Fruit and Vegetable Market, phase 3

After finishing my first 4 icons I started developing the next 4. Keeping with the same feel to keep a unity between all the icons.
Here are the problems I addressed:

-The icon below is to show people visiting the market where whatever they are buying will be wighted to calculate how much they will need to be paying.

-The icon below is to warn people of the uneven floors of the market.


-The Last two icons are to help people find their way around the market. The first icon points to where the fruits area is and the second points to the vegetable section.
When the two icons are placed next to each other I feel that they are better read.
These two icons are the only two without any human figure, however I think they still work well and carrier a sense of unity with the other icons.

Post Critique

After the critique I was left with some very good advice on how better improve my signage system.I got advice on how i could simultaneously streamline my design and communicate my message more effectively.Simply put it was to add lines to indicate amount rather than have an entire separate sign to do so.

For the typefaces I first looked through the Arabic typefaces since they are limited in number and its easier to find a Latin typeface that can syntactically harmonize with Arabic than the other way around.After looking through all the dirty or (gasp!) stencil Arabic typefaces available in Linotype (yes every single one) it was down to 2 . Myopia and Taghiir.
I chose Myopia because Taghiir was too clean.
Then I went on to look at an english typface that can balance Myopia I looked through :
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=113&page=1
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=108
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=109
(gasp!)=> http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=114

(Yes every single one)

Fruit and Vegetable Market, phase 3

The class critique was very useful to me. I was able to hear what others thought about my work.
Below are the changes I made to the icons I showed in class.
Along with the small changes I did some cropping to most of the icons. Before the cropping the icons showed too much, they were more like pictures rather than icons. These improved icons, below, I feel will be clearer to the audience, for they focus on the main point they are addressing.

The critique

After working on the first icon, i tried developing a system for all my icons. I chose each icon to have a object and an index, since the first one i started with included the cutting knife(object) and the marks(index). I also decided not to include a lot of other information and tried cropping it with greater emphasis on the object. i also included a hand in all my icons.

The Critique:
The critique in the last class was beneficial for me. Since VCUQ is a design school, the critical response i received was on the fact that my icon designing was not suitable to represent the space and people. Thereby, now i have the challenge to develop something, which is simplified, communicates well, balanced, has a system and yet represents the mood of the place.