Making a new icon set for Aleph

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OCCRP operates two related services, https://aleph.occrp.org/ and https://vis.occrp.org/. They let investigators browse and sketch data. We’re working to merge the next version of VIS into OCCRP Data (which runs a software called Aleph).

The tools both communicate using a data model called FollowTheMoney. This contains the types of things (like companies, people, ships, real estate) and the connections that can exist between them (like ownership, directorship, friendship, etc.).
We had a designer make a set of icons for Aleph previously and we still have the icon sets used in VIS1. But the ones in Aleph have widely been criticised for being unclear.

We need icons that can work both as mini-icons in the Aleph UI and as larger icons in a VIS canvas, eg. 16x16 (for Aleph), 64x64 (for VIS). The larger versions could add detail (like gradients) but be based on the same fundamental shape as the tiny version.

The icons need to survive being compiled into JS code with svgo. This means at least the small versions must be built out using only svg/path elements and be monochrome.

The list of entities for which we need icons

Vehicle [Car etc.]
Associate [Non-family association between two people]
Representation [A middleman, or broker acting on behalf of a legal entity.]
Row
Page
Assessment [Assessment of property]
Membership [Membership of a person in an organization or group]
Company [Company]
Offshore company
Shelf company
Industrial factory
CourtCase [Court case]
Passport
PublicBody [A public body, such as a ministry, department or state company.]
Court
TaxRoll [A tax declaration of an individual]
Ownership [A legal entity owns an organization]
Sanction [A sanction designation]
Directorship [Directorship of a legal entity over an organization]
Person [An individual]
Female
Male
Businessperson
Gangster
Politician
Lawyer
Cop
Proxy
Vessel [A boat or ship]
Event [Event]
ContractAward [A contract or contract lot as awarded to a supplier.]
LegalEntity [A legal entity may be a person or a company, but we don’t know.]
Succession [Two entities that legally succeed each other.]
License [A grant of land, rights or property. A type of Contract]
Payment [A monetary payment between two parties.]
Organization [Organization]
Family [Family relationship between two people]
BankAccount [Bank Account]
Document [Any other file type]
PlainText [Text file]
Pages [Word or PDF Document]
Folder
Package
Workbook [Excel]
Image
Video
Audio
HyperText [Web page]
Email [E-Mail]
Table
Asset [Some property owned by an individual]
Contract [An contract or contract lot issued by an authority. Multiple lots may be awarded to different suppliers (see ContractAward).]
Airplane
CourtCaseParty [Party in a court case]
UnknownLink [between two people or legal entities]
RealEstate [A piece of land or property.]
Land
EconomicActivity [An economic activity]