and the award for ... (REPOST)

original post (04/14/06) over here.

the "do not" icon of the year goes to ...

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... for the following A-Z reasons:

action-oriented ... bold ... creative ... decipherable ... effective ... fun ... g ... h ... interesting ... j ... k ... l ... meaningful ... n ... o ... pictographic ... q ... r ... scalable ... t ... u ... visually appealing ... wtf-factor ... x ... y ... z ...

need me some palabras, so show us some lovin'!

and you say ... the "do not" icon is conveying ...?

so far we have ... don't:

• hold a square mirror to your face
• wear a nun's habit
• choke yourself
• sing loudly into the box

entertain us!

UPDATE 2008: 2006 comments included

• "Don't stick your head into the bottom of a television."
• don't choke yourself with your 4-fingered right hand.
• "The Orange Cones Are NOT Edible!"
• "do not draw faces on your mousepad"?
• do not sing in your sleep without a microphone
• guy stuck his face behind a steering wheel!? what the heck is this!?
• That's what happens when they mount the air bag in the head rest. It's a new technology being introduced in Poland.

entertain us (yourself) more?!