Icons have definitely become one of the most useful resources to implement in web design thanks to their lightweight and high communication level. Ranging from truly minimal creations to realistic and big designs that can barely be considered icons as they’re more a piece of art themselves, icons offer many different styles to satisfy all the people’s needs. On this countdown we’ve gathered the greatest icon sets that were released throughout these past twelve months (some sets were released before that period but we just could not leave them out of this list) with the only purpose of supply you a high shot of inspiration that will help you understand the true meaning of icons as powerful communication tools that should never miss in any good web design.
Our top selection
On this first section we like to show you the best of the best in icon design, maybe it’s their top quality, its usability or simply awesomeness, but the truth is that these next icons are the real deal, so let’s take a look to them:
Free credit card Icons
Iconshock Social Icons
Free Multimedia icons
Real Vista Multimedia Icons
Author: Iconshock - Stock Icons
Computer Part Icon Set
Windows7 Icons
Super Vista Security Icons
Author: Iconshock - Stock Icons
Pixelophilia 2
Twitter Massive Icons
Real Vista Networking
Google Buzz Icons
Author: Iconshock - Stock Icons
High detail social Icons
This is art 2
Real Vista Video Icons
Tron Legacy Social Icons
Real Vista Construction Icons
Author: Iconshock - Stock Icons
Social Media Mini Icon Pack
Super Vista Computer Gadget Icons
Useful icons for designers and developers
This section covers all those icons that can be helpful for any graphic designer / web developer that wants to incorporate original designs into their websites. These icons can be often implemented in any kind of website, as they communicate all the basic internet options (on, audio, search, settings, etc.), social networks (Twitter, Facebook, Digg, etc.) and general utilities.
iCandies
Iconsweets
HTML5 Icons
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://www.iconshock.com/dl_social.php?IS_html5-icons_345209592134555142101102.zip
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/html5-icons/
Upojenie
Author: http://soundforge.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/160055593/Upojenie_by_SoundForge.zip
Preview: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/099/4/d/Upojenie_by_SoundForge.png
Pure CSS GUI icons
Author: http://nicolasgallagher.com/pure-css-gui-icons/
Preview: http://nicolasgallagher.com/wp-content/uploads/pure-css-gui-icons.png
200 Web Buttons
Author: http://www.tuttoaster.com/great-web-button-set-free-download/
Download: http://www.tuttoaster.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/TutToaster_icons.zip
Preview: http://www.tuttoaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/buttonset.png
Copenhagen
Author: http://kyo-tux.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.iconfinder.com/data/icons/Copenhagen/IconFinder_Copenhagen.zip
Preview: http://www.iconfinder.com/design/images/blog/5/preview.png
WordPress Icons
Author: http://www.snap2objects.com/author/admin/
Download: http://www.snap2objects.com/downloads/wpiconsv1.zip
Preview: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w223/thecornchild/wpicons.jpg
Free Glossy Blogging Icons Set for Bloggers
Author: http://www.blogperfume.com/
Download: http://www.blogperfume.com/download/Blogging-Icons-Set.zip
Preview: http://www.blogperfume.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/blogging-icons-set2.png
Silk Icons
Author: http://www.famfamfam.com/
Download: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/famfamfam_silk_icons_v013.zip
Preview: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/
CMS Icon Set
Author: http://pixel-mixer.com/
Download: http://pixel-mixer.com/cms-icon-set.zip
Preview: http://pixel-mixer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/smashing_set.png
Iconza
Author: http://www.iconza.com/
Download: http://www.iconza.com/all/2/iconza_32x32_0097d9.zip
Preview: http://www.iconza.com/
Free Vector Icon Set
Author: http://www.monofactor.com/
Download: http://www.monofactor.com/files/bet_one.zip
Preview: http://www.monofactor.com/files/mf_icons1.jpg
i-Kid Icons for iPhone
Author: http://www.kidcomic.net/
Download: http://www.kidcomic.net/pjblog/attachments/month_0808/t2008820192553.rar
Preview: http://www.kidcomic.net/pjblog/attachments/month_0808/z2008820192411.jpg
Wireframe Toolbar Icons
Author: http://www.gentleface.com/
Download: http://download.gentleface.com/cc.zip
Preview: http://www.gentleface.com/i/free_toolbar_icons_16x16_white.png
Phoney Icons
Author: http://donotthrowaway.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/151947369/Phoney_Icons_by_DoNotThrowAway.zip
Preview: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/7/0/Phoney_Icons_by_DoNotThrowAway.png
High-end icon sets
As the title says, on this category you will probably find the most beautiful icon sets of 2010, designs made by professionals with a lot of care for the small details, using controlled color palettes and a pursuit towards realism. You can find both vectorial and pixel perfect icons on this category, and both can be implemented on design agencies and similar websites, though their application in other types of websites will probably work well.
