e18 – Icon Mania!

This episode we cover 30 years of icon design, from black and white pixel art all the way to today's gorgeous, full-screen, retina eye candy. Along the way we encounter some FatBits, creatures that go "Moof!", and deep levels of icon-ception.

This episode we cover 30 years of icon design, from black and white pixel art all the way to today's gorgeous, full-screen, retina eye candy. Along the way we encounter some FatBits, creatures that go "Moof!", and deep levels of icon-ception.

Links for this episode:

Followupnew iTunes icon!Icon historySusan KareMacPaint toolboxSystem 1 control panelFatBits"Pixel perfect: The golden age of icons was 32x32"Ed's Copland folder variations [download]clip2icns"Hard Drive Icons Through the Ages"Aqua iconsIconic icons"Picasso" Macintosh logo (actually Matisse!)Clarus the DogcowSteve Jobs portraitYosemite app icon design guidelines

The icon design communityThe Iconfactoryhistory of the factoryPixelpalooza contestTwitterrific appBrian Brasher (Etherbrian and Etherknot)John Marstall (The Iconmaster and Perfect Yosemite)Alamofire collaborationPackratGowallaLayne Karkruff (Blue Sky Heart Design)Blue Sky Icon archiveEd's BSI-esque control panel icon [download]Pixelgirl PresentsIcontownOur iconsEd: FoxTrot icon set [download]Cris Phin's tweet on tiling icons/imagesBrian: 1024 Pixels contestcontest entries from 2000 [download]And finally…Apple Icon Gardenthe story of the garden's removalIconfactory's icon set of the Icon Garden