Today’s freeware release is the final chapter in icon artist Kate England’s Private Eye series. Private Eye Act 3 concludes this story of mystery and murder and is available today as either standard Mac or Win icons or as a handy Pixadex iContainer. So don’t waste any time, hot foot it over there and grab these icons while the trail is still warm! Enjoy.
The Breakroom
Kudos to Panic!
June 30, 2004
The word out of WWDC this morning is that our good friends over at Panic have picked up two prestigious Apple Design Awards for their ground-breaking work on Unison. The Usenet news reader application won Runner-Up for Best Mac OS X Product as well as 1st place for Best Mac OS X Experience. While we’d like to think we contributed a teeny, tiny bit to Unison’s “Mac OS X Experience”, of course its the talented team of dedicated programmers and designers at Panic that cranks out one award winning piece of software after another. So from all of us here at The Iconfactory, well done guys!
New Products and Updates for WWDC
June 25, 2004
Once again, Corey and Craig will be making their annual pilgrimage to Apple’s WWDC conference in San Francisco to learn the latest about Mac OS X as well as to meet and greet our fellow developers. If you will be at WWDC, be sure to stop by our booth in the Exhibit Fair next week from June 28th to June 30th.
It has been one year since the launch of stockicons.com, and to mark the resounding success of providing developers with affordable, professional-quality royalty-free icons, we proudly present our latest offerings.
Cricket is a new casual-style collection that is offered in the traditional stockicons format and a new designer series EPS version. We also present our first expansion set in our very popular Harmony style, Harmony: Database. We invite you to visit both stockicons.com as well as our newly updated design.iconfactory.com site to learn the latest about these products as well as additional design services we offer.
End of Week Grab Bag
June 18, 2004
As we head into the weekend here at the factory, we wanted to post a quick note to let everyone know to keep your eyes out for several new factory animations that will be popping up in the weeks ahead. The pixel gnomes have been working overtime to send these down the assembly line and the first few are rolling off now, so stay alert, you never know when you’ll see new stuff.
Also, David Lanham has produced a soothing desktop picture to accompany his recent Somatic System replacement set of icons. Be sure to surf on over to his site and check it out, it will give you warm, fuzzy feelings all over. Lastly, thanks to everyone who has taken the time to write with your positive comments regarding the release of the IF 200th Set. Its gratifying to know that our efforts to bring you freeware icons are so appreciated, thank you!
Still Going Strong
June 15, 2004
It was about this time eight years ago that Corey, Talos and Ged decided to create a webpage (hosted on AOL), that would serve as a place where people could come and download icons for their Macs. 199 freeware sets and over 5,700 individual icons later, we’re still here and kicking. Pretty good for a group of people that push pixels into the shapes of tiny little things. Of course, we wouldn’t be here without the hard work and dedication of all of the individuals that keep The Iconfactory up and running smoothly, as well as our loyal fans.
Four years ago we announced our 100th Set on the cusp of the release of Mac OS X. Today, we are proud to release our latest freeware collection, The IF 200th Set. This set of system replacement icons harkens back to the heady days of Mac OS 9 and the beloved “Copland” style of desktop folders and files. All of the 32×32 and 16×16 versions of this set have been tweaked by hand for maximum “Pixel-clickiness” and look great even in the modern environment of OS X. The set also includes some Iconfactory themed desktop pictures to complete your factory makeover. The IF 200th Set works great with CandyBar, our system icon replacement utility.
We sincerely hope you enjoy our 200th release and invite you to stick around for the next 100 sets. Drop us a line if you feel so inclined, and remember, we’ll keep making them, if you keep downloading!
History in the Making
June 10, 2004
If you pop over to the Warehouse, you’ll see an interesting statistic on display – 199 icon sets in inventory. Back in June of 2000, The Iconfactory released its 100th icon set and now, four years later we’ve reached another milestone. Another 100 sets of free icons have been released, and to celebrate we’re working up something special. So be sure to be here this Tuesday for the release of The Iconfactory’s 200th set. It won’t be a huge, star-studded event, but it will be our way of saying thanks for your continued support over the years. Now let’s get that champagne a chillin’!
Now For Something Different
June 2, 2004
This week’s freeware icon release is a sort of visual experiment from Iconfactory artist, Talos Tsui. Totem Pole is a unique set of system and application icons with visual influences from Native American artwork. The icons are designed to stack together in a vertically oriented dock, but also work well on their own. If this collection is popular, Talos predicts more in the series, so drop us a note and let us know your thoughts. Totem Pole is available for both Mac and Win and comes as a handy Pixadex iContainer. Enjoy.