Nixus
Author: http://kyo-tux.deviantart.com/
Download: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/NIXUS-Tutorial9.zip
Preview: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/nixus-preview.jpg
90 Free Vector Icons
Author: http://garcya.us/blo
Download: http://qvectors.net/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=Angular-Vector.zip
Preview: http://qvectors.net/downloads/images/fullpreview/Angular-Vector.jpg
Plastic Iconset
Author: Iconshock - Web Icons
Download: http://downloads.sixrevisions.com.s3.amazonaws.com/plastic-iconset-by-iconshock.zip
Preview: http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/12/04-02_plastic_iconset_preview.jpg
Pixelophilia
Author: http://omercetin.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/157612627/PixeloPhilia_32PX_Icon_Set_by_omercetin.zip
Preview: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/076/f/3/PixeloPhilia_32PX_Icon_Set_by_omercetin.png
Real Vista Transportation Icons
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://www.iconshock.com/transportation-icons/
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/transportation-icons/
Free Vector Icon Set
Author: http://www.monofactor.com/
Download: http://www.monofactor.com/files/bet_one.zip
Preview: http://www.monofactor.com/files/mf_icons1.jpg
55 Free user icons pixel by pixel
Author: Iconshock - Stock Icons
Download: http://www.iconshock.com/dl_social.php?IS_user-icons-part1_472751862143452190300102.zip
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/img/55_free_user_icons_pixel_by_pixel_icons.jpg
Project Icon Set
Author: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/
Download: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/system/files/df_project_icons.zip
Preview: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/images/project-icon-set/large-preview.jpg
Wapp Vol 1
Author: http://kyo-tux.deviantart.com/
Preview: http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/281/a/2/a234e23a86dbefba67b8f68e02696416-d3056sf.jpg
Wapp Vol 2
Author: http://kyo-tux.deviantart.com/
Preview: http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/286/2/3/2380d257fbe3f8eff468c998661925cb-d30nsb7.jpg
50 free high quality icons
Author: http://kyo-tux.deviantart.com/
Download: http://psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/Freebies/icons/008_icon_finder/Isloo_icons_by_IconFinder.zip
Preview: http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/Freebies/icons/008_icon_finder/isloo.jpg
128 Completely Free Icons
Author: http://www.twitter.com/liammckay
Download: http://wefunction.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/function_icon_set.zip
Preview: http://wefunction.com/work/function_icon_set.jpg
Milky
Author: http://www.iconeden.com/
Download: http://www.iconeden.com/icon/free/get/milky-a-free-vector-iconset
Preview: http://www.iconeden.com/image/132/milky-a-free-vector-iconset+preview.png
Pixel Perfect Collection
Author: http://www.tutorial9.net/author/umar/
Download: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/48px-Icons-for-Tutorial9.zip
Preview: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/download-preview.png
Media icons
Author: Iconshock - Web Icons
Download: http://designm.ag/downloads/media_icon_set_ai.zip
Preview: http://designm.ag/images/0110/media-icons/1.jpg
General vector icons
Author: http://antialiasfactory.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/162977664/General_Vector_Icons_by_antialiasfactory.rar
Preview: http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/126/b/f/General_Vector_Icons_by_antialiasfactory.jpg
I Love Icons
Author: http://svengraph.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/178980215/i_love_icons__by_svengraph-d2yk60n.zip
Preview: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/255/2/b/i_love_icons__by_svengraph-d2yk60n.png
Blue Vector Summer Vista Icons
Author: http://www.vecteezy.com/members/DaPino
Download: http://www.vecteezy.com/download/9753/319-Blue-Vector-Summer-Vista-Icons
Preview: http://vecteezy.cdn.eezyinc.com/system/resources/previews/000/000/319/original/set.jpg?1271438130
Office Icons
Author: Iconshock - Stock Icons
Download: http://vanimg.s3.amazonaws.com/office_icon_set_ai.zip
Preview: http://vandelaydesign.com/images/0210/office-icons/1.jpg
Around the Web
Author: http://svengraph.deviantart.com/
Download: http://wegraphics.net/downloads/icons-downloads/around-the-web-icons/
Preview: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/299/9/2/around_the_web_by_svengraph-d31jzwq.png
Exclusive Freebie: Mobile Phone Icon Pack
Author: http://psd.tutsplus.com/author/juan-sarmiento/
Download: http://psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/Freebie_0016_Mobile_Icon_Pack/Freebie_0016_Mobile_Icon_Pack.zip
Preview: http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/Freebie_0016_Mobile_Icon_Pack/sample.jpg
Project Icons
Author: http://bogo-d.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/155863784/project_icons___v_1_9_by_bogo_d-d2ksp9k.zip
Preview: http://cl.ly/3hkg
Silverscreen
Author: http://bogo-d.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/161839416/Silverscreen_by_bogo_d.dmg
Preview: http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/201/5/7/Silverscreen_by_bogo_d.png
Pastel SVG Icons
Author: http://codefisher.deviantart.com/
Download: http://codefisher.org/download/pastel-svg/pastel-svg-large.zip
Preview: http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/040/7/b/Pastel_SVG_Icons_News_Feed_by_codefisher.png
Vector Resources
