icons – The Graphic Mac

Fix Safari’s lack of Favicons

James — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 15:49:11 +0000

I don’t want to write a full review, because I personally find them to really ugly-up Safari’s clean interface, but if you do like Favicons in your Bookmarks bar, Tab bar or both—Faviconographer will fix what ails ya. See the image above for what Daring Fireball’s John Gruber and so many others call an improvement or necessary feature.

Download Faviconographer. Enjoy your uglified Safari interface.

Exclusive: User interface flat icon vector set

James — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:00:03 +0000

Grab this set of flat user interface icons in vector format, exclusively for Graphic Mac readers.

Download the User Interface Icon Set here. The 7.6MB pack includes 37 icons in AI, EPS, SVG and PNG formats.

The icons carry a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Thanks to eComm.Design – a design & inspiration gallery for eCommerce Websites, for sharing the icons.

Is Apple’s design style going down hill?

James — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:00:02 +0000

Ultimately, only you can answer that. Apple has chosen a direction with the Mac’s GUI that is quite a departure from even the recent past. Lots of people love it, and lots of people don’t like it at all. I find myself somewhere in the middle.

When I look at the icons above individually, I like all the new ones. But collectively, when compared to the old ones, they don’t work as well. First off, Apple has chosen to go decidedly whiter with their icons. In a crowded Dock, they all sort of blend together. None of them are easily recognizable at a quick glance. Second, some of them make no sense. Take the new Photos app icon—what in the heck do a bunch of color blobs represent? The old iPhoto icon was clear in what it represented.

But it doesn’t stop with icons. The entire GUI has gotten lighter, more “blended in,” and sometimes confusing. Overall, I still love the Mac’s interface. Lately though, I’m finding more and more “little things” that really bug me.

Nicholas Windsor Howard has a great two-part article about the subject (complete with plenty of screenshots) that’s worth the read. Part one can be found here, and part-two here. Take a look and see if you agree with his opinions.

Free vector art: Social media icons

James — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:00:47 +0000

EpicPxls has a great set of Social Media icons in vector format, free to download here.

Free vector art: Camera icons

James — Wed, 11 May 2016 15:00:30 +0000

Download this set of 36 camera vector icons (2.2MB), perfect for your website, logo or print designs. The set has been made available exclusively to Graphic Mac readers by Vandaley Design.

The camera icons come in AI, EPS, SVG, PNG and PSD format.

Be sure to check out the thousands of Vandaley Design’s PSDs, vector art, textures, templates and other resources—all affordably priced starting at just $10 per month.

300+ Free vector icons

James — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:00:35 +0000

Icons8 has made available a pack of 300+ flat color icons, free for commercial and personal use.

The icons come in PDF, PNG and SVG (vector, opened in Adobe Illustrator or other app that supports SVG) format.

Download the free icons here, and be sure to check out all their other great work while you’re there.

Red, green, blue: the colors of app icons

James — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:00:25 +0000

Stuart Hall offers an interesting look at the colors of app icons on iOS and the Mac in this article. Blue, by far, is the most popular color; but if you want to stand out from the crowd, purple is probably the coolest color to go with! I’m actually surprised at how few apps use the pink/purple hues.

Free Communications vector icons

James — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:43:21 +0000

One can never have too much vector art, I always say. Today I have an exclusive set of Communications vector icons courtesy of Vector4Free.

The pack is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License and includes 36 colorful icons you can use in your web or print design projects.

You can download the vector pack here.

999 free business icons in vector format

James — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:00:53 +0000

Looking for business-related icons for a Keynote/PowerPoint presentation, website design, or other design project? Check out the business icon collection at FreePik.

Exclusive: Free Cloud Computing Icons

James — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:45:46 +0000

Brusheezy has made this set of 36 cloud computing icons available for free, exclusively for Graphic Mac readers. Not only are these icons provided in PNG and PSD format, but fully editable vector format.

Brusheezy offers a host of design resources, focusing primarily on Photoshop brushes, patterns and textures. Lately, they’ve added PSDs to the mix. If the site looks familiar, it’s because I’ve shared artwork in the past from their companion site Vecteezy.

This free icon pack from Brusheezy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.