The Mac community is known for being full of extremely talented graphic designers. If you love looking at fantastic icons, or want to learn about the process, these are 5 guys you certainly want to follow on twitter, and read their blogs.
Laurent Baumann is a French graphic designer whose work has been featured in an incredible amount of applications and websites. He is the designer of such applications as FontCase, Bowtie, Bluebird (which I reviewed earlier this week), Façade, CoverSutra, and many others. You can keep an eye on him by following him on twitter, or visiting his website. Also, if you want to be inspired by incredible drawing skills, check out his Flickr account.
Adam Betts is a 25-year-old, American graphic designer. His work has been featured on numerous blogs, applications, and even in print. He designed graphics for the first (and maybe second) MacHeist, his emoticon set is being used in AdiumX, he has done UI design for the world’s first, native iPhone App: Lights Off (1 and 2), and audio recording app WireTap Pro. He has also designed icons for CSSEdit, Overflow, and Delicious Library. You can follow him on twitter, and visit his blog.
Sebastiaan De With is a graphic designer based in the Netherlands. He has designed several iPhone apps, including Classics, which was featured on one of Apple’s iPhone commercials. I personally love all of Sebastiaan’s work, all of which is extremely professional and polished. He authored a video series on Icon Design, you can also see his work on his portfolio site. You can follow him on twitter, and read his blog.
Louie Mantia is a graphic designer based in America. He has created icons for numerous iPhone, and Mac applications. He works for Iconfactory, maker of the popular Twitter client, Twitterific. You can view his work on his portfolio website, and you can also follow him on twitter.
Jonas Rask is a 28-year-old designer/student based in Denmark. He works for Enhanced Labs, who created the icons used in Microsoft Office 2008. He has designed numerous, beautiful icon sets for Microsoft, Chronos, and many others. You can visit his website, or follow him on twitter.
