What's the best way to differentiate Users from Groups of Users using icons? [closed]

Question

Think admin panels.

I am using an icon with 2 persons (like ) to indicate the "user management" section of an app I'm developing.

However, client has asked me to enable group creation (as in being able to group users together in arbitrary groups) but I've no idea what icon I should use, since that icon I've just shown would be ideal for it but then what would I use for "users"?

I thought perhaps a composition could work but... well, any suggestions on how to represent users and groups of users at the same time?

P.S.: oh yeah, that icon is from fatcow hosting set.

Answer 1

Why not use a single-person icon for user and the two-person icon for group?

user.png

group.png

Depending how groups function within the application, you could use a folder icon to represent groups. This is how Microsoft sometimes chooses to present groups (e.g., think Active Directory).

folder_user.png

There's also a three-person icon in that set that could be used for group management:

reseller_programm.png

In all cases, I would recommend using the single-person icon for users to make it distinct from the [new] concept of groups.