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Never under-estimate the power of the icon. No other single UI element has the ability to make or break the implied quality of a product or service with a single glance. Over the years, The Skins Factory has created gorgeous 2D & 3D icons, including many mission-critical (and mind-blowing) collections for companies like Intel, Disney & Toyota. Employing the world's best icon artists, we're able to create everything from flawlessly-executed 2D silhouette toolbar icons to stunning animated 3D masterpieces that convey flawless detail at any scale, from the desktop all the way up to billboard size.
Disney Pixar's WALL-E Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: Under License from The Walt Disney Company
Introducing the official, Pixar-approved WALL-E Windows desktop icon set powered by Hyperdesk. Featuring well over 50+ icons, the set's main folder icons were designed to mimic WALL-E's weather-beaten metal. The rest of the set, was designed to appear as if they were pulled from a long, forgotten world. This creates a complete symmetry between the lovable character and his Windows XP desktop theme and icon set. Disney and Pixar-approved.
Sony Ericsson Onyx Series Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson and The Skins Factory present an exciting, color-filled exploration into Windows XP desktop customization. Featuring more than six chromatic-rich Hyperdesk hyperthemes, 61 stunning desktop icons, a super sleek Windows Media Player skin, Winamp skin and 6 gorgeous, chromatically-infused wallpapers all powered by The Skins Factory Hyperdesk software. Copyright 2008. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. All Rights Reserved.
Intel Graphics & Media Control Panel Application Icon Set
Client: Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation & The Skins Factory jointly developed the Intel Graphics & Media Control Panel application. Two years in the making, The Skins Factory designed everything from the wireframes to the final GUI deliverables. The icon design was a key aspect in creating the navigational menu system for the panel. Modeled & rendered in 3D, with some touching up in Adobe Photoshop, the icon set is simply stunning & some of our finest icon work to date.
Disney Pixar's EVE Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: Under License from The Walt Disney Company
Introducing the official, Pixar-approved WALL-E (EVE Edition) Windows desktop icon set. Featuring well over 50+ icons, the set's was designed to mimic EVEs high-gloss white exterior with matte black embellishments and appear as if they were created by Buy-n-Large. This creates a complete symmetry between the lovable character and her Windows XP desktop theme and icon set. Disney and Pixar-approved.
Disney.com Website Navigation Icons
Client: The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company awarded The Skins Factory the task of bringing iconic magic to the main navigation of the newly redesigned Disney.com website. Working closely with WDIG's creative team, The Skins Factory designers created strong iconic symbols for Disney.coms top level navigation. The main goal was to design icons that were consistent with Disneys strong brand & usher in the new look of Disney.com. A 2nd phase had our team coming back and creating animated top-level navigation icons.
Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Sony PlayStation XMB Icons
Client: The Walt Disney Company
This Tim Burton-approved PlayStation theme was created by The Skins Factory for Disney based on the cult favorite film - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. The Skins Factory created a spooky set of over 50 ghostly, holographic XrossMediaBar (XMB) navigation icons, super creepy 3D main navigation icons, custom cursors and more. For Sony PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Portable. All images Disney. All Rights Reserved
Journey to the World of Tomorrow
Reimagining the Design & Technology of the American Mid-Century
A 3-PART GENERATIVE AI ARTWORK SCIENCE FICTION SERIES
From the imagination of The Skins Factory's Founder, comes an exciting 3-part Generative AI Art Sci-Fi Series called “Journey to the World of Tomorrow”.
It asks and answers the question: What if the science fiction writers, futurists, and artists of the American mid-century actually saw their dreams materialize into reality? It’s an alternate American reality, where technology advanced quicker and farther than our own reality. Created over a 7-month time period, with over 11,000 pieces of art generated using Midjourney with only the best artwork selected for the series. He then spent hundreds of hours post-processing the artwork in Adobe Photoshop where he removed all of the imperfections, rebuilt parts of the images using Adobe’s generative fill tool, corrected both lighting & color and more. This is a huge collection of imagery spanning 3 decades and featuring robots, rockets, hover cars, stunning interior & exterior architecture, life on the moon and more! When you see the word RELEASED below, click on the image to view the series.
Disney's It's a Magical World Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: The Walt Disney Company
Initially contracted by The Walt Disney Company and then under license, the Official Disney Desktop theme for Windows 7, Vista & XP, features 5 color themes, an assortment of magical desktop icons, custom wallpapers, a fun Mickey Mouse iTunes audio remote and a Windows Media Player skin. The theme was powered by The Skins Factory's advanced Windows desktop theming solution Hyperdesk, Unfortunately, this magical theme is no longer available.
