Let’s be real. There are many things in life we’d all prefer to be original in. And then, there’s also other things which we’d happily follow. Web design icons are some of them. It has to look fresh while looking like the usual. We’ve heard it before… An arrow is an arrow but it’s a different arrow right?
Here are links to icons sets that help you shorten design and development timelines. Starting with…
Stock web icons
Fineicons – Nice general sets of icons. Not much design to it but most definitely worth a visit and a download. For icons that serves it’s purpose, fineicons is it.
eCommerce icons
Free Credit Card Logos & Images – About 70+ credit card logos to choose from. Say yes to no more ugly bitmapped logos.
VirtuaLNK Credit Card Icons – Set of 3D icons. Makes it a little nicer. But will make more people buy from your site? Who cares. It’s nice.
Credit Cards Pixel Iconset by Seusbox Studio – Buttons. In PSD for custom appearances if need arise.
Free eCommerce icons from Web Design Belfast – eCommerce related page icons and buttons.
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Web design and development icons
Light Icons Set by Kryztof Kolartorski – Light, clean and stylish
Rss icons campaign by Design Freak – Fancy RSS icons anyone? Yummy.
Smashing RSS/Feed Icons – Available for both MAc and Windows from sizes 16×16px to 512×512px. That’s big.
Mini web icon sets
Vaga by Ed Merrit – Set of 60 icons ready to be inserted into your web work.
Monofactor Icon Set by Onur Oztaskiran – In Illustrator format which makes them scalable. Free to edit and tweak.
Web Development Icons – Ajaxible icons for web development. Free and reusable for any project.
Circular Icons by Ben Billbanks – 100+ web and ajax ready.
Flags of the world
I’m not a Patriot – Much nicer than those flat ones I’ve been seeing a lot of.
Mobile device and phones
Mobile Device Icons – Need mobile device icons or imagery? Here you go. 60 of them. Blackberry phones here.
So there you go. The first round of free, reusable icon sets for web design and development work. Enjoy!

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