Free icons – fresh icon sets for 2013

As a designer I am always looking for fresh icon sets to use in new designs. The icons from years ago just don’t seem to cut it any more, especially with design trends moving back to the more simple, classic styling. So in my quest to find some really great icon resources that are both free for personal and commercial use I present to you my discoveries…

 

Batch

Batch is a lovingly designed and crafted suite of 300+ icons for web and user interface design by fellow South African, Adam Whitcroft. Adam has generously given this amazing set back to the community to use freely in any personal or commercial projects.

Gemicon

Gemicon is handcrafted icon set by Turqois, that comes in 3 different sizes (16px, 32px, 64px). Each pixel-perfect icon is available as a separate Photoshop layer. Download the set in PNG or PSD format. Gemicon is FREE and ready to use in your next awesome project!

 

Retro Social Icon Set

This lovely retro icon set is from the Pink Moustache. 47 different icons in 4 different colours.

 

Clear Icon Set

The Clear Icon Set contains 20 action icons including note icon, note-reply icon, email icon, iPhone icon, iPad icon, iMac icon, stats icon, HD & SD icons and more. The file contains 20 icons at 32px x 32px. PNG format and the original PSD is also included.

 

Round Icons by Goodipix

Looking for some free icons to enhance your next project? This set includes 48 vector icons.

 

Simple Icon Set

 

Minimal UI Icon and Font Set

The guys over at Breezi have created this new icon and font set released under Creative Commons license. This collection of 50 icons are a great resource for adding the finishing touches to your design project. This handcrafted set is available as PSD and AI source files.

 

Scalable glyphs icons

This is a free scalable glyphs icon set designed by Finbarrs Oketunji. The set is available for free download from dribbble.

44 Shades of Free Icons

These free icons are from the designer Victor Erixon.

 

28.7 project icons

These free glyph icons are from the designer kipyatok.

Free Icons

This free icon set is from the designer Joe Prince. Icons are available in both AI and PSD.

 

I hope that you found this post as useful and resourceful as I did when creating it. If you did, please be so kind as to leave a comment and share the post with others 😉