From the penthouse, to the sewer, to your desktop – our latest freeware icon release is Flushed Away, based on the 2006 Aardman/DreamWorks film. Iconfactory artist David Lanham brings you Roddy, Rita, and many other characters from the movie for your Mac, PC, or in a handy Pixadex iContainer. Swim on over and download the whole set!
The Breakroom
Frenzic Receives 8.25/10 from Inside Mac Games
May 9, 2007
The web’s premiere source for Mac gaming news, Inside Mac Games, has posted their online review of Frenzic and we couldn’t be more pleased. IMG reviewer Charlie Fletcher calls Frenzic a “stylish puzzle game” with “hypnotically jazzy” music, a game that is both fun and difficult. Frenzic scored a 9.0 out of a possible 10 in the category of gameplay as well as solid 8.0’s in the other three categories of graphics, sound and value. All this adds up to 8.25/10 for ARTIS and the Iconfactory’s initial foray into Macintosh gaming, higher than Luxor 2 or even Blizzard’s ‘Burning Crusade’. We can’t wait to use the tag line “It’s better than Warcraft!” in a future ad campaign. ;-)
Head on over to IMG and check out the review today, then grab the game from Frenzic.com and see what has everyone in a frantic fit. Frenzic is available today for Mac OS X for $14.95.
UPDATE: Frenzic.com now happily accepts payments via PayPal for your purchasing needs. Enjoy!
Satin and Harmony Get EPS Stock Treatments
May 4, 2007
Stockicons.com expands on its offerings of scalable vector icons today with the release of several sets for the Harmony and Satin stock icon families. The Harmony family now has scalable EPS versions available for its Database, Finance and Multimedia add-ons, making them perfect for large format print or web applications. In addition, the popular Satin family also gets EPS versions of both its Multimedia and Database add-ons.
Each of these five new sets is 100% vector based and contains a single, scalable vector file for each icon. All EPS add-on collections are available today for $129.00 USD.
More Stickers = More Fun!
May 1, 2007
Today’s freeware release from David Lanham is just like heading to the store and popping 25 cents into the gumball machine to get a roll of cool stickers. Except there’s no store, the stickers are free and there’s no gluey mess to worry about! Since the release of David’s first set of fun sticker icons, fans have been clamoring for more, and so we’re only too happy to oblige.
Sticker Pack 1 includes the missing trash can icons for CandyBar as well as new application icons like Coda, Pixadex, Safari and our favorite, Frenzic. All these plus many others are available and just waiting for you to download them for your Mac, PC or as a Pixadex iContainer. Don’t just sit there, get sticking!
IconBuilder 8.5 for Adobe CS3/Intel
April 26, 2007
Announcing the immediate release of IconBuilder 8.5 for Mac OS X. This latest update to our professional Photoshop & Fireworks filter for creating icons on the Macintosh, now fully supports Adobe’s new CS3 set of tools. The filter’s architecture has been re-engineered from the ground up in Xcode to take advantage of CS3’s new plug-in structure and is optimized for use with Apple’s Intel line of Mac desktops.
IconBuilder allows icon artists to harness the powerful feature sets of Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks to create professional, high-quality icons for both Mac OS X and Windows Vista quickly and easily. Many of the icons users interact with every day, including those from yesterday’s Design Services update, were constructed with IconBuilder.
IconBuilder v.8.5 is available today for Mac OS X for $79.00 USD. Users who purchased IconBuilder 8.x after 01.Jan.07 are entitled to a free upgrade. The upgrade price for prior purchases is $30.00.
‘Featured Client Projects’ Update
April 26, 2007
Today, we are pleased to bring our visitors a fresh update to the Iconfactory’s portfolio of featured client projects. This update represents hundreds of hours of design and production for such notable clients as Microsoft, the London Stock Exchange, Audodesk, Wal-Mart, Roxio and others. We have been privileged to lend our professional design services to such notable projects as Windows Vista, Roxio Central, Walmart.com and most recently, Panic’s website creation app for Mac OS X – Coda.
We invite you to browse these latest portfolio entries as well as our other noteworthy client work in our Design Services section today. Enjoy.
Panic’s ‘Coda’ Grows on You
April 23, 2007
Our good friends over at Panic marked their 10th anniversary as Mac software developers today with their landmark release of Coda. Coda is a single window environment for creating websites that features built in HTML, CSS, FTP and even Terminal support. Take your favorite apps used to create websites and bring them together into one really cool piece of software and you get Coda.
We’re especially proud of our affliation with Panic since they started developing for the Mac only a short time after us. Our two companies have “grown up” together and we’ve formed a fantastic working relationship with them. Panic is the brains behind the ever popular Mac apps Pixadex and CandyBar and we’ve done the icon design for all of their apps to date. We’re pleased to say that they once again allowed us to contribute to Coda’s success via its icon suite. Its a privilege to work with people devoted to making the best software possible for the Mac, and so we just wanted to wish them the best of luck with this amazing release. If you have not checked out Coda yet, you owe it to yourself to get on over and download it today. Congrats on ten years guys, here’s to ten more going strong!
Frenzic Players Get Bragging Rights
April 18, 2007
The online player community over at Frenzic.com gets a big boost today with the addition of a new comment system. Now all registered users of Frenzic can communicate with each other via their official website player cards. Have you always wanted to know a player’s strategy but couldn’t ask? Now you can! Keep up with players of similar devotion levels, track feedback from friends or just socialize and have fun.
Frenzic is an exciting new puzzle-based game in the spirit of Tetris and Bejeweled that is taking the Mac community by storm. We hope you enjoy the updates we’ve made to Frenzic.com as we strive to strengthen our player community. If you’ve not checked it out, we urge you to visit Frenzic.com and find out why so many people are proud to call themselves addicted. Watch for more new and exciting features in the weeks and months ahead. Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ve got to get back to sorting!
Pixels, the Universe and Everything…
April 16, 2007
If you’ve ever wondered what goes through the brains of icon designers as they work their mojo, you are in luck. 37signals invited Iconfactory Principals Corey Marion and Dave Brasgalla to an informal Fireside Chat to discuss the state of icons and icon design. They met up online with noted icon artists Brian Brasher and Josh Williams of Firewheel Design as well as Jon Hicks of Hicks Design and Michael Schmidt of Cuban Council for a fun and informative rap.
This first in a three part series, delves into the designer’s favorite creations, thoughts about the new Adobe CS3 icon suite and more. Its a easy read that offers a glimpse into just what we do around here from day to day. If you’re a fan of pixels, design or just plain icons, you’ll enjoy it. Check it out.
A Nyu for You!
April 10, 2007
‘Elfen Lied’ first premiered in Japan in July of 2004, and tells the tale of Lucy, a mutant with powers both amazing and frightening. Lucy has a split personality, one half of which is Nyu, the happy-go-lucky spirit portrayed in today’s desktop picture courtesy of Mindy. Although the series has been both praised and criticized for its odd mix of extreme violence and ultra-cuteness, fans agree its worth a look. Now a small part of ‘Elfen’ is ready to be downloaded as a cool desktop picture for your Mac or PC. Head on over and check it out!
