Viva people centric iconography - the meaning

The Viva Suite touches upon human expressions with soft-edged iconography and soothing tones of teal and purple, emotionally connected to security, trust, and loyalty desired in a thriving hybrid workplace. Designed on the https://www.microsoft.com/design/fluent/UI System.

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2022/03/24/help-your-employees-thrive-with-microsoft-viva-in-the-hybrid-world/ representing a parent to all the modules, with a comforting blend of blue, teal, and purple.
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-viva/learning icon represents the turning of pages in a book with a growth mindset.
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/connections/viva-connections-overview icon forms an interlocking mark representing news, views, and resources reminiscent of a handshake.
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/introduction icon embodies the aspects of humans and knowledge and is supported by the two shapes at the bottom, forming a foundation and support mechanism.
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-viva/topics icon has three circles coming together, integrating diverse ideas to enable seamless collaboration.
• And now 5 more …

More thoughts on this in my https://vivavisionary.uk/2022/11/07/viva-icon-symbolism/

Be great to get your thoughts on the brand and is it too much "branding" and not enough reality?