8211; Does designer need their own style?</p>
<p>Dainis Graveris&#8217;s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/1stwebdesigner/~3/394608624/" rel="nofollow">50 Awesome And Creative Business Cards</a></p>
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		<title>By: David Sparks</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13839</link>
		<dc:creator>David Sparks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Jacob
I didnt mean it like that. 
I just found it humorous that GoMedia uses pretty much every single one of those weather thats where they came from or not. id say a big portion of their businesses is selling these things. 

didnt mean any offense to you or the post. just having a laugh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jacob<br />
I didnt mean it like that.<br />
I just found it humorous that GoMedia uses pretty much every single one of those weather thats where they came from or not. id say a big portion of their businesses is selling these things. </p>
<p>didnt mean any offense to you or the post. just having a laugh.</p>
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		<title>By: erich stauffer</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13828</link>
		<dc:creator>erich stauffer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What about stars and the exploding stripes fanning out from the center of the image. This seems like the most overused style today.

erich stauffer&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telablue.com/seo/why-choose-telablue/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Why Choose Telablue?&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about stars and the exploding stripes fanning out from the center of the image. This seems like the most overused style today.</p>
<p>erich stauffer&#8217;s last blog post..<a href="http://www.telablue.com/seo/why-choose-telablue/" rel="nofollow">Why Choose Telablue?</a></p>
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		<title>By: Matt Ginsberg</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13812</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Ginsberg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How true this is. Hearts are everywhere. People need to stop loving things.
Start downloading and buying some dingbats. You can create and render some very good logos and icons using dingbats.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How true this is. Hearts are everywhere. People need to stop loving things.<br />
Start downloading and buying some dingbats. You can create and render some very good logos and icons using dingbats.</p>
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		<title>By: Ruud van Wijngaarden</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13780</link>
		<dc:creator>Ruud van Wijngaarden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I do miss the round &#039;teethed&#039; circle that every internet site wants to put somewhere. The list seems rather complete though.

Ruud van Wijngaarden&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://hoofspot.blogspot.com/2008/09/begrijpversneller.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Begrijpversneller&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do miss the round &#8216;teethed&#8217; circle that every internet site wants to put somewhere. The list seems rather complete though.</p>
<p>Ruud van Wijngaarden&#8217;s last blog post..<a href="http://hoofspot.blogspot.com/2008/09/begrijpversneller.html" rel="nofollow">Begrijpversneller</a></p>
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		<title>By: Carina</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13773</link>
		<dc:creator>Carina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hearts and wings are terribly overused and they remind me of teenie drawings... but regarding the rest: I like to use symbols, I love nonverbal communication, it gives the work a mysterious touch :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hearts and wings are terribly overused and they remind me of teenie drawings&#8230; but regarding the rest: I like to use symbols, I love nonverbal communication, it gives the work a mysterious touch <img src='http://justcreative.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Valerie Foster</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13765</link>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Foster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A good point is made with this article, but the second sentence threw my guard up.  What&#039;s wrong with design trends?  Many of us ebb and flow to pay the bills.  The *ability* to follow design trends subconsciously shouldn&#039;t be considered a bad thing in the professional sense.  It&#039;s all about how you utilize the skill.

Valerie Foster&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feedmedoyoudigi/~3/386167885/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Inspired by Amelie #7&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A good point is made with this article, but the second sentence threw my guard up.  What&#8217;s wrong with design trends?  Many of us ebb and flow to pay the bills.  The *ability* to follow design trends subconsciously shouldn&#8217;t be considered a bad thing in the professional sense.  It&#8217;s all about how you utilize the skill.</p>
<p>Valerie Foster&#8217;s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/feedmedoyoudigi/~3/386167885/" rel="nofollow">Inspired by Amelie #7</a></p>
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		<title>By: Jacob Cass</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13756</link>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Cass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt; Jaswinder,&lt;/strong&gt;
Of course these are just my personal opinions, everyone comes across different designs, especially as we are all from different parts of the world.

&lt;strong&gt;Matthew,&lt;/strong&gt;
Use appropriately would the key words you wrote there.

&lt;strong&gt;Bryan,&lt;/strong&gt;
Well that is what an arrow&#039;s function is, to point you in a direction however I am not talking about the single straight arrow, more the stylised funky ones.

