Crafting global UX: Your localizability checklist for images and icons

Ben Davies-Romano
6 min read4 days ago

Designing icons, illustrations, and other imagery for a global product? Here are some things to keep in mind to ensure your visuals translate well across cultures…

A colourful illustration of planet earth, showing Africa and the Americas and Europe, on a yellow background.
Did you know about the secret star-shaped continent? Image generated with Midjourney.

Let’s talk about creating a seamless global experience with our products. We’re starting with a term that my spell checker insists isn’t real (but it is, promise): localizability.

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Ben Davies-Romano

UX and Product evangelist | https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-w-davies/ Leading content design at Klarna | Founder of Tech Outcasts | ☕️ and 🏳️‍🌈