There is an application for literally anything in the world. Tech, transportation, medical, finance, how can we function without them?
To start, I listed all the possible industries where applications exist (I stopped at 40). I wanted each industry square to have no more than 5 app icons shuffling through. Once I had the first shuffle animation, I duplicated it a few times, replace the visuals, and viola!
icon creation in illustrator
shuffle animation in after effects
frame timeline in photoshop
GIF designed using: Adobe illustrator + Adobe After Effects + Adobe Photoshop