Kate McInnes (aka - LoungeKat) is an Illustrator and Designer from Melbourne, Australia. She is an Assistant Editor at Psdtuts+. Kate's work has been exhibited locally and internationally in shows such as Yen magazine’s Curvy, Gimme Shelter, Dex, Plastic Pimps, FreQee, Cut Outs and Toy2R’s DIY Bart tour. Most commonly known for her seductive drawings of women LoungeKat has recently ventured into pattern design and collaborative work with fellow vector illustrator Sean Kelly (Bucket‘o’Thought.
What makes a successful icon designer? Is it their skills in digital rendering, the clever ideas they have, or is it something else? The truth is, it’s managing to be many things at once and keeping a balance between communicating a concept and crafting great designs. Do you have what it takes to be a productive, happy and successful icon designer? Find out at the jump.
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In the last installment you learned about the history of icon design and how it has evolved from black and white representations of office items into full colored, glassy, hyper-rendered, isometric representations of… office items. In this installment I will be delving further into the world of icons and exploring what icons mean to us today.
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As with great works of art, you must look into the past to appreciate the future. With roots as far back as the 1970′s, the humble icon has come a long way. Following is a collection of icons though history. Although there have been many other operating systems in the time between 1981 – 2010, I’ve hand picked the ones of the most significance to modern icon design. These designs show just a small fraction of the icons in the many and varied User Interfaces throughout the years. To learn more about the history of User Interface Design you can find a comprehensive article on the subject on Wikipedia.
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