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Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius
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e18 – Icon Mania!
1 hour 31 minutes Posted Jul 18, 2015 at 7:28 pm.
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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.

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Icon history

Iconic icons

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"Picasso" Mac
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Happy Mac
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Clarus
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Jobs portrait
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Mac OS (7.5.1–10.9)
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Mac OS / Finder (10.10–)
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bomb
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app
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AppleWorks

The icon design community

Our icons

And finally…

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