Web Design Icons: 18 Awesome Sets For Your Websites
The supply of free icons and clip arts that we can download from different sources is ginormous. Thanks to the generous graphic artists and web designers who have made their icons available to the general public. However, finding quality and usable icons have also become an excruciating task for many people. We also have to be choosy because there are also plenty of junks out there—I mean, not so useful web design icons and of inferior quality.
The list below represents some amazing work and these icons are all free. Some of them can be used for both private and commercial projects. However, I suggest that you read the fine-print carefully because there are hundreds of websites that sell icons that are “royalty free,” which means you still have to pay for whatever it is you want.
1. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Practika Icon Set
This set of pratical and high quality icons from Smashing Magazine are available in resolutions 64×64 pixels, 128×128 pixels and 256×256 pixels, in 32-bit transparency PNG. These web design icons can be used for a variety of purposes — in particular, in portfolios and in corporate designs.
2. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Yoritsuki Icons
This file contains 35 icons that are associated with hot springs in Japan. This pack features elaborate, detailed and unique icons drawn in 128×128-pixel form. These are available in PNG and ICO formats.
3. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Social Bookmark Icon Set
If you have social networking sites such as Flickr, Facebook, Multiply, etc., then these icons are useful if you want to bookmark or provide a link to those sites from your main website.
4. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Social Web Buttons
This pack contains 20 icons in PNG format and can be downloaded free from both personal and commercial purposes.
5. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Financial and Application icons
This set from Smashing magazine contains 59 raster and vector icons in PNG, ICN and ICO formats. An . Vector (in EPS) file is also included in the pack. You may use these web design icons for private and commercial projects, blogs and web-sites for free. However, you are required to get the author’s and Smashing Magazine’s permission if you want to sell or redistribute the web design icons.
6. WEB DESIGN ICONS – DeskMundo Live Icons
This set looks similar to Windows Vista’s Aero icons. It is because the artist based his work on Windows Live. All web design icons are in 256×256 pixels.
7. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Transport Icon Set (Vista Style)
This set of ready-made icons represents 41 objects in 235 variations of various modern transport facilities such as Cars, Trucks, Vans, Airplanes, Helicopters, Ships, Public conveyances, Squad car, Fire-engine, Ambulance, Taxi, Police Car, Excavator, Tow Truck, etc. The set includes the following 7 sizes: 16×16, 24×24, 32×32, 48×48, 64×64, 128×128, 256×256. All icons are crafted in .PNG format.
8. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Gaming Icons Pack
This set of icons features gaming icons in 3d cartoon style. You may use the web design icons for game emulators like SNES and Sega.
9. WEB DESIGN ICONS – 3D Cartoon Icon Pack
This set contains software and application icons for your dock or desktop and consists of 111 total web design icons that can be used for both for PC and Mac.
10. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Bag and Boxes Icon Pack
This pack contains 70 bag and box web design icons. Formats are in ICO for Windows (XP and Vista) and PNG.
11. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Web 2.0 Badges
This pack contains a set of icons that are very cool Web 2.0 badges in PSD and PNG formats. What’s good about these badges is that, they are customizable. Just follow the documentation posted in the author’s website.
12. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Email Me Icons
The set contains 11 icons at resolution of 128×128 pixels. These web design icons, which were designed by Mario Martínez from Mayosoft, are for personal use only.
13. WEB DESIGN ICONS - Shopping Cart Icon
This shopping cart icon is a simple yet elegant icon that you can use for your e-commerce website. The pack contains the PNG versions as well as icon resources for Mac, Windows and Linux.
14. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Aqua Gloss Icons
The pack contains 32 high quality popular application-based icons in transparent 128×128 pixels PNG files. These can be used for both commercial and private projects. You may also request PSD files through email.
15. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Mobile Phone Icons
Includes 60 models of mobile phones from different manufacturers. The icons are in 128×128 and 256×256 pixels in PNG format. The set may be used for both personal and commercial purposes.
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16. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Scrap Icons
The set incorporates 68 Vista-style dock and desktop replacement icons.
17. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Blueset Icons
I love the color blue especially if it is combined with white to get that zen effect. It’s just awesome.If you agree with me, then try downloading the 8 icons in this set, all are in PNG format.
18. WEB DESIGN ICONS – Antares Icon Pack
Antares Complete Pack contains 100 high quality (256×256 pixels) icons in PNG and ICO formats. This package includes: Blue Ray Disk icon, CD Drive icon, iMac OSX icon, iMac icon, Finder icon, Mail icon, Safari icon, iTunes icon, Trash icon, Dashboard icon and more…
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