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Origin of Website, “House (Home)” Free Material

Orthodox illustration icon depicting simple house with triangular roof. Established as universal symbol meaning “Home (first screen)” or “Top Page” in UI of web browsers and apps. Icon becoming pivot of navigation providing “security” to return to starting point with one click when user gets lost in site.

Specific Usage Scenes and Suggestions

This icon is widely usable as symbol of business related to housing as well as functionality as UI part.

• For “Head” Icon of Breadcrumb List
  As substitute for text indicating “Top Page” at far left in breadcrumb list showing hierarchical structure of web page. Conveys intuitively that it is starting point of hierarchy with less space than writing “TOP” in text.
• For “Home Button” of Smartphone Menu / App
  As button to return to main screen in footer menu (tab bar) at bottom of screen. Bears most basic and important position when arranged with other functions like search and settings.
• For “Property” Image of Real Estate / Architecture Site
  As category icon introducing “New detached house” or “Rental property.” Suitable when wanting to distinguish from apartments and buildings and express warmth of “Single house” or “My home.”
• For “Home” Registration of Map App / Access Map
  As marker when registering “Home” or “Base” in navigation apps etc. By contrasting with workplace (icon like bag), shows it is private space.
• For “Status” Display of Working from Home / Telework
  Available as status icon informing that today’s work place is “Home (Work from home)” not office in chat tools and calendars.

Editing Tips and Benefits of EPS Format

In addition to PNG and SVG formats convenient for Web production, EPS format of vector data suitable for DTP design and advanced editing is included in the distribution file.

If it is EPS format, arrangements are possible using software like Illustrator, such as changing roof color to “red” or “blue” to make it cute, or adding chimney to make it Western style. Also, painting window part to make it silhouette blends into more minimal and modern UI design.

Related Keywords

House, Home, Top page, Residence, Real estate, Architecture, My home, Detached house, Breadcrumb, Icon