| Abstract |
| The growth of Social Network Service is accelerated up by advent of smartphone. This study finds out about tendency of icon design through expression analysis that is main image of Social Network targeting Social Network Application icon. 99 icons are selected at 100 ranked icon in App Store - Social Network - Free Applications. And 5 conclusions are found out by the results that analyze icons by the way of expression and the form of expression. First, arbitrary icons are used to reveal unique symbolism and implicit information efficiently. Second, expression tendency of design that basic function for implicit information transfer as icon is appeared in Image icons and Text icons. Third, expression tendency of design that basic function for implicit information transfer as icon is appeared in Image icons and Text icons. Fourth, text element in text icon is image of text, not text for communication directly. Fifth, number of expression element has to be restricted by reducing unnecessary element for effective visual communication. Fifth, `The phenomenon of Functional Common Element` is discovered and named. |
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| Key Words |
| 아이콘디자인, 소셜네트워크, 그래픽유저인터페이스, Icon Design, Social Network, GUI |
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