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Design Consistent Pictograms

Assemble a consistent set of 20 pictograms front-of-house will use across printed guides and the website: build on a s…

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AExecute — “help me do it”Assemble a consistent set of 20 pictograms front-of-house will use across printed guides and…+
Assemble a consistent set of 20 pictograms front-of-house will use across printed guides and the website: build on a single 24px grid, use a uniform stroke, group by category, and export an icon font and individual SVGs named for their use.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Before handing the set to front-of-house and the web lead, reduce bounce-back: present a usage…+
Before handing the set to front-of-house and the web lead, reduce bounce-back: present a usage sheet mapping icons to contexts (wayfinding, labels, web) with WCAG contrast notes, provide 12px and 24px previews, flag any pictogram that loses meaning at small sizes, and supply optimised SVGs and an icon font file.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

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Assemble a consistent set of pictograms that front-of-house staff can use across printed guides and the website.

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Questions people ask

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Illustrator — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.