Corporate logos are a slightly different kettle of fish to icons. Logos need to be designed so that their shapes work anywhere - from a screen to a billboard to

Corporate logos are a slightly different kettle of fish to icons. Logos need to be designed so that their shapes work anywhere - from a screen to a billboard to a letterhead. Application icons just need to look good on a screen. > Your mind shouldn't have to interpret colors, light sources, shading, depth You have the cart before the horse here. Your mind already does that. There are lots of perceptual tricks that designers can use to enhance their work, all due to the way the visual system works. Certainly an icon can be too busy, but sometimes adding those items makes things easier to digest. For example, consider a 'buy' button that's a flat, single colour, versus one that has a gradient that makes it 'pop out' from the screen a little.