Iconography lies at the heart of UI design. It can make or break the usability of an interface. Every icon should serve a purpose. When done correctly, they communicate the core idea and intent of a product or action, and they bring a lot of nice benefits to user interfaces, such as saving screen real estate and enhancing aesthetic appeal. In this article Nick Babich will show you how to make that possible. If you want to take a go at creating your own icons, you can download and test Adobe’s Experience Design CC for free and get started right away!
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As an icon creator, Manuela Langella tried to use XD to create icons from scratch and to apply them to a new user interface. In this tutorial, Manuela will guide you through the steps it took so you can follow along. She’ll take a look at how to create a set of office icons for a new app. Plus, she’s going to show you how you can use XD’s features to interact with your newly-created user interfaces during the prototyping phase. So, let’s get started!
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Wouldn’t it be great to have a set of consistent icons for all sports-related activities? This set of 45 icons was created by the design team at Icons8. You may modify the size, color or shape of the icons. No attribution is required, however, reselling of bundles or individual pictograms is not cool. A big thank you to Icons8 — we sincerely appreciate your time and efforts. Keep up the brilliant work!
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This set of 40 icons was created by the design team at Printerinks.com. Please note that this icon set is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. A big thank you to Printerinks — we sincerely appreciate your time and efforts. Keep up the brilliant work! Please provide credits to the creators and link to the article in which this freebie was released if you would like to spread the word in blog posts or anywhere else.
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Today’s icon set, designed by Manuela Langella, is dedicated to both lovers and haters of… football! A big Thank You to Manuela Langella for designing this wonderful icon set — we sincerely appreciate your time and efforts! You may modify the size, color or shape of the icons. No attribution is required, though reselling bundles or individual pictograms isn’t cool. Clink! Clink! Let the games begin!
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There’s so much to explore in the world of astronomy, and it’s about time we did. In this article, we bring you an icon set created and designed by the team at Iconshock, No attribution is required, however, reselling of bundles or individual pictograms is not cool. Please provide credits to the creators and link to the article in which this freebie was released if you would like to spread the word in blog posts or anywhere else. So, dear space troopers out there, what are you waiting for?
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Designed by the team behind IconCrafts, this music instrument icon set is dedicated to all music lovers. Feel free to modify the size, color or shape of the icons. Please note that the set is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. We kindly ask you to provide credits to the creator and link to this article if you would like to spread the word. A big thank you to IconCrafts for designing this wonderful icon set — we sincerely appreciate your time and efforts!
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This wonderful hotel and spa icon set can help you to design a visually delightful holiday experience for the customers of your tourism clients. Designed by the team behind IconCrafts, this icons come in five styles different styles. Feel free to modify the size, color or shape of the icons. We kindly ask you to provide credits to the creator and link to this article if you would like to spread the word. A big thank you to IconsCraft for designing this wonderful icon set — we sincerely appreciate your time and efforts! Keep up the great work!
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Today, we’re happy to release the Easter Icon Set designed and created by Manuela Langella and, as always, is free to use in private and commercial projects. This set of 13 icons is available in AI, PSD, EPS, PDF, SVG and PNG formats. Feel free to modify the size, color or shape of the icons. We’d kindly like to ask you to provide credits to the creator and link to this article if you would like to spread the word about the freebie. A big Thank You to Manuela Langella for designing this wonderful icon set — we sincerely appreciate your time and efforts! Keep up the brilliant work!
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Creative folks like yourself know how important our daily dose of hot and steaming coffee is. Many of us even choose to work from a coffee house because the cozy atmosphere, the smell of freshly ground coffee beans and the carefully created art on the glossy foam fuels our creativity.
Designed by Oliver Pitsch, Barista is an icon set dedicated to all baristas and coffee lovers. It consists of 50 carefully crafted vector icons. A big thank you to Oliver Pitsch for designing this wonderful icon set — we sincerely appreciate your time and efforts!
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