§Awards
Film Credits
Patents
Awards
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iMore Hall of Fame • March 14, 2018
§Articles
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MacStories • November 7, 2024
Building a Downtime Home Screen Featuring Louie Mantia’s Retro Gaming Icons
Louie Mantia has been making beautiful icons for many years
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The World of Playing Cards • October 26, 2024
Junior Playing Cards
Quite fun, as they’ve kept to the traditional postures
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Willamette Week • January 13, 2021
Louie Mantia Updates Centuries-Old Japanese Playing Cards With Stunning Modern Designs
his own contribution to the centuries-old craft—stark, beautifully simple shapes and symbols representing Japan’s plants, animals and legends in bright colors
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Willamette Week • January 10, 2021
A Portland Designer Tricked the Internet Into Thinking Olive Garden Had Revoked a “Lifetime Pasta Pass” for Sean Hannity
it turns out the satire may have been too well done
See also: Snopes, Vox, Business Insider, HuffPost, Daring Fireball, BoingBoing, AV Club, and my own recap.
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Arun Venkatesan • October 21, 2020
Icon designer Louie Mantia’s take on traditional Japanese playing cards
beautiful illustration that blends Japanese iconography with the style and layout of Bicycle Playing Cards
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HOW • November 7, 2017
Parakeet’s Wonderful Plumage of Icons, Emojis & More
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Bloomberg Businessweek • September 18, 2015
Masters of the Small Canvas [archive link]
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Dribbble Timeout • October 17, 2012
Louie Mantia
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MacStories • December 16, 2009
Interview with the Icon and UI Designer Louie Mantia
Mentions
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MacStories • April 22, 2025
Whimsy Roundup: Six Playful Apps and Customizations for Your Mac
Louie’s website is a real treasure trove.
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Daring Fireball • June 19, 2024
Louie Mantia on Dark Mode App Icons
What a splendid post this is — exemplary work to illustrate his advice.
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The Obsessor • December 31, 2023
Louie Mantia’s Alphabets for Rebel Moon
They’re really lovely and this piece is a wonderful dive on the process
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Daring Fireball • June 29, 2023
Womprat: The Font You’re Looking For
It’s so good, so right, so fun, and so amazingly technically detailed.
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Daring Fireball • February 5, 2023
Louie Mantia: Pixel Pirate
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Daring Fireball • February 3, 2020
The State of iOS UI Design
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OH no • August 30, 2018
Spacing Blenny
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9to5Mac • July 10, 2018
10 years of the App Store
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Daring Fireball • February 27, 2017
Critiquing a New Typeface
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TechCrunch • July 26, 2016
Real trainers don’t Pokemon Go without a little Willow
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Business Insider • August 17, 2015
A great idea to make the iPhone’s lock screen better
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Fast Company • June 10, 2013
Why Jony Ive Is Flattening iOS 7
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Daring Fireball • January 24, 2013
Louie Mantia on App Icons
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9to5Mac • August 17, 2011
Prodigy visual interface designer leaves Apple
§Video
Mentions
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Jack Noble • May 31, 2025
Cosa ho comprato di magico in giappone?
Wow, che bella questa! No, raga, ma è bellisima.
Wow, this is beautiful! No, guys, it’s beautiful.
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MBS News, Osaka • March 27, 2021
Hanafuda Mania
僕が好きなのはこのアメリカのデザイナーがつくった花札。日本の家紋のイメージも入れ込んで花札をつくっていて。すごいなって。
I like this hanafuda made by an American designer. They incorporate Japanese crests into the cards. I think they’re amazing.
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Diggnation • May 23, 2008
#151: Kevin and Alex Discuss Their Future & Water Bullets
Dude, did you see the Digg one?!
I did! The Digg one is sexy, dude.
Cameos
§Audio
Guest
Mentions
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Thoroughly Considered • July 8th, 2025
#125: Pikachu Phone Cases @ 6:04–17:40
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The Talk Show • June 30, 2025
#426: The Cutting Edge Latest SuperModel
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Accidental Tech Podcast • June 26, 2025
#645: More Frosting @ 12:40–13:23
You can do it yourself with Icon Composer! I mean, Louie Mantia—granted—is a designer who used to make icons for Apple, so maybe they’re overpowered for this particular task. [...] Apple, just do that.
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The Rebound • November 7, 2024
#520: The Tim Cookiness of It @ 52:57–54:41
He’s so adamant about his opinion. And he’s often—he’s paid to be right about it.
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Accidental Tech Podcast • July 10, 2024
#595: The Best Secret Store @ 1:28:10 (Overtime)
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Reconcilable Differences • May 12, 2023
#208: Spinal Tap with Cowboy Hats @ 3:36–4:46
What do you think of the Womprat font?
If I wanted a Star Wars font, that’s my first stop.
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Layout • September 25, 2020
#182: TikTok Riots @ 42:04–17:40
If you had the ability to create custom icons [...] and there was a very easy way to swap the asset, would you change the icons for any app?
I would end up using Louie Mantia’s set that he would inevitably release.
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Accidental Tech Podcast • February 21, 2020
#366: There’s Nothing You Can Fix in a Day @ 1:04:38–1:17:01
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Accidental Tech Podcast • October 8, 2020
#86: Moving the Party to the Bar Down the Block @ 1:17:40–1:18:50
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The Talk Show • June 15, 2018
#224: AirPower, What’s That? @ 1:11:55–1:12:08
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The Talk Show • April 13, 2017
#186: Good News, My House Burned Down @ 1:00:48–1:02:20
Friend of the show, icon designer, icon artist, and graphic designer, illustrator extraordinare, Louie Mantia, is getting into creating his own typefaces.
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The Talk Show • March 4, 2017
#183: A Very Masculine Bark
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The Talk Show • April 13, 2017
#182: AAA Podcast
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The Talk Show • March 12, 2015
#113: A Tube of Lubricant for Your Life @ 2:18:16–2:18:50
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The Talk Show • July 19, 2014
#89: Cat Pictures (Side 2) @ 8:35–9:45, 12:05–13:03
Louie is one of those people who knows which rules to break and when to break them, and that’s unusual and it’s what makes him a good designer.
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Accidental Tech Podcast • September 27, 2013
#32: It Doesn’t Bother Me @ 1:24:49–1:25:18
I’m doing most of the UI design myself, but I’m running everything by Louie Mantia. So he’s kind of my editor for my insane ideas sometimes.
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Developing Perspective • August 29th, 2012
Rob Rhyne @ 32:33–33:29
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