Author: http://twitter.com/chrisspooner
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?89twyqwciwm
Preview: http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/icons_preview.jpg
The Graphs 2
Author: http://graphs.nicer2.com/
Download 1: http://graphs.nicer2.com/thanks.php?type=svg
Download 2: http://graphs.nicer2.com/thanks.php?type=ai
Bright
Author: http://www.iconeden.com
Download: http://www.iconeden.com/icon/free/get/bright-free-stock-iconset
Preview: http://www.iconeden.com/image/129/bright-free-stock-iconset+preview.png
Applications Icons and Extras
Author: http://omercetin.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/154782053/Applications_Icons_and_Extras_by_omercetin.zip
Preview: http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/051/a/f/Applications_Icons_and_Extras_by_omercetin.png
Oxe Icons Set
Author: http://simiographics.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/154878541/Oxe_Icons_Set_by_simiographics.zip
Preview: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/051/1/3/Oxe_Icons_Set_by_simiographics.jpg
Chris Ivarson's Goodies
Author: http://csi.nfshost.com/
Download: http://csi.nfshost.com/goodies/
Preview: http://csi.nfshost.com/goodies/
Wahele Icon Set
Author: http://simiographics.deviantart.com/
Download: http://simiographics.com/portfolio/
Preview: http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/304/d/d/ddff836263b3e9833fd921afac2ede54-d31wfbi.png
Business Icons Set
Author: http://www.aha-soft.com/
Download: http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Business/Business/Business%20ico.zip
http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Business/Business/Business%20png.zip
http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Business/Business/Business%20icns.zip
Preview: http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/thumbnail/Business/Business/Business%20icon%20thumbnail.jpg
Photography icons
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://www.iconshock.com/dl_social.php?IS_camera_icons_png_37408057213117182500102.zip
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/img/Photography_icons.jpg
2400 Flag Icon Set
Author: http://www.gosquared.com/liquidicity/archives/1493
Download: http://www.gosquared.com/download/pixels/flags.zip
Preview: http://static.gosquared.com/images/liquidicity/10_09_14_flagfavs_790x790.jpg
Title: Web design Icon Set
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://www.smashingapps.com/?download=Free-Web-Design-Icon-Set
Preview: http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/web-design-icons.jpg
Title: Incredibly Detailed 3D Icon Set
Author: http://medialoot.com/
Download: http://medialoot.com/main/freebie/46/
Preview: http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/medialoot-icon-set-full.jpg
Title: Little Box of Ideas
Author: Iconshock - Web Icons
Download: http://www.littleboxofideas.com/images/blog/freebies/icons/iconshock_set1/lboi_iconshock_icons.zip
Preview: http://www.littleboxofideas.com/images/blog/freebies/icons/iconshock_set1/iconshock_set1.jpg
Title: Download shopping bag & icons
Author: http://www.graphicsfuel.com/author/admin/
Download: http://www.graphicsfuel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/shopping-bags-graphicsfuel.zip
Preview: http://www.graphicsfuel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/shopping-bags-home.jpg
Title: Cute Blogging Icon Set
Author: http://www.webiconset.com/
Download: http://www.webiconset.com/downloads/cute-blogging-icons.zip
Preview: http://www.webiconset.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/preview.jpg
Title: Practika
Author: http://dryicons.com/
Download: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/images/practika-icon-set/practika.zip
Preview: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/images/practika-icon-set/practika_preview.jpg
Title: IsoIcons – Workspace
Author: http://artdesigner.lv/
Download: http://artdesigner.lv/isoicons.zip
Preview: http://artdesigner.lv/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Isoicons_big.png
Title: Stationery
Author: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/
Download: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/system/files/df_Stationery.zip
Preview: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/sites/default/files/df_preview.jpg
Title: Addictive Flavour
Author: http://twitter.com/mywayhome
Preview: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/p1.jpg
Title: Web Injection
Author: http://www.midtonedesign.com/portfolio/category/portfolio/
Download: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2009/04/web-injection-icon-pack.zip
Preview: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2009/04/web-injection-preview.png
Title: MinIcons
Author: http://kyo-tux.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/115690703/MinIcons_by_kyo_tux.zip
Preview: http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs44/i/2009/071/b/6/MinIcons_by_kyo_tux.jpg
Title: Designer Portfolio Icons
Author: http://artdesigner.lv/
Download: http://medialoot.com/main/freebie/172/
Preview: http://artdesigner.lv/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/preview-581x800.jpg
Minimal and clean Icon Sets
On this section we collected all those icon sets that among their characteristics we encounter reduced color palettes, simple shapes, few or none gradients and basically simplicity. These sets are really suitable for companies and corporative industries because thanks to their simple design, they can be easily incorporated into almost any web design.
