Noupe Editorial Team December 9th, 2008

50 Most Beautiful Icon Sets Created in 2008

Icons is everywhere on the web. In most modern designs it is used to not only complete our design but also to attract the user's eye. Designers use Icons to create breath-taking designs and decorate their desktop as well. Today we’re going to take a look at 50 most beautiful icon sets we’ve found over the year 2008.

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Free Icon Sets

1. OldSchool Icon Set

Free icon set


2. Free Hand Drawn Doodle Icon Set for Bloggers

Free icon set


3. Milky icon set

Free icon set


4. Archigraphs Porcelain Icons

Free icon set


5. I-KID ICONS FOR IPHONE

Free icon set


6. Socialize Icons

Free icon set


This free icons set contains all the most popular social icons, placed inside a sticker, making them easy to use in all kinds of projects. Although initially intended to be used by bloggers, these icons go beyond that and can be used in almost any website. This free icon set contains 12 high quality, free icons in these sizes: 16x16px, 32x32px, 48x48px, 64x64px and 128x128px and 32-bit transparency PNG file format.

7. Distortion Icons

Free icon set


Unique, good looking and useful grungy sticker icon set with background in brick red color and white.

8. Merry Christmas Icons

Free icon set


These snowing free icons contain the most recognizable Christmas items. Bring that unique feeling that only snow brings to your websites and blogs. The "Merry Christmas" free icons set contains 12 high quality, free icons in these sizes: 16x16px, 32x32px, 48x48px, 64x64px and 128x128px and 32-bit transparency PNG file format.

9. Coquette Icons

Free icon set


This playful free icon set contains curvy and colorful free icons made with one goal, to get all the affection to your projects. These free icons flirt with style! "Coquette" free icon set contains 50 high quality, free icons in these sizes: 16x16px, 32x32px, 48x48px, 64x64px and 128x128px and 32-bit transparency PNG file format.

10. Turqua 3d Isometric Vector Icon Pack

Free icon set


A full set of 30 3d isometric vector icons. The icons are in both editable Illustrator 8 EPS and SVG formats.

11. Fugue Icons

Free icon set


1000 icons are included in PNG format (16x16 pixel).

12. Free Glossy Blogging Icons Set for Bloggers

Free icon set


There are total 12 shiny and modern icons for your blogs. It comes with 3 sizes, 24×24, 36×36 and 48×48 in png format.

13. Free Glossy Blogging Icons Set for Bloggers

Free icon set


128 glossy Icons available in 48×48px. Some of the main Social Media Icons are included such as: Design Float, Digg, Delicious, Furl, Technorati, Flickr, Stumble Upon, Twitter & Many more…

14. Finance and Applications Icon Set

Free icon set


This set contains 59 raster and vector icons, designed by Icon Eden. The set includes icons in .png, .icns and .ico-formats. An .EPS vector file is available as well.

15. Liquidicity

Free icon set


16. Free Vector Icon Set 1

Free icon set


The first part of the set contains 25 scalable Illustrator format icons.

17. Web browsers icon set

Free icon set


18. Asp.net Icons

Free icon set


Here is a site offering a full set of professionally designed icons for web applications for free.

19.Cult-foo icon set

Free icon set


Set of 50 icons at .PNG format for public usage.

20. Validation Icon Set

Free icon set


Free Validation "w3c" Icons to download and use.

21. Web 2.0rigami

Free icon set


15 origami icons in a variety of sizes in transparent pngs, and the PSD and EPS files.

22. Circular Icons

Free icon set


Circular is a themed collection of 100+ 16×16 icons. The icons are available as a zip download of alpha transparent png's.

23. Phuzion

Free icon set


This pack contains 150 icons in total which look best in their original size (256x256px).

24. Free web development icons

Free icon set


Icojoy team's new 24x24 free icon set in web 2.0 style

25. Simplicio

Free icon set


The set contains 78 free icons in .png and .ico including AI which can be useful for both corporate and personal setting.

26. Web 2 Icons

Free icon set


23 freeware “iPhone-like” icons of Web 2 Social Bookmarks and Networks for use in blogs, websites, desktops, softwares.

27. DSLR lens Icon

Free icon set


28. Pirates Theme icon collection

Free icon set


29. Feed Me Animals

Free icon set


A Free RSS Feed Vector Icon Set.

30. Ecommerce Icons

Free icon set


32 free icons to use or remix in your eCommerce projects complete with master SVG file.

31. Practika

Free icon set


A free set of 11 practical and useful high-quality icons.

32. Website Icons

Free icon set


33. Glossy Member Icons

Free icon set


34. Aeon

Free icon set


35. RSS feed

Free icon set


36. Nice ‘n’ Simple Subscribe Badges

Free icon set


37. DESIGN for: psdbox.pl

Free icon set


38. Drop Box Icon

Free icon set


39. Green and blue

Free icon set


Desktop & Dock Icons

40. Onibari Leopard Made

Free icon set


41. Carbon Gloss

Free icon set


A set of over 90 original dock icons in .png format. Compatible with your Mac or PC, and virtually all dock applications that use .png files.

42. De Freu. -Icon Pack

Free icon set


41 PNG and ICO Fileformat Icons + Matching Wallpaper.

43. iMod for Dock

Free icon set


149 icons for your dock

44. KIDAUBIS CHINESE WIND ICON

Free icon set


45. iLeopard Icon Pack SE

Free icon set


46. Qure for Adobe Creative Suite

Free icon set


47. Colorabo

Free icon set


48. ZeroOne

Free icon set


49. Made Of Wood

Free icon set


50. Paper Clip

Free icon set


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195 comments

  1. Thanks for putting this together. It really helps a non-designer developer like me. I still appreciate great design and rely the awesome designers I work with, but sometimes you just need a place to grab a good icon.

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