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50 Creative and Beautiful, Free and High-Quality Icon Sets

Mark — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:30:06 +0000

Beautiful and Creative icons are a must have in any designers collection. Most web/graphic designers scour the web for free icons more than any other design element. Below we have compiled a list of Free icons which you can use in Web applications, website designs and also on your desktop. Creatively designed icons make a great impression. Several designers make their creative work freely available online, which in return gets them more exposure.

Below we have compiled 50 free! and very creative, high-quality icons for desktop and Web Use. All of them can be freely used for private projects, and some are available for commercial use too. Regardless, always read the licenses — they may change from time to time.

50 Beautiful, Free and High-Quality Icon Sets

Container Icon Pack
Container Icon Pack contains 40 high-quality (256 x 256 pixel) icons in PNG and ICO formats. This package includes box, cargo, trash icons and more. Created by Mehmet Gozetlik.

Baggy Icon Set
Contains five high-quality icons in three formats (ICO, ICNS and PNG) and six sizes, ranging from 16 to 512 pixels!

Round theme icons
A beautiful set of 106 various rounded icons.

Fortune 500 Badges
Over 200 badges of famous brands, PSDs included.

Red Moleskine
Red Moleskine is a beautiful icon set in PNG format and sizes of 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512 pixels.

Old-School Icon Set
A set of six beautiful old-ish icons: typewriter, camera, radio, TV set, Gameboy, and telephone. In PNG and ICO.

Playground
Nine beautiful and original icons (in PNG and ICO), created by the talented Miriam Moshinsky.

Windows 7 Build
A set of various basic software and office icons.

Classic Timer Icon
A quality timer icon in transparent vector format, with different sizes.

Nes Icons Pack
A set of retro icons (TV, NES, Pad, Alimentation box, Zelda box, Zelda game, Desktop, 1up, Magic Toad) in ICO and PNG (512 × 512 pixels).

Jeans Feed Icons
A set of stylish feed icons as denim pockets.

Cemagraphics Icons
A set of various beautiful icons in PNG (32 × 32 and 512 × 512 pixels).

To-Do List Icon
Use these icons in your Web applications to make them more attractive.

Social Media Handycons
Handycons is a free hand-drawn set of 12 social-media icons. All icons are available in four sizes: 16, 24, 32 and 48 pixels.

Canon 400D + lens 17-85mm
Set of two icons: camera and lens. Comes in sizes of 512 and 16 pixels and iContainer, ICNS, PNG and ICO format.

Retrofukation
A stylish set of icons to complement almost any theme out there. Designed to be easily distinguishable, simple and intuitive. This icon pack contains over 100 icons. Designed by Jamie Green.

e-Commerce Icons
A huge set of icons that you can use for an online shop.

Function icons set
A beautiful and useful set of 128 icons, available in 48 × 48 pixels.

Elementary Icons
A set of smaller Web developer-style icons.

Human 02
Here is a nice multi-purpose icon set for your business website.

32px Mania Icon Set
Another series of smaller icons that can add flair to any website design.

Business Icons
A collection of random business-related icons with a Web 2.0 look.

Chums Icon Set
This is the ultimate collection of high-quality tech-related icons. You can find everything from iPods to digital cameras.

Tom Tom
Does your business deal with GPS and navigation systems? Then this is the icon set for you.

Black Neon Agua Icons
A unique icon set that is ideal for darker website designs.

Credit Cards Icons
15 beautiful credit card icons in AI and EPS format. And here are yet more credit card icons.

Antique Icons
A set of antique icons in PNG, ICNS and ICO formats, ranging from 16 × 16 to 256 × 256 pixels.

Hand-made food and beverage icon set
Seventeen hand-drawn icons, created by Victor Amanatidis.

Social Media Mini Iconpack
This icon set consists of 30 finely crafted social media icons in a size of 16 × 16 pixels. They are free to use non-commercially.

Manto Smiley Icon Set
Twenty original emoticons by Chinese designer Manto.

