2012 Iconathon

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WHO: The Noun Project and Cree, Inc.

WHAT: The Iconathon for Energy Efficiency allows Designers and community members to come together to help design a collection of approximately 20 energy-efficiency symbols – including a symbol for LED lighting – that will be made available to the public through The Noun Project's free library of downloadable symbols.

WHEN: From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25.

WHERE: Cree, Inc., 4600 Silicon Drive, Durham, NC 27703

WHY: It's time to add LED lighting and other energy-efficient technologies to the growing open-sourced visual library of symbols and icons that form the world's visual language. The Noun Project will host the resulting icons on their website, and make them available for download to the public and private sectors.

We cringe every time we see the incandescent light bulb used as a symbol of lighting or innovation. Let's face it: The incandescent light bulb is outdated. The 132-year-old relic doesn't represent the innovative strides that have been made in energy-efficient lighting.

In 2012, the world needs a universally recognized symbol for energy-efficient LED lighting. In fact, the world needs symbols for many energy-efficient technologies – from LED lighting to solar panels and beyond – and Cree wants to help!

On Saturday, February 25, Cree is teaming up with The Noun Project to sponsor an Iconathon! This day-long collaborative workshop in Durham, NC, will focus on creating new public domain symbols for Energy Efficiency and the LED light bulb. And you're invited!

This is your opportunity to help create graphic symbols and icons that can be used to easily communicate universally recognized concepts in Energy Efficiency, including LED lighting. You do not need to know how to design or draw to participate and provide valuable input. The resulting set of graphic symbols will be available to both the public and private sectors to easily communicate concepts needed in civic design.

Have an idea for an energy-efficient icon we should create? Submit your suggestion here.

About the Noun Project

The Noun Project is a free, online visual dictionary of symbols and icons. Its mission is to share, celebrate and enhance the world's visual language. It stands today as a respectable resource for designers and educators to download and ultimately share this language.

During Iconathons, The Noun Project's co-founders facilitate design charettes where participants sketch ideas and concepts. Symbols from The Noun Project collection have been used in many different ways. They’ve been used to help create everything from infographics to Boston Globe's newspaper illustrations, presentations, movie posters and short films.

How will you use the future symbols for LED lighting and energy-efficiency. You're only limited by your imagination.