macOS Monterey icon idea

pryley

I noticed that the old File Cabinet Pro icon style is very similar to The Archive. Perhaps the direction they took for the updated icon could be inspiration for an updated The Archive icon?

pryley

Something similar to this maybe? I'm sure an icon designer could do a better job where it looks like the papers are actually stacked inside a cardboard box. 🙄

ctietze

Thank you for sharing this, @pryley! That's already a very nice-looking start

pryley

Here is the Sketch file if anyone wants it (I made a few adjustments to the gradients): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/j583lwufpnwn5ni/AADSDEpRLBDpHvCQy5Y9ULKua?dl=0

And this is what it looks like in the Dock:

ctietze

@pryley since you're on GitHub, you might want to share it as CC licensed "source", in a similar way to @lucaschultz earlier this year? https://github.com/lucaschultz/the-archive-icon/ I really missed the negative notch in Luca's design and your paper slips look nice It's great to see such initiatives from the community

pryley

Sure, I’ll do that later this week.

pryley

https://github.com/pryley/the-archive-icon

I've included two versions: one with a flat front and one with a rounded front.