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The Noun Project Blog
Company blog · blog.thenounproject.comdesign
The Noun Project Blog is the company blog at blog.thenounproject.com, writing about design. Since 2011, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its guidance on attributing Noun Project icons under CC Attribution licensing. One commenter also praised the site's design, especially the 404 page.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /post/12554806140/the-noun-projects-attribution-requirements2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-01-23
What Hacker News says?
They actually have a post about that on their blog: http://blog.thenounproject.com/post/7310229014/how-to-proper... "When using a CC Attribution work created by us, please attribute it to The Noun Project and include a link whenever possible." (the post goes into more detail for CC-BY in general as well)
Comment linking /post/7310229014/how-to-properly-attribute-cc-by-a-guest-blog-post-by
on “Free icons for any object in the world”Submitted Mastering the Basics of Icon Design as a story · 192 points
HN discussionI don't really see the point to this. On the plus side, the design is awesome, especially the 404 page: http://blog.thenounproject.com/
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on “Free icons for any object in the world”Submitted Visualizing Artificial Intelligence: Noun Project AI Icons as a story · 4 points
HN discussionLuckily they have a very good guide on how to attribute[1]. If you are using them on a site or in an App you can simply put the attributions in your about page. [1] http://blog.thenounproject.com/post/12554806140/the-noun-pro...
Comment linking /post/12554806140/the-noun-projects-attribution-requirements
on “The Noun Project: Icons for everything”Submitted Can One Size Fit All [Icons]? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionYeah the only problem with the noun project is that you have to attribute each icon to the creator of it. http://blog.thenounproject.com/post/12554806140/the-noun-pro... With mine you have full use with no attribution. These would come in handy on commercial applications. Adding the License Agreement today
Comment linking /post/12554806140/the-noun-projects-attribution-requirements
on “Show HN: Cleanicons.com”Submitted The Golden Rules of Presentation Design as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Illustration Techniques: Types of Styles and Designs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Noun Project, Insights on Symbol Design, by Jon Hicks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Noun Project: new paid licensing options, user profiles, and awesomeness as a story · 1 points
HN discussion