What this communicates today is a simple, functional idea—your delivery address or place of residence. What needs to be learned here is that the house is used as a quick, recognizable symbol for home or location. Unlike its ancient counterparts, this modern icon is straightforward and minimalist, designed purely for function without cultural depth. It uses familiar elements like a roof and walls to signify a home, providing users with an easy and universal representation of a delivery destination.
This is the house symbol, used over centuries ago. What this communicated back in the day was – place of stay and shelter. What needs to be learned here is that house – not only means residence, but a place of belonging where people from similar lineage stayed. The Mayan symbol is much more complex to understand at first glance, but as you look deeper you can understand that these are icons which are based out of specific homes used by the Mayans – as it shows the roof, the doors, the windows etc.
What this communicates today is your personal profile, representing an individual user’s identity within the app. What needs to be learned here is that this symbol is a simplified version of a human figure, designed for quick recognition. Unlike ancient representations of people, this icon is minimalistic and functional, focusing only on the concept of a single user. It doesn’t communicate deeper details like status or lineage—just the basic idea of an individual profile, allowing users to easily access their account settings and personal data.
The person symbol “Winik” signifies a cultural depiction and representation of people that belong to their specific culture. Upon study, I learnt that the glyph changes according to specific person it represents, which helps determine their age, status and rank. The metaphoric representation here is definitely more complex as it uses symbols from the cloud, eye and other glyphs, which signifies that the person is more than a divine and spiritual being.

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