Title: Glyphish
Author: http://glyphish.com/
Download: http://glyphish.com/download/glyphish-icons.zip
Preview: http://glyphish.com/images/demo.png
Title: Android Icons
Author: http://www.androidicons.com/
Download: http://www.androidicons.com/download/android-developericons-2.0.zip
Preview: http://www.androidicons.com/images/android-menu-icons.png
Title: Reflection Icons
Author: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com
Download: http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/reflection_icons/WDD_Reflection_Icons.zip
Preview: http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/reflection_icons/preview.jpg
Title: 330 Free letter pressed Icons
Author: http://creativenerds.co.uk
Preview: http://creativenerds.s3.amazonaws.com/Letterpressed%20icons/letter-pressed.jpg
Title: Default Icon
Author: http://www.defaulticon.com
Download: http://www.defaulticon.com/bellocc.php?u=http://rapidshare.com/files/418321263/defaulticon.zip
http://www.defaulticon.com/bellocc.php?u=http://hotfile.com/dl/68491741/8ab0e04/defaulticon.zip.html
Title: The Noun Project
Author: http://simplehonestwork.com/
Download: http://www.thenounproject.com/
Preview: http://www.thenounproject.com/
Title: Pictodeck
Author: http://www.komodomedia.com/
Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/117845/pictodeck_v1_09.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/117845/pictodeck_v1_08.zip
Preview: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/images/pictodeck/full_preview2.png
Title: Pixelated
Author: http://boldperspective.com/
Download: http://boldperspective.com/downloads/pixelated.zip
Preview: http://boldperspective.com/wp-content/themes/vOne/images/pixelated-head.png
Title: 30 Free Vector Icons
Author: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/
Download: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/system/files/30_vector_icons_df.zip
Preview: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/system/files/articles/preview.jpg
Title: Iconic
Author: http://somerandomdude.com/
Preview: http://somerandomdude.com/projects/iconic/
Title: 108 Mono Icons
Author: http://www.tutorial9.net/author/jason/
Preview: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2009/12/mono-icons/monoicons.jpg
Title: Picol
Author: http://picol.org/index.php
Download: http://picol.org/index.php
Preview: http://picol.org/index.php
Original icon designs
By original we’re not trying to suggest that these designs broke the mold with their quality or way of working with color, this is more a conceptual acknowledgment, focused on the ability of designing new ways of communicate or take common life elements and transport them into icon design, so here are the best examples of original icon designs from 2010.
Title: Halloween Icon Set – Social Superheroes
Author: Iconshock - Web Icons
Download: http://www.iconshock.com/dl_social.php?IS_hallowen_social_ico_109485782112820102010102.zip
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/img/Halloween_icons_social_superheros.jpg
Title: Steampunk Storage
Author: http://iconfactory.com/ (David Lanham)
Download: http://iconfactory.com/assets/freeware/stmpnk/download.zip
Preview: http://iconfactory.com/assets/freeware/stmpnk/preview.png
Title: Picasso: a free social media icon set
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://downloads.sixrevisions.com/picasso-social-media-icons.zip
Preview: http://images.sixrevisions.com/2010/04/23-02_picasso_social_media_preview.jpg
Title: Great Film Directors of All Time
Author: Iconshock - Stock Icons
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/img/Great_film_directors_of_all_time.jpg
Title: Vintage Stamp Social Media Icon Pack
Author: http://www.dawghousedesignstudio.com/
Download: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2010/02/vintage-stamps/Vintage-Stamps-Tutorial9.zip
Title: Construction
Author: http://www.iconeden.com/
Download: http://www.iconeden.com/icon/free/get/construction
Preview: http://www.iconeden.com/image/225/construction+preview.png
Title: Hand Drawn Vector Icons
Author: http://www.vecteezy.com/members/iammikesmith
Download: http://www.vecteezy.com/download/9753/378-Hand-Drawn-Vector-Icons
Preview: http://blogthememachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/hand-drawn_icons.jpg
Social Icons
Probably the most popular category of this article, social icons are definitely the biggest trend in icon design of these days and before that reality changes, it will pass a long period of time. We gathered those social icons that either opted for crispy, original designs, huge social icons sets or simply those who delivered pure awesomeness on their designs.
