Icons - Technical platforms, Legacy Products
Overview
Creating icons for various technical platforms, products, and teams was complex, as research was essential to determine where these icons fit in image acquisition or analysis workflows. Understanding their intended functions and conveying nuances was crucial.
I had to consider and accomodate diverse settings like dark rooms with dark screens, well-lit rooms with varied screen types, and compatibility with different color capabilities.
The solution space was constrained by integrated hardware and software systems, often requiring multiple rounds of stakeholder review.
Retaining Consistency of Visual Language for Technicians and Clinicians
Old systems and new systems alike must clearly and accurately convey complex nuance with both graphics and verbiage. Design System changes required newly styled icons but had to honor the meanings inherent in the old visuals.
Scanner Hardware Iconography
The project timeline bridged the period before (dark blue UI), which is reflected in the screens shown below, and the period after we launched our SHUI Design System.
Diagnostic Application Iconography
My work included exporting all vector components for engineering...
...confirming the terminology used in the UI and help dialogs was accurate, and ensuring a consistent, intuitive system for conveying error, hazard and inactive states.
The Log Reading Pane component shown here is an example of the kind of annotations I provided to both Engineering for programming and to Clinical SMEs for drafting official documentation and building clinical training material.
...and a comprehensive redesign of domain-relevant icons to support a consistent visual language across the toolset.