This week’s icon release is very loosely related to Anthony’s Jolly Roger release from last week. Inspired by the Marion family’s summer trips to the Outer Banks we present Corey’s tribute to the majestic light stations of the North Carolina coast – NC Lighthouses. From the tiny Ocracoke Island light to the nearly 200 ft. tall Cape Hatteras light, this set covers all seven major lighthouses along the coast. Follow the beacons and download these postcards to pin to your desktop or send to friends and family. Greetings from the Outer Banks!
The Breakroom
Maintenance Release for Pixadex
August 20, 2004
Our friends over at Panic have put together a maintenance release for our popular icon organization utility, Pixadex. This new version is a free upgrade for registered users and corrects several important bugs. We recommend everyone who uses Pixadex to stop by the application’s home page and download the update today.
Ahoy There Mateys!
August 16, 2004
We’ve sailed the high seas to round up the toughest and roughest bunch of pirates that ever hoisted a main sail for this week’s release – Jolly Roger. This set of freeware icons from Iconfactory artist, Anthony Piraino is perfect for all of those out there that love pirates, finding buried treasure and getting keel hauled. So walk five paces and download these fun, bold icons for either your Mac or Windows machine or as a handy, searchable, Pixadex iContainer. And keep one eye on the horizon for that black flag, you never know when its going to appear!
Announcing “Sprite” Stock Icon Collection
August 12, 2004
We are pleased to announce the latest in our growing collection of royalty-free stock icons for designers and developers, Sprite. Designed using simple shapes and gradients, Sprite is perhaps the most approachable stock icon collection yet. The hand-drawn style of the collection lends credibility and immediacy to any project. Sprite is available in our standard bitmapped formats as well as in EPS format for larger print and web applications. We invite you to visit stockicons.com to learn more about this and other royalty-free icon collections.
CandyBar Updated to 1.6.5
August 12, 2004
Panic and The Iconfactory have updated our popular icon customization tool, CandyBar, to version 1.6.5. This version is fully qualified for use with the newly released Mac OS X 10.3.5 and is a free upgrade for registered users. We invite users to head on over to the CandyBar homepage to download the update and replace older versions of the software. CandyBar is shareware and is available for $12.95 USD.
Sweet System Treat!
August 10, 2004
We’re pleased to announce this week’s freeware release is the latest from Iconfactory new guy and icon artist extraordinaire, David Lanham. Puft System is a soft, white, and subtle collection of system icons that are designed to work with our system customization software, CandyBar. Appropriate heh? These minimalist system icons fade into the background and make it easy to spot applications at work in the Finder or in the Dock. We invite you to swing by and download Puft System today for the Mac, Windows or as a ready-to-go CandyBar iContainer. Now, pass those graham crackers!
Well Wishes For the Founder and Family
August 3, 2004
Just a quick note to ask visitors to keep Corey and family in their thoughts these next few days. Why is that you ask? The Marion Family left for their bi-annual vacation last Sunday, which, under normal circumstances would be a cause for celebration. Except that their vacation destination, as it is every year, is the Outer Banks of North Carolina. If you’ve been watching the weather, than you know that the first hurricane of the season, Alex, just happens to be brushing NC’s coast this week. That being the case, we are keeping Corey and family in mind. We’ll keep you posted on the Marion clan, and in the mean time, keep your finger’s crossed that Alex will head out to sea and Corey and Cynthia can survive being locked inside with their children all day long. :-)
Update: Although the coast did suffer significant damage, the Marion family came through with flying colors! Thanks for your well wishes everyone!
Presenting Max Rudberg
July 20, 2004
We’re pleased to announce that Mac theme and GUI artist, Max Rudberg, has completed his very first OS X icon set. Some of you may know Max from the accomplished theme work he’s done for the platform. What you may not know is that Max has been working as an intern in the Iconfactory / Marmalade Moon office in Stockholm, Sweden for several months.
One of his first assignments was an icon set of course, and this week’s “New Icon Tuesday” release of Play Time over at Max Themes is the result. We hope you will support the efforts of this fledgling icon artist and download his work and if you enjoy it, write to him and let him know. Its takes a great deal of talent and patience to pull off a set so successfully on your first time out, and from all of us here at the factory, we’d like to say “Well done Max!”. Enjoy.
