Instapaper / Insta_Lib
Working on Instapaper's iconography was an exercise in pixel-perfect ocd. The same icons were redesigned specifically for each context, application and form-factor.
Since the design pallete was restrained, these visual anchors needed to compliment the minimal aesthetic and not overpower it.
Optical alignment, pixel diminsions and other factors came into play for device-specific sets – which gives a bit of rationale behind the variations (but probably doesn’t justify how many there are). Below is an array of black and white.
Instapaper is a bookmarking service that allows web content to be saved so it can be "read later" on a various devices. It was founded in 2008 by Marco Arment and to Betaworks in 2013. The Instapaper team at Betaworks included myself (designer), Brian Donohue (engineer/CEO) and Rodion Gusev (everything else). 
