09.02.16mon
iPhone App Icon: zCalc
The primary use of zCalc is to determine how much material one needs given the dimensions of an area. The developer asked if I could make a suitable icon. I felt the icon should incorporate a tape measure and, logically, a calculator.
I grabbed my tape measure out of the garage and sketched several angle shots. None of the initial concepts gave the user any indication of what the app did, and the more detailed ideas were too difficult to see when sized down to standard icon size.
Finally, after staring at my tape measure – and a checkerboard Photoshop canvas – for way too long, it hit me. The side profile is already the shape of the standard rounded corner app icons! (Duh.) Using the side profile conveniently provided the circle area where most tape measurers display their branding... perfect placement for calculator buttons. Rounded buttons best fit the design, so I went with buttons that were reminiscent of almost identical to the original iPhone’s calculator icon.
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