William Gallagher
Designer and The Iconfactory cofounded Corey B. Marion has died, aged 54, following a long battle with cancer.
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.
"Our beloved Iconfactory founder, Corey B. Marion, lost his multi-year battle with cancer this past week, he was 54," says a statement on the front page of the company's site. "It's difficult to put his loss into words except to say that without Corey, there would quite literally be no Iconfactory."
"Corey, Ged and Talos met in 1994," it continues, "and we soon began a journey together that spanned 28 years. From day one, Corey did exactly what he loved most - designing, pushing pixels and creating icons."
"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 the statement. "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."
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.
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Good company. I used them when I needed a company logo when I sold my shareware in the early 2000s.
Very sad news, condolences to all who knew and worked with Corey.
I've used iPulse since it first came out on every Mac I've owned (and hope to in the future). A little app that provides a wonderful graphic detailing for me how my Mac is operating.
This is very sad news:( I read AppleInsider daily, to open this up and see this 😔.
Firstly, my condolences to his wife and kids.
30 years ago this August 17, I started work at Advanced Media Graphics in Greensboro and didn’t sit too far from Corey. Among other things, AMC worked on Barnes & Noble catalogs when those were still in print.
I watched Corey in awe all the time. His wizardry on the Mac, photoshop, or anything else he touched was at lightening speed. I was more a PC guy and understood Aldus Pagemaker thus, Graphics Communications. I don’t think I knew what a Mac was at that time, and would ask Corey- why is that video card $1500?? This was 30 years ago and when you could get a 3rd party card for a MAC, or was it that other MAC clone….
So for me, Corey was truly a communicator through graphics. I always wanted to see anything Corey created. I recall a Christmas card he designed, and I was like how did he get those bells inside those words.. at 25 I thought it was magic. I asked Corey so many questions at times he probably was like this has nothing to do with your job. 😃😄 I was just curious and I knew he was a unique wizard.
RIP Corey and my sincere condolences again to his family.
Ken
Sadly, the article doesn't link the specific page to those Star Trek icons. I can only assume this is what is being referenced?
https://iconfactory.com/startrek/
Cofounder not cofounded on the strapline?
sad news :(