The Noun Project, the online dictionary of universal symbols, has had 10 million downloads and expects to turn a profit this year. But it wasn't an instant success story.

The couple concept is a perfect example. I’m sure if the Noun Project were done in the 1950s, if you searched for “couple,” you never would have never seen two men together or two women ...

Cite: Dejtiar, Fabian."The Noun Project: Over a Million Downloadable Icons for Your Architectural Diagrams" [The Noun Project: iconos para tus esquemas y diagramas de representación ...

A good graphic can make a big difference to the effectiveness of a tactile project. One of Build a Better Book's favorite resources is Noun Project. This comprehensive website offers millions of free ...

Not only can you download any of these icons and symbols for free, the site also pops up a neat little factoid for each one. (“Recycle” was designed by Gary Anderson in 1970, by the way.) ...

While I doubt that the Noun Project, an effort to make a free library of icons representing every common concept out there, will have a profound impact on your everyday life, it's a useful service ...