&lt;strong&gt;Danh,&lt;/strong&gt;
Thank you.

&lt;strong&gt;Zahira,&lt;/strong&gt;
As I said to Jaswinder everyone comes across different designs, especially as we are all from different parts of the world and it is true, you do find most of these elements in online vector packs. If only they had a &quot;pefect match to client brief&quot; vector pack every time. 

&lt;strong&gt;Mike,&lt;/strong&gt;
Haha, how about the one in the ear? The tiniest one we have!

&lt;strong&gt;Esben,&lt;/strong&gt;
You don&#039;t have to completely not use any of these elements, just use them appropriately.

&lt;strong&gt;David,&lt;/strong&gt;
I don&#039;t mean to bash anyone, these icons can be found on any stock related site, in fact only one image above is from GoMedia.

&lt;strong&gt;Niobe,&lt;/strong&gt;
Yeah, the sunburst was the number one most overused element that I mentioned in the first post.

&lt;strong&gt;Fahim,&lt;/strong&gt;
I only mentioned 7 elements and you are asking what else to use? There are literally millions of other options!

&lt;strong&gt;Sacha,&lt;/strong&gt;
I know you were only joking but curves and straight lines don&#039;t really fit into this list nor are they symbols and it would be a good argument: &quot;used precisely because they are so popular and widespread.&quot;

&lt;strong&gt;Mokokoma,&lt;/strong&gt;
I think I should have said stylised arrows because I was not referring to the basic one arrow.

&lt;strong&gt;Steve,&lt;/strong&gt;
Ahh the green tick, that was one of the other contenders. How about we had a squiggly stylised arrow underneath the exit sign?

&lt;strong&gt;Kat,&lt;/strong&gt;
Yeah clouds are quite up there and birds, they were also other contenders.

&lt;strong&gt;Jacob,&lt;/strong&gt;
A triangle the worst to use? I love the Mitsubishi logo, but I suppose that is also a diamond/ 

&lt;strong&gt;Jarrod,&lt;/strong&gt;
Very nice post Jarrod, thanks for the link up!

&lt;strong&gt;Rashell,&lt;/strong&gt;
Those swooshes are unfortunately still being used in logos today.

&lt;strong&gt;Pete,&lt;/strong&gt;
Bravo!

&lt;strong&gt;Erika,&lt;/strong&gt;
Well they are one of the leading providers of stock images, much like when you think of fast-food you think of McDonalds, it&#039;s just natural.

&lt;strong&gt;Rya,&lt;/strong&gt;
Grunge isn&#039;t a symbol, more a style and it will be coming up in another post.

