Who designed the Windows Vista icons?
The development of the design and styling was done in our team, in collaboration with various artists outside who were directed by our creative leads. This was a process in which we were looking for the right style, overall look and level of detail in these icons, as well as various different execution methods for production. We knew we wanted to make a lot more of these than ever before so we had to really find a sweet spot in terms of cost. After this process was done, we had our style which was part of the overall AERO experience design. Then in later stages, the project moved to full production. Most of the actual execution and all the hard work to bring the quality we wanted to this huge set of illustrations was done in our own design team, in collaboration with various production facilities on or off campus. Icons are not only difficult to do well, but given the resolutions they are now, they are really substantial illustrations. There’s a lot more to it than just making some coo