Emotions For WordPress Icons
Emoticons for WordPress.

Green and Blue Icon Set
Five icons, each in 128 × 128 pixels and PNG format. Included are icons to represent gallery, downloads, emoticons, calendar and folder.

Airport Express
This icon is for personal use only. Download includes iContainer, PNG and PSD formats.

Coquette Part 3 Icons
This free playful icon set contains curvy and colorful icons made with one goal: to get some affection and playfulness into your projects. The 50 high-quality icons come in sizes of 16, 32, 48, 64 and 128 pixels, and in 32-bit transparency PNG format.

Email Me Icons
These icons are free for personal use and available in 32, 48, 64 and 128 pixels.

Reality
A set of beautiful, realistic icons of different daily-use object. These are free for non-commercial use.

Music Icons
Beautiful icons of music instruments. Icons are absolutely free for any purpose.

Sleek XP: Basic Icons
A set of 50 stock icons in PNG and ICO formats.

Set of Social Icons
A set of beautiful social icons in PNG format and sizes of 16, 32 and 64 pixels.

GP Icons
A set of 23 PNG icons of different software products. Has a great grunge style.

Banking Stuff Icons
Banking-related icons for non-commercial use, in sizes of 32, 48, 64, 128 and 256 pixels.

Smashing Magazine’s Icons

Smashing Retro Icon Set
A set of 10 beautiful, high-quality “vintage” icons. The set contains 10 original icons: search, sign-up, calendar, news, RSS, comments, email, ads, home and address.

Flavours Icon Set
This set, aimed to help designers in their Web and user interface designs, contains 177 icons in a resolution of 48×48 pixels. The files are available in the PNG and PSD sources, so you can modify the files as you wish. Created by Oliver Twardowski.

Stationery Icons Set
A useful set of 22 vector icons (256 × 256 pixels). It contains book, brush, crayon, clip, color pencils, document, eraser, pad, palette, post-it note, scale and scissors, as well as the Fireworks source file.

On Stage Icons Set
The set contains 49 free vector icons, including PSD, which can be useful for both corporate and personal projects. You can use the set for free, without any restrictions whatsoever. The icons are available in PNG format in a resolution 128×128 pixels. Also included in the package are 100% pure shape-based layered PSDs.

Fresh Icons Set
This set contains 59 raster and vector icons. The set includes icons in PNG, ICNS and ICO formats. An EPS vector file is available as well.

Practica Icons Set
A free set of 11 useful high-quality icons, designed by DryIcons especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The icons are available in resolutions of 64, 128 and 256 pixels, in 32-bit transparency PNG format.

Creative and Inspiring Coming Soon Pages

Mark — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:45:26 +0000

“Coming soon” pages are a awesome way for websites to engage and connect with site visitors, even before a formal launch. A creatively designed “coming soon” page can act as a great teaser to grab the attention of users and make them look forward to the site’s launch. Most of the times these Coming Soon pages include a short sign up form or links to social media profiles..in order to notify visitors of upcoming launch or any other updates.

In this post, you’ll find some very creatively designed “coming soon” pages that you can use for inspiration when designing your own.

Earth Hour

Dialed Tone

Foundation Six

Creative Daddy

Just A Love

Watcher

Knot Theory

Accentuate

Freshter

Rumble Labs

deveSigner

Gigdom

Tweet Snack

Johnny Walker Plumbing

Space Rabbit

Moses Mehraban

Luke’s Beard

Uooo.TV

FavMovie

Deaxon

EnStore

Better Blogger

Jobrary

ROFLWAFFLE

After Some Words

MediaLoot

The Helvetia

myNiteLife

SquidChef

Groupfire

Fast Society

Irava Stefan

Sweet

Photoshop Shortcuts

Feedore

ChkChkBoom

Hello Rent

Brandfunda

Hello Human Icons

Creative Grub

Shabith Ishan

Anipals

Riddim

Five Second Projects

Designatr

Boagworld

FontDeck

Minute Glass

Pepsay

Flowdock

Dashnine

Tickets

Sciplex

Silverback

After Life Notes

Good Morning!