Disney.com Website Icons
Client: The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Internet Group contracted The Skins Factory again to create an intuitive set of website icons for their redesigned, flagship website. Working closely with WDIG's creative team, The Skins Factory designers created strong iconic symbols for Disney.com's website iconograpy. The main goal was to create icons that were consistent with Disney's strong brand & usher in the new look of Disney.com.
STAR TREK: The Original Series Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: Under License from CBS Consumer Products
Set your phasers on stun and check out the official Starfleet-approved Hyperdesk Windows desktop icon set with versions for Windows 7, XP and Vista. Includes over 30 custom iconic icons created by The Skins Factory designed to stay true to Star Trek canon. From Kirk's chair to the iconic communicator, it's all here. We even included tribbles in the mix. Just don't feed them. Unfortunately this theme is no longer available. TM & 2009. CBS Studios Inc. All rights reserved.
STAR TREX XI Sony PlayStation XMB Icons
Client: Under License from CBS Consumer Products
We loved the new STAR TREK movie so much, we designed a PlayStation 3 theme set for it. The official Star Trek XI movie-based Sony PS3 & PSP themes. Features custom wallpapers with the USS Enterprise with color & lighting FX by our design team, 3D modeled & rendered, iconic Star Trek icons for the XrossMediaBar (XMB), custom navigation icons & cursors. 2009 PPC. TM & CBS. All Rights Reserved. This theme is unfortunately no longer available... blame it on the Klingon Empire.
Alienware Aurora Star Wars Edition Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: Alienware Corporation
The Skins Factory was contracted by Alienware Corporation to create the entire custom desktop, skins and icons for their Alienware Aurora Star Wars Edition PCs. As life-long fans of the Star War movies, this project was a passionate, labor of love. Pulling iconic imagery from the new films as inspiration, our team created custom icons that will delight Star Wars fans of all ages. Copyright. Alienware Corporation.
DarkMatter: Quadrilogy Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: The Skins Factory
Four unbelievably slick icon sets that completely transformed your Windows desktop into a super-futuristic, hi-tech environment. The Skins Factory's icon design team doesnt simply push the envelope, it shreds it. It was powered by The Skins Factory’s advanced Hyperdesk Windows desktop theming solution.
Hyperdesk Flagship Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: The Skins Factory
When our highly capable interface design team at The Skins Factory developed the Hyperdesk application's user interface, we fashioned an appearance that had a sleek, futuristic feel to it. In celebration of the launch of our product Hyperdesk, we've transported those same sleek, design qualities into an stunning icon set called - Hyperdesk Flagship.
Crysis: Warhead Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: Electronic Arts + NVIDIA + Ultra PC
Powered by The Skins Factory's Hyperdesk advanced Windows desktop theming solution, Electronic Arts, NVIDIA, Ultra PC contracted The Skins Factory to design and power the Official Crysis: Warhead Windows XP desktop theme. Features 3 Windows XP themes, 15 icons, a custom, ultra-cool nano suit inspired wallpaper. Unfortunately, this theme is no longer available. Crysis is Copyright 2008. Crytek. All rights reserved.
Alienware: Superman Special Edition Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: Alienware Corporation
Alienware released limited-edition desktop & notebook systems inspired by DC Comics iconic Super Hero, Superman. The Skins Factory designed the immersive desktop theme of the famous "Man of Steel", that featured a Windows XP theme, icons, custom wallpaper and Windows Media Player skin. We created imagery that keeps with the Superman mythos - from the walk-in telephone booth to kryptonite. SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and DC Comics. (s06). Theme is no longer available.
Alienware: Redskins Ultimate Fan Xperience Windows Desktop Icon Set
Client: Alienware Corporation + Washington Redskins
The Redskins Ultimate Fan XPerience exclusive desktop theme includes customized icons and wallpapers to go along with a media player transformed into a 'technology enhanced' football. The Window theme transforms your ordinary Windows XP into a Redskins fan's delight. Available only when you purchased the Washington Redskins Ultimate Fan XPerience PC. Copyright. Alienware Corporation. Copyright. Washington Redskins.
Toyota.com Website Navigation Icons
Client: Toyota + Saatchi & Saatchi
Global advertising agency giant, Saatchi & Saatchi engaged The Skins Factory's creative team on behalf of automobile manufacturer, Toyota, to create Toyota.com's top level, navigational icons. The deliverables ended up being "auto-centric" as one might guess with the client being one of the top automobile manufacturers in the world. From car keys to a steering wheel, the final results were sleek icons that matched the design language of their site perfectly.
In Part 3 of The Journey to the World of Tomorrow, a 3-Part Generative AI Artwork Science Fiction Series, we explore an alternate timeline, mid-century American space program and colonization of the Moon including rockets, robots, lunar structures and more.