The Breakroom

Betting on Books

February 27, 2008

We’re proud to be affiliated with Coudal Partners new Making Book competition. Pick your favorite books from The Morning News’ 2008 Tournament of Books, place a bet, and you could win some fantastic prizes. And the best part: your bet goes directly to First Book, a non-profit organization that provides low-income families with their first […]

We’re pleased to announce that two of Talos’ classic freeware icon collections have received the royal upsizing treatment. First up is everyone’s favorite robot dog – Aibo. Back in 2001, this cyber-puppy was the bees knees and every cool kid in town had to have one. Now Aibo’s been updated for Leopard and Vista with […]

Agua Stacks for Your Dock

February 19, 2008

If you’re one of those clever Mac users who has taken to customizing the appearance of your Leopard stack icons, then we’ve got a treat for you. Today’s freeware release will put a whole new spin on your dock’s look and feel – Agua Stacks from David Lanham. These translucent badges are especially designed to […]

Designers and developers across the web are discovering xScope, ARTIS and the Iconfactory’s tool for measuring images, buttons, margins and more. At the heart of xScope is the new Dimensions tool that has been hailed by users as a wonderful time saver that will improve the way you work. Reviews are appearing all over the […]

Desktop Thursdays Are Back!

February 7, 2008

Now that the new year is in full swing, we’re pleased to announce we’re kicking off eight straight weeks of new desktop pictures courtesy of Mindy. She’s been furiously pumping out wallpapers for your Macs, PCs and iPhones these last few weeks and now they’re ready to go. First out of the gate is a […]

Arcade Daze System Boots Up

February 5, 2008

Those video sprites you know and love so much are back and this time they’ve come for your trash can, folders and files! That’s right, Ged’s pleased to announce the release of Arcade Daze System, chock full of pixelly goodness just for you. This huge set of over 130 system replacement icons not only contains […]

Introducing xScope 2.0

January 30, 2008

ARTIS Software and The Iconfactory are pleased to announce the immediate availability of xScope v 2.0. xScope is a powerful set of tools that designers and developers can use to measure, compare, and contrast literally anything on the screen. Version 2 brings an entire array of new features and improvements that will increase your productivity […]

Stockicons.com has released the latest collections in the Logica family of royalty-free stock icons. The addition of the Logica Database, Multimedia and Finance EPS sets extends and completes the Logica family and adds scalable vector icons covering such concepts such as tables, records, mixing, effects, assets and many others. All three of these scalable EPS […]

Arcade Daze Gets Rad Update

January 9, 2008

Video warriors assemble! If you enjoyed the recently updated Arcade Daze Galaxian, then you’re in for a special treat. Ged has now updated the original Arcade Daze, set that started it all with new, super-pixel sizes for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista. Now Mario doesn’t need to eat power mushrooms to grow huge, […]

Scheduled Iconfactory Downtime

December 26, 2007

Panic and The Iconfactory will be moving our web hosting services in the next few days. As a result, all of the Iconfactory websites will experience 24-48 hours of scheduled downtime. This maintenance will effect users attempting to visit The Iconfactory, Stockicons.com, Frenzic.com and MarbleofDoom.com. We’ll do our best to make this downtime as quick […]