The iOS App Icon Book is a beautiful hardcover art book celebrating more than a decade of app icon design. It brings together hundreds of icons created by individuals and teams from around the world, carefully selected for their conceptual strength, visual craft and variety.
Explore the principles behind successful app icons and go behind the scenes with some of the people who helped shape this distinct visual craft.
Four years in the making and overwhelmingly funded on Kickstarter.
“I made this book with the help from amazing people, because it was something I dearly wanted to own myself—a celebration of this art and craft that I’ve been so fortunate to participate in for most of my career.” — Michael Flarup
Pair it with The macOS App Icon Book to explore app icon design across both of Apple’s defining platforms. In most markets, adding the second book does not increase the shipping rate.
“If you care about apps, you’ll love The iOS App Icon Book.” — MacStories
“A splendid book — carefully curated, exquisitely well-designed, and very nicely printed and bound.” — John Gruber, Daring Fireball
Ships from Denmark by DHL Express: about €30 to the US, UK and Australia, and roughly €22–35 within the EU. Both hardcovers travel in one parcel, so a second book adds nothing to shipping in most markets. Your exact rate is shown at checkout. Taxes or import fees may apply outside the EU. For Christmas delivery, order by 11 December (US, Canada, Australia, rest of world) or 14 December (EU, UK). Shipping details.
This is the first and only printing. There are no plans for a reprint.
A Beautiful Artbook
This book features hundreds of works of art from individuals and teams around the world. It serves as an inspiration and as a historical collection covering more than a decade of design on the iOS platform. The icons in this book have been carefully curated to showcase conceptual and executional excellence in icon design and covers a broad range of applications, topics, and styles.
A Primer on App Icon Design
Explore the core aspects of successful app icon design and go behind the scenes with prominent iconists, who exclusively share their stories and insights about the craft behind the pixels.
A Labor of Love
Spanning four years, thousands of emails, hundreds of agreements, and countless contributors, this book has been put together by Michael Flarup, a Danish designer, entrepreneur, and speaker with a deep passion for app icons. Michael has designed numerous app icons himself and regularly shares the lessons he’s learned through his writing, video tutorials, and conference talks and workshops around the world.
