Corey B. Marion, Co-Founder of The Iconfactory, Dies Age 54

Designer and co-founder of The Iconfactory, Corey B. Marion, has died following a long battle with cancer. He was 54. AppleInsider reports: Marion founded The Iconfactory in 1996 with Talos Tsui, and Gedeon Maheux, when he was 29. For a quarter of a century, he led the firm while also designing icons -- including the company's own factory logo one -- and created a typeface based on his own handwriting. [...] The Iconfactory produces sets of icons, such as free ones commissioned by Paramount to promote a "Star Trek" film, and over 100 for Microsoft Windows XP. Corey designed logos, emojis, and wallpapers too. Plus from 1997 to 2004, he was a judge on The Iconfactory's annual Pixelpalooza icon design contest, created specifically for the Mac community. "We hope you'll join us in celebrating his life via the digital gifts he gave of himself as well as send warm and comforting wishes to his entire family," says a statement on the front page of the company's site. "Our sadness is tempered by the fact that his art and legacy live on in all of us here at the factory as well as for all those, like yourselves, who have enjoyed his creations over the years."

RIP

[Anonymous Coward]

He is an icon.

Re: RIP

[Dustin Destree]

Very much so, the digital world would not be what it is today without him. RIP you icon creating icon.

Re: RIP

[sg_oneill]

Tech people often minimise the importance of things like good design, icon choice, fonts etc, and it's a mistake. We spend all day looking at graphic design. Even if your like me and mostly work in a terminal, we're staring at a font all day, and the design of that font really matters to your ability to read comfortably and be productive. This is doubly so with desktop and web environments where Icons that can be quickly scanned and understood is vital for creating a situation where the user isn't just staring at the screen confused as to how the damn thing works. And I'm familiar environments , a word processor or a web CRM, those icons also reduce the amount of processing the brain needs to know "flick that mouse over there and mash the format button", especially under high workloads where milliseconds pile into seconds, then minutes and then hours over an extended period.

Skin cancer?

[EmoryM]

Never heard of this site so I gave it a click and this guy's freckles had freckles, it's astounding. Hopefully he had a sense of humor about them and they aren't what did him in.

Getting Old Sucks

[CoolDiscoRex]

These headlines come fast and furious these days. Getting old sucks.