Gallery: Best of Show: iTunes Icons Redesigned by Wired Readers
01itunes-digital-redux
Winner of our contest, submitted by designer Ian Houser.
02itunes-metal
Submitted by serGlum. It's the music note on a volume knob. Clever.
03retrotunes
Submitted by Matt Shimwell. "Keep it real, keep it vinyl!"
04pirate-bay
Ho-ho, very funny: Pirate Bay, a "better way to get content." You naughty, naughty readers voted for this 845 times. We'll let you have this one for giggles.
05itunes-in-the-cloud
Submitted by Stinky9. "The story behind this would be, we are done with the CDs, but we are gonna store them on a cloud-like drive."
06forget-the-damned-circle
Submitted by Scottaburger. "All of Apple's software (iMovie, Garage Band, the Office programs) all feature a beautifully rendered, vector object. Why is this the only stupid, lame, clip-art program icon? In that same vein, I took this awesome image found on Icon Archive, slapped a brassified Apple logo and call it much better."
07replacement-icon
Submitted by Dan Wiesema. "Intricate 3-D multicolored version of Apple's iTunes 10 icon. [The download](http://danwiersema.com/blog/2010/09/05/itunes-10-replacement-icons/) also includes 3 additional color themes, enjoy!"
08itunes-play
Another one submitted by serGlum. "Keeping the style of original but replacing note with arrow, which represents the main function of iTunes - to play.
09itunes-glow
Submitted by serGlum. "Glow different."
10itunes-x
Submitted by Anonymous. "A simple 'play' icon inspired by the QuickTime X logo."
11itunes-time-warp
Submitted by Anonymous, who writes, "I thought it might be cool to borrow from Apple's existing icon language. There's a little QuickTime, Dashboard and Time Machine in there. I'm pretty happy with the result for an hour's worth of work."
12itunes-wave
Submitted by Wendy Dunham. "Lighten up, Steve!"
13itunes-10-more-dignified
Submitted by Allon Lim. "With a revised, more modern eighth note. Personally I thought the icon just needed to look a little more dignified, a little more detail."
14itunes-blue
Submitted by Mitch Said. "Bringing iTunes into the future more elegantly: keeping the blue hues and the less-goofy-looking music note while incorporating elements from the iOS counterpart, with the white icon and subtle radial background."
15clickwheel
This simple clickwheel design by [Ian Miles](http://www.lastofmodernism.com/) emulates the device that got most of us to install iTunes in the first place: the iPod. It's not on every iPod anymore, but it's returned to the latest Shuffle.
16itunesw
Tim Howe's icon is based on a goofy play on words.
17gold-coin
This submission "is dedicated to No. 1 position of iTunes on the media market," according to its creator, serGium. We thought it was a reference to the billions of dollars in cash reserves that Apple is sitting on.
18enhanced-buzz-27651-1283950556-2
This anonymous submission reminds you that Apple, like Sauron, is always watching. Or did you think that Ping and the Genius Sidebar were put there solely for your benefit? Oh, you pathetic mortals.
