Portfolio -- Icons

Document Management Icons
Documentum, Inc. -- 1994 to 1998

At Documentum Bill was responsible for the computer graphics used in all Documentum products, and managed a library of approximately 600 icons. Here are over 100 of them, most of which were created by graphical designers that Bill commissioned and directed, and some of which were created by Bill himself. It is worthy of note that (except for the last set) all these icons produced over a period of 3-1/2 years, whether old-fashioned or modern in style, visually work well together.

Legend

created -- Denotes an icon that was created by Bill from scratch, without a prior model to work from. Note that, in the early days, many applications did not have icons for their documents, so Bill had to invent them -- typically by basing them on the application icon in some way.

modified -- Denotes an icon that Bill derived from a preexisting icon; one that had to be modified (sometimes significantly) to fit in with Documentum's existing icons.

commissioned -- Denotes an icon created by a subcontractor hired and directed by Bill.

Application Icons
Workspace			commissioned
Librarian			commissioned
Librarian			commissioned

Document Icons Documentum's document management system comes preconfigured to recognize almost 200 different document formats. Here are icons for 30 of these formats.
Acrobat PDF			modified
AmiPro			commissioned, modified
AppleScript applet			modified
AppleScript droplet			modified
AutoCAD			commissioned
Canvas 3.x			modified
Excel			modified
Freelance			modified
GIF image			created
HTML			created
Interleaf			commissioned
JPEG image			created
FrameMaker			commissioned
Lotus 123			commissioned, modified
MS Access			commissioned, modified
MS Project			modified
MS Project, calendar			modified
MS Project, view			modified
MS Word			modified
Photoshop			modified
PowerPoint			modified
QuickTime movie			created
Sound file			created
ScreenCam			created
Text			created
TIFF image			created
Visio			created
Word Perfect			modified
WordPro			modified
Unknown format			created

Object Icons These icons represent various objects in Documentum's WorkSpace application.
Inbox			commissioned
Outbox			commissioned
Docbase			commissioned
Cabinet, closed			commissioned
Cabinet, open			commissioned
Folder, closed			commissioned
Folder, open			commissioned
Smart List			created
Workflow Router			commissioned
Procedure			created
Locator			created
Scheduled Job			commissioned
Annotation File			commissioned
Compound Document			created
			commissioned

Minimized Window Icons Starting in Windows 3.1, windows could be shrunken down to icons (technically called "minimized"), then later restored to their previous sizes. These icons represent various minimized windows in Documentum's WorkSpace application.
Docbase		commissioned
Cabinet		commissioned
Folder		commissioned
Smart List		created
Query Editor		commissioned
Search Results		commissioned
Virtual Document Manager		created
Work Area		commissioned
Router Editor		commissioned
Workflows in Progress		commissioned
Workflow Statistics		commissioned
Workflow Status		commissioned
Workflow Task Summary		commissioned
Renditions		commissioned
Annotations		commissioned
Generic		created

Web Application Icons In 1998, Bill designed a new version of Documentum's SmartSpace Intranet web-based document management application. One of the goals was to make the visual appearance "sexy", so Bill commissioned these icons to replace the ones used in previous products. The icons shown below are the 9th (and final) iteration that Bill required of the icon designer.
docbase
filing-cabinet area
a filing cabinet
inbox
outbox
work in progress
basic search
advanced search