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The Iconfactory is a small software and graphic design company that specializes in creating icons and software for creating and using icons. The company was founded in April 1996 by Corey Marion, Talos Tsui, and Gedeon Maheux. Lead Engineer Craig Hockenberry joined the company in 1997 and Artist Dave Brasgalla joined in January of 1999. The company incorporated in January of 2000. The Iconfactory gained popularity through the creation of packages of free icons for download, but quickly grew to become one of the leading studios in commercial icon design. The Iconfactory also publishes software for creating, organizing and using icons as well as general GUI applications.
From 1997 until 2004, the Iconfactory held an annual icon design contest for the Macintosh icon community called Pixelpalooza. The competition was a chance for aspiring artists from all over the world to design and produce original icon creations for the chance of winning software and hardware prizes. Pixelpalooza was discontinued in 2005, although the company says it may make a return in the future.
The Iconfactory's most notable client project to date was creating over 100 icons for Microsoft to be included in the Windows XP * operating system.
Software
IconBuilder — Adobe Photoshop Plugin for creating icons. CandyBar — Tool to change system icons. Successor to iControl. Pixadex — Icon management tool similar to iPhoto. Successor to IconDropper. iPulse — Utility to visualize system activity. xScope — Tool for measuring any element on screen.
See also
External links
Technology websites | Macintosh websites | Graphical user interface | Icons | Mac software companies
"The Iconfactory"