The Breakroom

Stockicons.com has released all-new sets of vector format stock icons based on our popular and flexible Carbon family. Carbon Basic EPS contains 80 metaphors common to user interface design. Concepts such as email, networking, printing as well as common navigation controls are all covered for maximum design flexibility. Carbon Multimedia EPS extends the Carbon family […]

Keeping Up with the Foreman

October 18, 2006

Our good friends over at Pixelsurgeon have published this month’s edition of their edgy podcast, Audiosurgeon which features news, reviews and exclusive music from the world of design, culture and more. Issue number 6 features a wealth of pulsing tracks that are definitely worth a listen. Somewhere in between all this ultra-cool content lives a […]

Stockicons.com is pleased to announce a special offer where you can take 50% off the purchase price of any Basic or Basic EPS stock icon collection. For a limited time we are offering these cornerstone collections at a reduced rate. Have you purchased stock icons at other web sites and found them to be lacking […]

Wii Are Waiting In Line…

October 13, 2006

If you are a game console fan, then you know the significance of today. Yes, the sky is turning red, the seas are about to boil and the earth is about to stop spinning. Okay, so its not that important, its just the day that the new Nintendo Wii console goes on pre-order here in […]

Beware the Bride!

October 10, 2006

She has risen from the crypt and brought a gaggle of gruesome buddies with her! She is the Bride of Macabre, the sequel to Ged’s popular 2002 Halloween set, Macabre. This time around your desktop will play host to a frightening cast of characters including Jason Voorhees, Samara from The Ring, H.R. Geiger’s Alien, Nosferatu […]

Welcome children of the night! That’s right, we’re dripping with excitement to announce that our 2006 haunted Halloween makeover has finally arrived! Our favorite holiday is fast approaching and so the slaves (sorry, we mean workers) have conjured up a few ghoulies and ghosties to help ‘redecorate’ the factory. The month of October means spooky […]

The Day of the Dead

October 3, 2006

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is an ancient Mexican celebration that was started by the Aztecs over 3,000 years ago. Although the Spaniards would try and eradicate the rituals, they only partially subdued it. Over the centuries, this festive holiday of bright colors, macabre imagery and specially prepared foods has honored the […]

Mission: Impossible!

September 26, 2006

“Good morning, Mr. Phelps.” It’s one of the most recognized lines of dialogue in TV history – the opening phrase of each weekly episode of Mission: Impossible. This much-loved television series featured the adventures of the “Impossible Missions Force”, a select group of covert agents using every trick in the book to prove the show’s […]

Bending Adobe’s Ear

September 18, 2006

For those of you not familiar with the story so far, here is a quick recap. Back on August 23rd we wrote a post of our Top 5 Adobe Illustrator Pet Peeves. Things in Illustrator that either bugged us or were slowing us down in our day-to-day icon making lives. That post was met with […]

Baby Spaceships Warp In!

September 12, 2006

What do you get when you combine the sleek, futuristic lines of science fiction’s greatest spacecraft with the adorable cuteness of infants? Why Baby Spaceships of course! Iconfactory artist Talos Tsui has adapted the ‘Super Deformed’ style, popular in Japan, to some of the most popular fantasy vessels of television and the movies. The result […]