Title: Free Icon Pack: Vector 3D Social Icons
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://downloads.sixrevisions.com/vector-3d-social-icons.zip
Preview: http://images.sixrevisions.com/2010/08/14-02_vector_3d_icons_preview.jpg
Title: 3D Social media icon pack
Author: http://www.dawghousedesignstudio.com/
Download: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2009/11/3d-icons/3d-social-icons-Tutorial9.zip
Preview: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2009/11/3d-icons/preview.jpg
Title: Burnt Wood
Author: http://www.visualswirl.com/ (Chris Thurman)
Download: http://downloads.sixrevisions.com/burnt-wood-social-media-icons.zip
Preview: http://images.sixrevisions.com/2010/03/12-02_burnt_wood_freebie_preview.jpg
Title: Social Sketches
Author: http://www.phoenixheart.net/
Download: http://downloads.sixrevisions.com/social-sketches.zip
Preview: http://images.sixrevisions.com/2010/01/14-02_social_sketches_preview.jpg
Title: Buddycons
Author: http://www.ormanclark.com/
Download: http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/buddycons/WDD_Buddycon_Icons.zip
Preview: http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/buddycons/icons.jpg
Title: Free and exclusive brown social pack
Author: http://www.imatt.si/
Download: http://downloads.sixrevisions.com/brown-social-icon-pack.zip
Preview: http://images.sixrevisions.com/2010/02/02-02_brown_social_icon_pack_preview.jpg
Title: Social Buzz Icon Pack
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Social-Buzz-Tutorial9.zip
Preview: http://www.tutorial9.net/downloads/social-buzz-icon-pack/
Title: Socialize Part 3
Author: http://dryicons.com/
Download: http://dryicons.com/free-icons/preview/socialize-part-3-icons-set/
Preview: http://dryicons.com/free-icons/preview/socialize-part-3-icons-set/
Title: 1,540 inFocus Social Media Icon Mega Set!
Author: http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/
Download: http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/?dl_id=205
Preview: http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/inFocus-social-networking-icons-set.gif
Title: Social Buzz icon pack
Author: Iconshock - Web Icons
Download: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Social-Buzz-Tutorial9.zip
Preview: http://tutorial9.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buzz-preview.jpg
Title: 1,540 inFocus Simple White Social Media Icons – Sidebar Edition
Author: http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/
Download: http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/?dl_id=207
Preview: http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sidebar-social-media_grey.jpg
Title: Gorgeous Mini Social Networking Icon set
Author: http://www.chethstudios.net/
Download: http://www.sigmirror.com/files/28947_teucy/Gorgeous%20Mini%20Social%20Networking%20Icons.zip
Preview: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5rlxf3T9Z9U/Soi9AkwUmiI/AAAAAAAADGg/ZhMUndPsApw/release+image.jpg
Title: Isometrica
Author: http://arcnerva.com/
Download: http://downloads.sixrevisions.com/isometrica_social_icons.zip
Preview: http://images.sixrevisions.com/2010/04/16-02_isometrica_social_icon_preview.jpg
Title: Pixel perfect Social Media Icons
Author: http://psd.tutsplus.com/author/benjamin-reid/
Download: http://psdtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/Freebies/icons/004_social_media/SocialMediaBookmarkIcon.zip
Preview: http://d2f8dzk2mhcqts.cloudfront.net/Freebies/icons/004_social_media/socialmedia600.jpg
Title: Extreme Grunge Garments Icons
Author: http://colaja.deviantart.com/
Download: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/263/9/d/9d953d71492ca9988611296d6b526902.jpg
Preview: http://www.mediafire.com/?wn3jwn4whwe
Title: Vector social media Icons
Author: http://icondock.com/
Download: http://icondock.com/files/vector-social-media-icons.zip
Preview: http://icondock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/vector-social-media-icons-full-preview.jpg
Title: Social Media Comment Bubbles
Author: http://webtreatsetc.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/124528112/Social_Media_Comment_Bubbles_by_WebTreatsETC.zip
Preview: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs43/i/2009/152/5/5/Social_Media_Comment_Bubbles_by_WebTreatsETC.jpg
Title: Social Media Stars Icon Set
Author: http://arbent.net/
Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1696384/Icons/Arbenting-Social%20Media-Stars-Icons.zip
Preview: http://arbent.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/preview28.jpg
Title: Cheers
Author: http://www.webtoolkit4.me/ (Helen Gkizi)
Download: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/images/glasses-icon-set/glasses.zip
Preview: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/images/glasses-icon-set/cheers.jpg
Title: Social Network Icon Set
