Trying to capture the essence of an object or idea with only a few lines and at the same time maintaining its elegance is pretty much design in a nutshell. That’s what so great about icons, they’re tiny poems. (via The Four Icon Challenge by Kyle Tezak)
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All the sizes of iOS app icons
Let’s say you’re working on an icon for an iOS app. The app is universal, so it should run on all iPhones (and iPod touches), and on the iPad. As a designer, you’re used to drawing icons at various sizes; this is a big part of what “icon design” is (as opposed to other types of illustration).
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Drew Wilson has released Pictos 2, an awesome follow up to his excellent set of vector icons.
Pictoico: Scalable Vector Pictograms
These hard drive icons are inspired by beautiful Apple hardware designed and crafted by Jony Ive and the Apple Industrial Design Group. (via Mantia » Ive Drives)
Canon 400D+Lens by Jonatan Castro Fernández
Lovely icons for the 400D and lens, but could be used for various photography-related uses.
Ciment by Laurent Baumann
Gorgeous folder icons rendered all the way up to 512px (and wow how pretty they are at full resolution). Great attention to detail.
