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Tactile Icon Designs
This space displays tactile icon designs and how they are used to label appliances. Each post includes a text description of the design and comments from the developer.
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The tactile icon collection is quite large and I have labeled over 100 different appliance models. This space will be updated periodically.Â
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Your comments are welcome and encouraged but please, please, please be respectful. Thank you!
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Update!
HALOS collection of tactile icons has been updated and displayed in a single document. Check out the HALOS Tactile Icon Collection post. Â
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Tactile Icon-Stove Burner ID, 4 burners
Description A shape with four quadrants. Three quadrants are rounded and one is spiky. This shape is used to identify a stove burner...
Tangible Surface Research
Jun 22, 20231 min read
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Tactile Icon - Goal/Destination
Image Description: The shape is a flag - a vertical line with a rectangle at the upper right. Designer Comments: This tactile icon was...
Tangible Surface Research
Sep 7, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Distance
Image Description: The shape is a horizontal line with a nub on the top left and a nub on the top right - representing a space between...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Baby
Image Description: The shape is a circle on top of an oval, like a baby wrapped in a blanket. Designer Comments: Similar to the Person...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 29, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Person
Image Description: The shape is like the head and shoulders of a person – a circle on top a half circle. Designer Comments: This tactile...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 29, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Lock
Image Description: The shape is a key - a horizontal line, rounded on the left and pointy on the right with a rough edge on the bottom....
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 25, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Fan
Image Description: The shape has three equally spaced blades extending out from a center point, like a rotating fan. Designer Comments:...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 24, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Smart
Image Description: The shape is a five pointed star. Designer Comments: The initial usage of the star was for the eco mode on my primary...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 23, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Clean
Non-visual Description: The shape is a diamond, pointed at the top, bottom, right and left. It represents something that is sparkling...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Hand Clean/Hand
Image Description: The shape is a hand, curvy on the bottom and long ridges on the top. Designer Comments: Origin story: This shape was...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 22, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Redo/Reheat
Description The shape is a line with a downward curve at the right end, like something coming back around. Designer Comments This tactile...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 17, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Check Mark
Description A check mark - a V shape where the right diagonal line is extended. Designer Comments It is a simple representation of the...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 16, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Delay Start
Description The shape is a horizontal line with a triangle at the right end. Designer Comments The shape represents a timeline with an...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 16, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Power, On/Off
Description The shape is a circle with a nub on the top. Designer Comments A simple 2.5D representation of the typical power visual icon.
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 10, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Rinse
Description The shape is a shower head– a half circle that is rough on the bottom, curved on the top with a nub in the middle top....
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Container Light/Empty
Description A container, like a bucket, that is empty. Designer Comments This tactile icon is used for a light load or delicates on...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Container Medium/Normal
Description The shape is a container, like a bucket, that is half full. It is a trapezoidal shape, narrow at the bottom with angled...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Container Full/Heavy
Description A trapezoidal shape, wide at the top, narrow at the bottom and angled sides. The top has nubs at the left and right. The...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - AM/PM
Description A fairly complex shape of three parts - an arc with ridges on left representing the sun, a slightly slanted dividing line,...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Tactile Icon - Spin
Description The shape is an arc, starting fairly thin at the bottom, increasing in thickness as the arc circles clockwise to the 2...
Tangible Surface Research
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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