Events/The Noun Project Iconathon

Background
The Wikimedia Foundation is partnering with The Noun Project to do a public service "Iconathon." The goal of this event is to generate 30-40 icons for the public domain, with the intent of primarily using them on Wikimedia Foundation projects. The event is open to the public in an effort to bring talented designers and civic-minded individuals into the process. The event will be held on April 6, 2013 at the Wikimedia Foundation headquarters in San Francisco (map), and will last from 10:30AM to 4:30PM PST.

Event Structure
The event will be structured as follows:
 * 1) A WMF staff member will give a presentation to illustrate the specific iconography problems faced on Wikipedia and its sister projects.
 * 2) A co-founder of The Noun Project will give a presentation explaining the overall design process and sequence of events.
 * 3) Teams of 3-5 people will be formed, with each team including at least one designer.
 * 4) The teams will sketch and whiteboard concepts for icons assigned to them.
 * 5) The finalized sketches will be collected by The Noun Project.

The Noun Project will be responsible for collecting the finalized icon sketches and rendering them as vector images. They will be published roughly one month after the event as CC-licensed images without a specific owner.

Noun Selection
The Wikimedia Foundation and its volunteers will brainstorm a list of nouns that may require icons. The WMF design team will prioritize this list. The Noun Project will select 30-40 of these icons that they believe can be developed in a single day.

The list of noun brainstorms can be edited below. Feel free to change categorizations or move items between categories.

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Relevant links

 * Blog post announcing the event
 * The Noun Project