The Breakroom

Let It Ride Baby!

April 13, 2004

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Announcing our latest freeware icon release – Las Vegas Vol. 2 from Iconfactory artist Kate England! That’s right, these graphic and bold icons pick up where we last left off – on the Vegas strip and ready for action. If you’ve been caught up in the popularity of poker and games of chance sweeping the nation, then these icons will feel right at home on your desktop. Las Vegas 2 is available as Macintosh or Windows icons as well as a handy Pixadex iContainer. Don’t wait, head over and download these icons before someone else hits your jackpot!

Get Out And Vote!

April 12, 2004

By Webmaster

Today is the last full day of voting for your favorite contest entries in the People’s Choice Awards. If you have had a chance to submit your ratings for the icons in each of the three categories (OS X, CandyBar and Classic), we invite you to surf on over and start voting while you still can. Your vote will help determine the winners and bring fame and (slight) fortune to three lucky icon artists. Hop to it people!

People’s Choice Voting Begins Today

April 6, 2004

By Webmaster

Be here at Noon e.s.t. today for the start of public voting for the People’s Choice Award for Pixelpalooza 2004. We invite you to visit each of the three category pages (OS X, CandyBar and Classic) and rate your preference for each entry. People’s Choice voting runs from today until Noon e.s.t. April 13th and the winners will be announced along side of the Grand Prize and Runner up winners selected by this year’s judges on April 21st.

We’ve made a change in procedure from previous contests for this year’s People’s Choice voting. Last year ballot stuffing was a serious problem and as such, we’ve decided not to show which entry is in the lead. We’re sorry if this is disappointing, but you can blame all those people out there who thought voting multiple times for a single entry was okay. Artists from around the world have put their hearts and souls into their creations, and if you value their efforts, please treat the contest with respect and vote only once in each of the three categories. Now get voting!

“Welcome Back Mr. Anderson!”

April 6, 2004

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To celebrate the North American DVD release of Matrix Revolutions, our resident maniac, Dave Brasgalla, has pulled out all the stops for this weeks’ freeware icon release. Matrix Rebooted is a wonderful tribute to the movie trilogy from the Wachowski brothers and contains over 90 individual icons that can be used as a complete system replacement set for your desktop. Users of our popular system icon customization utility, CandyBar will be happy to learn that Matrix Rebooted comes complete as a CB iContainer that can replace all of your system icons in a single click. But that’s not all, the set contains alternate versions so CandyBar uses can mix and match to their heart’s content.

The icon set alone would be more than enough to satisfy any die-hard Neo fan, but Dave being Dave, has also pounded out two extremely cool desktop pictures to complete your Matrix makeover. We advise you to make like Neo and fly over to Dave’s site, Pixelhuset, and swipe them before the Merovingian finds out what you are up to. We sincerely hope that if you enjoy this huge collection from Dave, you’ll drop us a line and let him know.

More Spring Time Wonder From Kate

April 5, 2004

By Webmaster

Iconfactory worker, Kate England has once again let the sunshine in with her latest freeware icon collection Sakura, Cherry Blossom. Anyone who loves Japan or just nature in general will appreciate these beautiful floral icons and accompanying desktop pictures. We encourage you to visit Kate’s page, Marmalade Moon and download these peaceful icons and desktops today. Enjoy!

Artist David Lanham Joins The Iconfactory

April 5, 2004

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We are proud to announce that a new designer and icon artist has accepted a position with The Iconfactory and has joined the Greensboro team of workers. You may know David Lanham as the first place winner and talented creator of last year’s Mac OS X Pixelpalooza entry “Invading Your Space”. David is a recent graduate of the University of Central Florida and we are very pleased that he will be pushing pixels along with the rest of the workers into both freeware and corporate projects. You can view some of David’s work on his personal website. In the meantime, be sure to grab If you’d like to grab a slice of history, David’s first official Iconfactory icon, MistaDragon, can be found in the 2004 Quick Pix icon collection. Welcome aboard David!

Radiant Stock Icon Collection Released

April 1, 2004

By Webmaster

Announcing the immediate availability of our latest royalty-free icon collection from StockIcons.com – Radiant. Created specifically to work across the widest possible group of application environments, Radiant is both technical and approachable. Skillful use of color and shading, combined with professional detailing gives this collection the edge that will help web or software applications stand out from the rest. Stockicons.com provides developers and designers with high-quality, affordable royalty-free collections of icons for use in software applications, website designs and interactive presentations. Radiant is available today as an electronic download for $349.00.

Put Your Pencil Tools Down People!

March 31, 2004

By Webmaster

The deadline for submitting your 2004 contest entry has now passed. Thanks go out to everyone who entered, and if you didn’t get your submission in in time, we’re afraid you’ll have to wait until next year. Be here starting at Noon, e.s.t. on Tuesday, April 6th to begin voting for the People’s Choice Award. In the meantime, you’ll excuse us, we’ve got entries to post!!

Grab Your Gear!

March 30, 2004

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The Iconfactory is happy to announce the release of this week’s freeware icon collection from icon artist Anthony Piraino – Take A Hike. This fun and colorful icon collection is a perfect companion for those who enjoy camping and hiking in the great outdoors. Even if you are only an “armchair” mountaineer, swing on over and get geared up for a memorable desktop adventure. Take a Hike is available as Macintosh or Windows based icons or as a handy Pixadex iContainer. Enjoy!

Pixadex Updated to 1.5.1

March 25, 2004

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The fine folks at Panic have incorporated some important improvements to Pixadex bringing the current version to 1.5.1. Drag and drop arranging is now much more responsive, the application can now recognize and import older iControl packs and several important bugs have been corrected. For the complete skinny on this latest version as well as to download the update, hop on over to the Pixadex homepage. This update is free to registered users and is available today for $18.95.