The Iconfactory was founded in April 1996 by Corey Marion, Talos Tsui, and Gedeon Maheux.

The Iconfactory gained popularity through the creation of packages of free icons for download.

"[2] Iconfactory created over 100 icons for Microsoft to be included in the Windows XP[3] operating system.

In 2025, Iconfactory launched Tapestry for iOS and iPadOS, an app that integrates feeds from Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, YouTube, and more into a unified timeline.

7,222,078 ("the '078 patent") on "Methods and Systems for Gathering Information from Units of a Commodity Across a Network."