Uber’s design team saw this firsthand in the spring, when a major design overhaul elicited shock and horror from thousands of users who, apparently, had a deep emotional connection to the Uber icon.

To revert Gmail to the old design, you'll need to open the website's Settings menu. 1. Head to the Gmail website and log into your account. 2. Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of the ...

What’s interesting is how minimal, even abstract, many of these icons have become. Hyper-literal metaphor used to be the cardinal rule of icon design.In the 80s, the icon for the trash folder on ...