Author: Iconshock - Web Icons
Download: http://media02.hongkiat.com/social-network-icons-iconshock/social-network-icons.zip
Preview: http://media02.hongkiat.com/social-network-icons-iconshock/display.jpg
Title: Simple & Bold Social Media Icons
Author: http://veerle.duoh.com/
Download: http://www.woothemes.com/free-themes/Simple_Bold_Social_Icons
Preview: http://cdn.woothemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/icons_preview.jpg
Title: Handy Icons
Author: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/
Download: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/freebie/?file=Handy_Icons
Preview: http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/handy_icons/handy_icons.jpg
Title: Rivet Social Icons
Author: http://twitter.com/designbumped (John Campbell)
Download: http://downloads.sixrevisions.com/rivet-social-icons.zip
Preview: http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/08/03-02_rivet_social_preview.png
Title: Free Social Media Icon Set
Author: http://www.elegantthemes.com/
Download: http://www.elegantthemes.com/icons/elegantmediaicons.zip
Preview: http://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/full-set1.jpg
Title: Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set
Author: http://www.dawghousedesignstudio.com/ (Jan Cavan)
Download: http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/woven_icons/Woven_Fabric_Social_Media_Icons.zip
Preview: http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/woven_icons/preview.jpg
Title: Free Social Icons
Author: http://www.templates.com/author/viper.html
Download: http://www.templates.com/preview/icon-sets/ic-179.html#
Preview: http://scr.templates.com/screenshots/icon-sets/ic-179-l.100.179.jpg
Title: Heart: Free Social Icon Set
Author: http://thedesignsuperhero.com/
Download: http://thedesignsuperhero.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=3
Preview: http://thedesignsuperhero.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/preview.png
Title: Social Network Icon Pack
Author: http://www.komodomedia.com/
Download: http://www.freeiconsdownload.com/Downloads_Files.asp?images_id=661&download_id=1
Preview: http://www.freeiconsdownload.com/site-images/Large/social_networking_iconpack_452.jpg
Title: Social Media Beakers
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://www.iconshock.com/dl_social.php?IS_png_social_821912472182547181500102.zip
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/img/Social_Media_Beakers.jpg
Twitter Icons
Author: http://lazycrazy.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/149326784/Twitter_Icons_TweetMyWeb_7_PNG_by_LazyCrazy.zip
Preview: http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/005/2/6/Twitter_Icons_TweetMyWeb_7_PNG_by_LazyCrazy.jpg
Title: 24 glossy social media Icons
Author: http://www.graphicsfuel.com/author/admin/
Download: http://www.graphicsfuel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/glassball-socialmedia-icons-graphicsfuel.zip
Preview: http://www.graphicsfuel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/glassballicons-preview.png
Title: Social icons No 4
Author: http://tydlinka.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.profimagazin.cz/file_download/59/Set_of_social_icons_no_4_by_Tydlinka.zip
Preview: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/013/1/e/Set_of_social_icons_no_4_by_Tydlinka.jpg
Title: Worn-out cans social Icons
Author: http://www.dawghousedesignstudio.com/
Download: http://designbump.com/originals/worn-out-soda-cans-social-media-icon-pack
Title: Social Networks Pro-Icons
Author: http://artbees.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.artbees.net/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=18
Preview: http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/008/c/9/c966942a21c81bec7f9085e4c1a6aaf0-d2u3d5b.jpg
Title: Social Truck Icon Set
Author: http://www.cutelittlefactory.com/ (Andrea Austoni)
Preview: http://media02.hongkiat.com/social-truck-icons/social-truck-icons.jpg
Title: Social icon set moleskin style
Author: Iconshock - Stock Icons
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/img/img_free_social/preview/03746208210357172700102.jpg
Title: OLED Social Icons
Author: http://arrioch.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/151238966/OLED_social_icons_by_arrioch.zip
Preview: http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/021/3/1/OLED_social_icons_by_arrioch.png
E-commerce, credit card and payment icons
As the main title of the category suggests, these icons are ideal for e-commerce websites, the credit card and payment icons are excellent for websites like PayPal or places that make all their sells via internet. On this category you will find many great icon designs that were released in 2010 and that may help you prettify your upcoming sales webpage.
