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Mantia
Personal blog · mantia.me/blogdesignhardware
Mantia is a personal blog at mantia.me about design and hardware. Since 2008, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 21 times, most often ““Skeuomorphism””. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (8) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Louie Mantia's site showing his icon and wallpaper design work and blog posts on iOS icon sizes and Apple display issues. HN commenters mostly link it as a designer's portfolio or as a source for their own points.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 8 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2008-12-13
- “Skeuomorphism”2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-02-14
- About app icons2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-01-24
What Hacker News says?
I'm also pretty sure the background on their page is Louie Mantia's work as well. It's an older version that he's since replaced, but you can see it on this site: http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/details/1236/blueprint.ht... FWIW, the current version (Blueprint Neue) is here: http://mantia.me/wallpaper/blueprint/
Comment linking /wallpaper/blueprint/
on “SOPA is all fun and games until NBC rips off Apple's artwork”Submitted MacBook Pro, Thousands of Colors as a story · 231 points
HN discussion"save us from the unnecessary skeuomorphism" People get stuck on the word 'skeuomorphism' here but the key word is 'unnecessary': Find My Friends is often condemned for being too skeuomorphic. Mythbusted: Find My Friends uses standard iOS UI that is themed using custom graphics. The fine corinthian leather and stitching does not harken back to a day of fine corinthian leather products we used to use to find our frie…
Comment linking /blog/skeuomorphism/
on “What's Wrong with the iOS 7 Icons?”Submitted About app icons as a story · 7 points
HN discussionAnd... here you go: http://mantia.me/wallpaper/dont-panic/ :)
Comment linking /wallpaper/dont-panic/
on “Stephen Fry meets Steve Jobs”Submitted Tinkering as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI would say this a good example of them being closed and not appearing to care what their customers think: http://mantia.me/blog/macbook-pro-thousands-of-colors And, showing this isn't a one-time thing: http://www.betanews.com/article/Apple-Sued-Over-MacBook-Disp...
Comment linking /blog/macbook-pro-thousands-of-colors
on “Apple again offers matte screen option for 15-inch MacBook Pro”Submitted Flash Design Is The Problem as a story · 4 points
HN discussionResolution independent assets do not work. http://mantia.me/blog/the-importance-of-icon-sizes/
Comment linking /blog/the-importance-of-icon-sizes/
on “An iOS Developer’s Wishlist”Submitted Success and Jealousy as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI was lucky enough to get Louie Mantia ( http://mantia.me/ ) before he left Tapulous for Icon Factory - I got charged about $900 for 4 icons (He now charges $1000 per icon due to a non-compete). I can also recommend Emanuel Sa ( http://www.emanuelsa.com/ ) - He's WAY cheaper and just as good. Also I'd say David Lanham ( http://dlanham.com/ ) & Fernando Lins ( http://www.devixdesign.com/ ) are among the best as well.
Comment linking /
on “Ask YC: Which custom icon designers do you use for your startup?”Submitted About iOS icons as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThere's a friend of a friend of mine who creates some really gorgeous icons for iPhone: http://mantia.me/ He works at iconfactory ( http://iconfactory.com ), and their icons in general are really delicious, although probably not cheap.
Comment linking /
on “Ask YC: Which custom icon designers do you use for your startup?”Submitted “Skeuomorphism” as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI like a good piss take, and this is one of those. We could argue about all the features he included/left out, but its a job well done :) Looks like its done by an Apple fan : http://twitter.com/mantia Not a bad designer / star trek fan : http://mantia.me/ Am sure some Microsoft retaliations are in the works already :)
Comment linking /
on “Underneath it all, it’s Still Windows”Submitted iPhone, 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S… 5 or 6? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Steve Jobs and I as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kernel Panic 404 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Multitasking: What does it mean? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Designing Ramp Champ as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Designing Twitterrific 2 as a story · 1 points
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