Girl Power for Facebook’s Friends Icon

Facebook’s friends icon joined its logo and its notifications icon on the list of design elements that have undergone minor tweaks.

Facebook’s friends icon joined its logo and its notifications icon on the list of design elements that have undergone minor tweaks.

The woman and man in the social network’s friends icon are now represented in a more equal fashion, rather than appearing as if the woman was standing behind the man, and Facebook design manager Caitlin Winner described the process in a blog post. Highlights follow:

Much to my dismay, not long into my tenure as a Facebook designer, I found something in the company glyph kit worth getting upset about.

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