Title: Payment icon set
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://www.iconshock.com/dl_social.php?IS_png-credit-card-icons-full_679907672163933161600102.zip
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/img/Credit_cards_and_payment_icon_set.jpg
Title: 30 E-Commerce Icons
Author: http://www.graphicsfuel.com/
Download: http://downloads.sixrevisions.com/30-e-commerce-icons.zip
Preview: http://images.sixrevisions.com/2010/11/29-02_ecommerce_icons_preview.jpg
Title: Payment method icon set
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://www.iconshock.com/dl_social.php?IS_payment_system_68687607216818170400102.zip
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/img/Payment_method_icon_set.jpg
Title: Payment web icon set
Author: http://www.webiconset.com/
Download: http://www.webiconset.com/downloads/payment-icons.zip
Preview: http://www.webiconset.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/payment-icons.jpg
Title: Exklusive E-Commerce Icons
Author: http://ebiene.de/
Download: http://files.me.com/sergej.mueller/lkpbnv
Preview: http://playground.ebiene.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/free-ecommerce-icons.png
Title: 35 Free Credit Icons for Commercial & Personal Use
Author: http://blog.graphicpeel.com/
Preview: http://graphicpeel.com/images/blog_images/cardvariations.png
Title: E-Commerce icon set
Author: http://www.webiconset.com/
Download: http://www.webiconset.com/downloads/e-commerce-icons.zip
Preview: http://www.webiconset.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/screenshot.jpg
Title: E-Commerce Icons Collection
Author: Iconshock - Web Icons
Download: http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/?download=Ecommerce-icons
Preview: http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/wp-content/uploads/image/ecommerce-icons.jpg
Title: Chalkwork Payments
Author: http://www.mezzoblue.com/
Download: http://www.mezzoblue.com/icons/chalkwork/download?file=chalkwork-payments.zip
Preview: http://www.mezzoblue.com/icons/chalkwork/payments/
Title: Pos Machine Icons
Author: http://omercetin.deviantart.com/
Download: http://www.deviantart.com/download/153179840/Pos_Machine_Icons_by_omercetin.zip
Preview: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/040/6/c/Pos_Machine_Icons_by_omercetin.jpg
Title: Money Icons Set
Author: http://www.dapino-colada.nl/
Download: http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Business/Money/Money%20ico.zip
http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Business/Money/Money%20png.zip
http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Business/Money/Money%20icns.zip
Preview: http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/thumbnail/Business/Money/Money%20icon%20thumbnail.jpg
Title: Finance
Author: http://www.visualpharm.com/
Download: http://www.visualpharm.com/icon_sets/free_windows7_financial_icon_set.zip
Preview: http://www.visualpharm.com/icon_sets/free_windows7_financial_icon_set.jpg
Season icons
Every year, icon designers/agencies release different icon sets with specific themes depending on the current season. During this year we saw some fancy Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Saint Valentine icon sets for you to enjoy.
Title: Christmas Icons
Author: Iconshock - Icon Sets
Download: http://www.iconshock.com/dl_social.php?IS_christmas-icons-realistic_961478292194244102210102.zip
Preview: http://www.iconshock.com/img/IS_Christmas_icons_stock_icons.jpg
Title: Smashing Christmas
Author: http://www.iconeden.com/
Download: http://www.iconeden.com/download/175/Smashing.Christmas.zip
Preview: http://www.iconeden.com/image/174/smashing-christmas+preview.png
Title: Real Christmas icons
Author: http://www.eighty8four.com/
Download: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset%3Areal_christmas
Preview: http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=iconset%3Areal_christmas
Title: Thanksgiving RSS icons
Author: http://www.arsgrafik.com/
Download: http://www.arsgrafik.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/free-thanksgiving-rss-icons-ars-grafik.zip
Preview: http://www.arsgrafik.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/free-thanksgiving-rss-icons-p.jpg
Title: iValentine
Author: http://www.iconeden.com/
Download: http://www.iconeden.com/download/190/ivalentine.zip
Preview: http://www.iconeden.com/image/188/ivalentine-a-free-vector-iconset+preview.png
Title: Easter Icons Set
Author: http://www.yellowicon.com/
Download: http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Holiday/Easter/Easter%20ico.zip
http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Holiday/Easter/Easter%20png.zip
http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Holiday/Easter/Easter%20icns.zip
Preview: http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/thumbnail/Holiday/Easter/Easter%20icon%20thumbnail.jpg
Title: Vista Halloween Icons Set
Author: http://www.icons-land.com/
