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The site has four stylistic guidelines: include only the essential characteristics of the idea conveyed, maintain a consistent design style, favor an industrial look over a hand-drawn one, and avoid conveying personal opinions, feelings and beliefs.

A 2012 New York Times story profiled one of them: Luis Prado, a graphic designer at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, who uploaded 83 icons he had created for his agency, including a pruning saw, a logging truck and a candidate symbol for global warming, which he created when he could not find one online.

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The idea for the event came from Chacha Sikes, who was at the time a fellow at Code for America. The sessions typically run five hours and include graphic designers, content experts, and interested volunteers, all working in small groups that focus on a specific issue, such as democracy, transportation or nutrition. The Noun Project has generated interest and new symbols by hosting a series of 'Iconathons', the first of which was held in the summer of 2011. Site design was by the firm, with mentoring from the Designer Fund. The site was launched on Kickstarter in December 2010, which raised more than $14,000 in donations, with symbols from the National Park Service and other sources whose content was in the public domain.

Boatman recalled his frustration while working at an architectural firm at the lack of a central repository for common icons, 'things such as airplanes, bicycles and people.' That idea morphed into a broader platform for visual communication. The Noun Project was co-founded by Sofya Polyakov, Edward Boatman, and Scott Thomas and is headed by Polyakov.