The Breakroom

Vectors To Full Power

November 9, 2004

Iconfactory worker Dave Brasgalla is largely associated with his photorealistic Aqua icons, but Dave likes to try out new stylistic directions as much as any of the workers. Vectra is one of his experiments that tries to create a simplified icon style that approximates Aqua sensibilities while mixing in a bit of vectorized “cuteness”. If […]

Pixadex Updated

November 5, 2004

Panic and The Iconfactory have updated our popular icon organizational program, Pixadex to version 1.5.3. Pixadex is now compatible with CandyBar 2.0. Pixadex now supports iContainers that contain application icons and the “Send to CandyBar” functions work once again. These, plus other minor bug fixes are included in this free update for registered users. Pixadex […]

“If we can dream it…”

November 2, 2004

This week’s freeware icon release will spark memories for anyone who has visited Disney’s EPCOT Center theme park in Orlando, Florida. Iconfactory Foreman, Gedeon Maheux, has created a set of network volumes and hard drive icons based around the logos of the original pavilions of EPCOT. Slick and futuristic, like EPCOT itself, these glowing discs […]

The ghosts and goblins have returned to their place of rest and kids everywhere are coming down from their sugar highs. Yep, Halloween is over once again and now our attention turns towards the end of the year and two other of our favorite holidays. We hope you enjoyed our spooky make-over this year and […]

Pigs are flying, hell has apparently frozen over and the Curse of the Bambino is, appropriately enough, history. Yes, the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 Championship World Series last night, something that generations of fans have not seen since 1918. The Iconfactory workers (especially the Foreman and the […]

Trick or Treat!

October 26, 2004

As we come to the home stretch for our favorite holiday, we are pleased to be able to bring you this week’s freeware collection from Iconfactory artist Kate England – Halloween 2004. This bag of goodies is full of the yummie stuff that kids collect on Halloween night and will satisfy any desktop’s sweet tooth. […]

Pixelpalooza On Hiatus

October 22, 2004

We wanted to take a moment and let our visitors know that we’ve decided not to hold our annual icon design contest, Pixelpalooza, this year. The contest continues to be a success each year it is held, but it also represents huge amounts of work for the factory employees. So, we’ve decided to take a […]

Announcing the immediate availability of our latest royalty-free icon collection from StockIcons.com. Building on the success of one of our most popular collections, Satin: Database Add-On is an extension of the original Satin stock icon set. This new set extends into the realm of databases with icons covering such specialized concepts as tables, scripts, records, […]

More Holiday Goodies

October 19, 2004

The Iconfactory is pleased to announce Snappy Hour Halloween, this week’s freeware icon collection, based on licensed artwork from artist Derek Yaniger. The undead rise from their eternal rest, spirits moan, and unholy creatures of the night follow your every move! Brace yourself for the most terrifying spectacle the world has ever known! And if […]

Join Indiana Jones in his quest for the Ark of the Covenant with this week’s free icon release – Raiders of the Lost Ark. Iconfactory artist Anthony Piraino has unearthed a set of richly detailed icons based on the classic movie from Lucasfilm, so grab your whip and swing on over to snag these icons […]