&lt;strong&gt;Jamie, &lt;/strong&gt;
The paint drops were listed in my &lt;a href=&quot;Top 7 Most Overused Techniques &amp; Elements Used in Graphic Design&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;first post&lt;/a&gt; in this series.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong> Jaswinder,</strong><br />
Of course these are just my personal opinions, everyone comes across different designs, especially as we are all from different parts of the world.</p>
<p><strong>Matthew,</strong><br />
Use appropriately would the key words you wrote there.</p>
<p><strong>Bryan,</strong><br />
Well that is what an arrow&#8217;s function is, to point you in a direction however I am not talking about the single straight arrow, more the stylised funky ones.</p>
<p><strong>Danh,</strong><br />
Thank you.</p>
<p><strong>Zahira,</strong><br />
As I said to Jaswinder everyone comes across different designs, especially as we are all from different parts of the world and it is true, you do find most of these elements in online vector packs. If only they had a &#8220;pefect match to client brief&#8221; vector pack every time. </p>
<p><strong>Mike,</strong><br />
Haha, how about the one in the ear? The tiniest one we have!</p>
<p><strong>Esben,</strong><br />
You don&#8217;t have to completely not use any of these elements, just use them appropriately.</p>
<p><strong>David,</strong><br />
I don&#8217;t mean to bash anyone, these icons can be found on any stock related site, in fact only one image above is from GoMedia.</p>
<p><strong>Niobe,</strong><br />
Yeah, the sunburst was the number one most overused element that I mentioned in the first post.</p>
<p><strong>Fahim,</strong><br />
I only mentioned 7 elements and you are asking what else to use? There are literally millions of other options!</p>
<p><strong>Sacha,</strong><br />
I know you were only joking but curves and straight lines don&#8217;t really fit into this list nor are they symbols and it would be a good argument: &#8220;used precisely because they are so popular and widespread.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Mokokoma,</strong><br />
I think I should have said stylised arrows because I was not referring to the basic one arrow.</p>
<p><strong>Steve,</strong><br />
Ahh the green tick, that was one of the other contenders. How about we had a squiggly stylised arrow underneath the exit sign?</p>
<p><strong>Kat,</strong><br />
Yeah clouds are quite up there and birds, they were also other contenders.</p>
<p><strong>Jacob,</strong><br />
A triangle the worst to use? I love the Mitsubishi logo, but I suppose that is also a diamond/ </p>
<p><strong>Jarrod,</strong><br />
Very nice post Jarrod, thanks for the link up!</p>
<p><strong>Rashell,</strong><br />
Those swooshes are unfortunately still being used in logos today.</p>
<p><strong>Pete,</strong><br />
Bravo!</p>
<p><strong>Erika,</strong><br />
Well they are one of the leading providers of stock images, much like when you think of fast-food you think of McDonalds, it&#8217;s just natural.</p>
<p><strong>Rya,</strong><br />
Grunge isn&#8217;t a symbol, more a style and it will be coming up in another post.</p>
<p><strong>Jamie, </strong><br />
The paint drops were listed in my <a href="Top 7 Most Overused Techniques &#038; Elements Used in Graphic Design" rel="nofollow">first post</a> in this series.</p>
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		<title>By: Jamie Le Souef</title>
		<link>http://justcreative.com/2008/09/16/top-7-most-overused-icons-shapes-symbols-used-in-graphic-design/#comment-13736</link>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Le Souef</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great list! I would also put the paint drops in there - but clients love them! :)

Jamie Le Souef&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://jamielesouef.com/linux/tip-backing-up-a-large-mysql-database-errno-24/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tip : Backing up a large MySQL Database (errno: 24)&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great list! I would also put the paint drops in there &#8211; but clients love them! <img src='http://justcreative.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Jamie Le Souef&#8217;s last blog post..<a href="http://jamielesouef.com/linux/tip-backing-up-a-large-mysql-database-errno-24/" rel="nofollow">Tip : Backing up a large MySQL Database (errno: 24)</a></p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i agree with them all!!! how about adding &#039;distressed/grunge anything&#039; i work at a t-shirt joint and it seems that every other design is distressed in some way or another. And every so often someone will come in and want a tribal design element incorporated in. Christ!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i agree with them all!!! how about adding &#8216;distressed/grunge anything&#8217; i work at a t-shirt joint and it seems that every other design is distressed in some way or another. And every so often someone will come in and want a tribal design element incorporated in. Christ!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Erika</title>
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		<dc:creator>Erika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gotta go with David... GoMedia was the first company that I thought of... especially with that Heraldry photo, and those arrows look like they&#039;re straight out of an Arsenal pack.. but they&#039;re a six figure kinda company, so all shall bow before them. LOL. 

I AM very sick of seeing the skylines, though. Not even an actual replica.. just a bunch of silhouettes.

Erika&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hypeelite.com/miami/miami-web-design/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Miami Web Design&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gotta go with David&#8230; GoMedia was the first company that I thought of&#8230; especially with that Heraldry photo, and those arrows look like they&#8217;re straight out of an Arsenal pack.. but they&#8217;re a six figure kinda company, so all shall bow before them. LOL. </p>
<p>I AM very sick of seeing the skylines, though. Not even an actual replica.. just a bunch of silhouettes.</p>
<p>Erika&#8217;s last blog post..<a href="http://www.hypeelite.com/miami/miami-web-design/" rel="nofollow">Miami Web Design</a></p>
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		<title>By: Pete</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yah!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can&#039;t think of a time I have used these. 1 point for me.

Pete&#039;s last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://dreamspeakergraphics.blogspot.com/2008/08/chadwick.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chadwick&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yah!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can&#8217;t think of a time I have used these. 1 point for me.</p>
<p>Pete&#8217;s last blog post..<a href="http://dreamspeakergraphics.blogspot.com/2008/08/chadwick.html" rel="nofollow">Chadwick</a></p>
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