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A change of heart for divorce icon?

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An illustration of a broken heart, the little red icon cut down the middle, is how the social networking website Facebook illustrates divorce. One icon for the end of all relationships, no matter how important, no matter how long. That's why the Globe's Meredith Goldstein decided to take up the issue with Irena Roman's Massachusetts College of Art and Design illustration class. Roman's students told Goldstein they would come up with their own ideas, specifically for a new icon to represent divorce.

Read more from Goldstein: Change of heart (Globe, May 27)


See the students' designs here (we named them), and vote for your favorite icon at the end of the gallery.

An illustration of a broken heart, the little red icon cut down the middle, is how the social networking website Facebook illustrates divorce. One icon for the end of all relationships, no matter how important, no matter how long. That's why the Globe's Meredith Goldstein decided to take up the issue with Irena Roman's Massachusetts College of Art and Design illustration class. Roman's students told Goldstein they would come up with their own ideas, specifically for a new icon to represent divorce. Read more from Goldstein: Change of heart (Globe, May 27) See the students' designs here (we named them), and vote for your favorite icon at the end of the gallery.
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