Chocolate Pool

Inhouse Grind

Hosteeo

Gregory Desplaces

Click Formant

Nouincolor

iNewsman

Creative Joomla! Design

Mogulista

Birdboxx

Hyperlingo

Deefuse

Clock Me In

Shift

Do u Know of any other great “Coming Soon” page examples? Please share them below…

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“Coming soon” pages are a great way for websites to engage and connect with visitors, even before the actual site is published.A well designed “coming soon” page is a great teaser to grab the attention of potential visitors and make them look forward to the website’s launch.

These pages usually include a short sign up form or social media links to notify visitors of updates and the release date.

From minimalist approaches, to elaborate illustrations, there are virtually unlimited ways to create an eye catching design for these website teasers.

In this post, you’ll find a great collection of “coming soon” pages that you can use for inspiration when designing your own.

Creative Photography – Breathtaking Photographs.

Mark — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:42:11 +0000

Below I have listed some breathtaking photographs which I found while browsing the web, These are works of some of the most talented photographers, Hope you guys enjoy!

Creative 404 Page Not Found Ideas

Mark — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:03:36 +0000

Tell us your favorites…Feel free to share other great examples of 404 pages in the comments’ area below…

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Creative and Amazing Packaging Design

Mark — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:54:30 +0000

Tell us your favorites… Does package design influence your decision when buying a product? Please comment and share your thoughts.
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Amazing and Highly Creative Logo Concepts

Mark — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:28:32 +0000

Below we have showcased an amazing and highly creative collection of smart logos…

We as usual would love to hear your feedback in the comments. And if you know of any similar logos, please leave a comment with links to them in the comments section below.

We hope you enjoy this super creative collection!

Art Farm

Eat Innovations

Freedom

The Color Cure

Culinary Zen

Human

Diamond Bookstore

Elena Alexxeva

CFO

CityCliq

LoveClip

Illusion

Steps

Water Drop

Big Shift

Enough

Antisocial Network

Fit

DJ Loop

Pause

Curious

Studio 45

Code Fish

Bsided

Lochness

Wave

Version 2

Blend

Coffee

Logotomy

Shift

Cinema Café

Twins

One To Love

Families

Zip

Wine Searcher

Elefont

Know of any other great and smart logos? Please share them below and let us know what you think of this collection…

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Highly Creative Doodle art.

Mark — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:53:44 +0000

One of the most incredible example of Doodle Art is the Ulam Spiral. Stanislaw Ulam, the mathematician discovered the Ulam spiral while doodling during an academic conference. You might wonder what is that, which is of particular importance in this strange doodle. Well, you can read the interesting story here.

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Amazing Waterpark Construction

Mark — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:49:43 +0000

This supermassive airship hangar(1,181 feet long x 688 feet wide x 351 feet high, big enough to hold 14 Boeing 747s) built a decade ago at an abandoned Soviet military base south of Berlin. Now it has been given a second life as an tropical islands resort that holds the world’s largest indoor pool and water park.

A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds (water playgrounds), lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments. Waterparks in more current states of development may also be equipped with some type of artificial surfing or bodyboarding environment such as a wave pool or a FlowRider.

Waterparks have grown in popularity since their introduction in the late 1940s. The United States has the largest and most concentrated waterpark market, with over a thousand waterparks and dozens of new parks opening each year. Major organizations are IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) and WWA (World Waterpark Association).

Very creative Coffee art decorations.

Mark — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:44:12 +0000

For all you Coffee lovers today I bring you a collection of some very Interesting and Highly creative Coffee art decorations, Hope you enjoy these beautiful masterpieces!

Amazing Snowboard Designs

Mark — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:36:16 +0000

While browsing for some really creative stuff I came across these very cool and beautiful snowboard designs… which are not just some regular snowboards but seriously some true piece of art… Enjoy!

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