Download: http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Holiday/Vista%20Halloween/Vista%20Halloween%20ico.zip
http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Holiday/Vista%20Halloween/Vista%20Halloween%20png.zip
http://www.iconeasy.com/icon/zip/Holiday/Vista%20Halloween/Vista%20Halloween%20icns.zip
Title: Thanksgiving Icon Set
Author: http://iconfactory.com/
Title: Easter Bunny Icons
Author: http://icondock.com/
Download: http://icondock.com/files/easter-bunny-icons.zip
Preview: http://icondock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/easter-icons-full-preview.jpg
Title: St. Patrick’s Day icon set
Author: http://www.bazaardesigns.com/
Download: http://www.bazaardesigns.com/file/St._Patrick%27s_Day_icon_set.rar
Preview: http://www.bazaardesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/st-patricks-day-icon-set1.jpg
Title: Shiny holiday and Christmas icons
Author: http://www.bazaardesigns.com/
Download: http://www.bazaardesigns.com/file/Shiny_holiday_and_Christmas_icons.rar
Preview: http://www.bazaardesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/shiny-holiday-and-christmas-icons1.jpg
Title: Smashing Christmas Icon Sets
Author: http://www.softfacade.com/
Preview: http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/images/smashing-christmas-icon-sets/large-preview1.png
And there you have them, 150+ astounding icon sets ready to help you out with your design queries. We included many different styles and themes in order to cover everyone’s needs, please leave us your comments and suggestions so we can keep improving the quality of our articles and showcases, thanks for visiting Icon Library, the Iconshock Blog.
January 20th
Awesome list I’ve downloaded a lot of them thanks very much!
January 20th
What an amazing array of icons! I really liked the fact you included the download links… thanks for sharing
January 21st
Awesome we’re mentioned with iconSweets! BTW we also have a new free iconSweets set, you can download it on http://www.iconsweets2.com
January 21st
WOW!!!
That is an awesome post with all the important links and graphics here in one place.
Thanks a lot for all of your patience and work
January 22nd
Just… thanks
January 22nd
Best list of icons I’ve seen! I’ll definitely be emailing this to friends…
January 26th
Another awesome set is:
http://www.greepit.com/2010/07/open-source-icons-for-ui-designers-web-developers-gcons/
May 10th
Awesome collections, great work. You guys certainly are top nocht in the icon world!
May 10th
Very impressive selection of your work, congrats!
May 10th
From the more detail style of Real Vista Multimedia to the minimal approach of Iconic, this is a very complete and ddiverse selection of icons, thanks.
May 10th
So many to look and seek out, great selection work!
May 10th
The only problem here it’s one not knowing which ones to use, they’re all great!
thanks.
May 10th
Icon-mania! Rigth now!!!
May 10th
Thanks for an eye on detail and such a great research job. Altough difficult to decide on one, easy on the search part thanks top you guys.
May 10th
So much talent gathered here, congrats and thank you.
May 10th
If you don’t mind, I´ll proceed with the retweet..
May 10th
I wonder how you manage to compile all of this, anyway, thanks.
May 10th
Something right for everyone here, that´s for sure…
Lovely post, thank you.
May 10th
Not a bad idea, oh no. Retweeting.
May 10th
Keen eye for the good, the modern, the best.
May 10th
Out of awe. Thanks, yr blog rules ok!
May 10th
This post rocks, my best regards to the cheff.
May 10th
150+ Reasons to keep following you.
May 10th
Impresionante post, referencia inmediata en mis marcadores ya mismo. Muchísimas gracias, buen trabajo.
May 10th
Wow! Guys you’re something serious…
May 10th
Eye catching, useful, neat and pretty… Well done job and research, thanks.
May 10th
More, more, more!!! thought I haven´t past half of it yet… Thank you!
May 10th
I don´t know if this is way too much but i can assure you what I know it is: Fantastic!
May 10th
¡Muchas gracias por esto! Ando feliz enviandolo a mis amigos…
May 10th
This is the rage… The amount of creativity and talent it´s absurd.
Thank you.
May 24th
Now i have a huge storage of festivities icons, they are all lovely, will send this to my sister, she loves everything holiday related. You guys rock !!!
June 3rd
Awesome collection,
But I believe that you forgot another awesome free icons set at : http://iconleak.com/shop-icon/free-icons
Check it and you won’t be regret.
June 13th
O_O So many of them… !!!
so useful!!!
*desperately clicking download button*
October 29th
Awesome!
I’ve download a lot of them.
Thanks!
January 22nd
great list thank you for that – very usfull
December 22nd
Thank you….
March 31st
Great, tnank u very much .. i am so much inspired. very creative work collection …. tnx for download links!
April 10th
Thank YOU for the feedback! Glad to see you liked it. Stay tuned for our coming posts.
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