Cheers: A Free “Social” Icon Set
We love to release freebies. Every release helps to make the Web a nicer place, which is why we support designers and challenge them to release something for free in order to be featured on Smashing Magazine. And the results are quite often pretty impressive.
Today we are happy to release Cheers: a free set of 12 “social” glasses, designed by Helen Gkizi from Webtoolkit4me, especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
Download the Set for Free!
You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. However, it’s forbidden to sell them. Please link to this article if you would like to spread the word.
- Download the set (.zip, 0.6 Mb)
Motivation Behind the Design
As usual, here are some insights from the designer herself:
“It’s really funny if you think about it as the motivation behind it was a simple and basic question. Helen is a graphic designer specializing in invitation and brochure design. The question was “Can you design icons” and she said “Sure why not, what kind of icons?”
Gerasimos browsed through a few sets and that was it. She had her first one ready in about 30 minutes. We just said “glasses”. Icon in a glass. Gerasimos and Helen run a small design agency in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a web designer she’s in the print business. But now he thinks they need to expose this talent somehow and here it is. Their “web 2.0 in a glass”. Cheers!”
Last But Not Least
We are constantly looking for creative designers and artists. You may not know it yet, but we may feature you in one of our upcoming posts.
If you would like to release a free high-quality font, a WordPress theme, Photoshop brushes, a Drupal theme, some wallpapers or an icon set, please contact us. We would like to support you (both financially and with the broad readership of Smashing Magazine).
Sonali Agrawal
September 10th, 2008 4:28 pmThis Rocks!! I just love them..Thanks Again SM….
KC TAN
September 10th, 2008 4:45 pmThanks Helen for releasing this set of icon :)
I like the Yahoo! design!
Igor J.
September 10th, 2008 4:45 pmNice!
Cheers!
Marie
September 10th, 2008 5:05 pmvery nice!
furley
September 10th, 2008 5:10 pmno digg?
Jeffrey
September 10th, 2008 5:11 pmThanks a lot !.
keep these coming !
scraby
September 10th, 2008 6:08 pmnice set. thanx.
mikemike
September 10th, 2008 7:27 pmFail
reezluv
September 10th, 2008 7:28 pmthanks for the download.That’s really nice icon.Cheers too..:)
spongepuppy
September 10th, 2008 8:48 pmThanks! Now when my clients ask for an RSS logo in the shape of a beer glass, I’ll be sweet.
Thank you Smashing Magazine for taking care of my glassware-shaped social-bookmarking website icon needs!
I’m eagerly awaiting a set of RSS feed icons shaped like olde-worlde woodworking tools. Please also consider doing more articles about how superior Apple computers are, because I really did enjoy the last one you ran… so informative!
archknight79
September 10th, 2008 9:06 pmthanks a lot dude!
keep it coming :)
shree
September 10th, 2008 9:32 pmGreat work… Thanks to SM. long back i was searching some thing different icon
jamie
September 10th, 2008 10:00 pmAwesome. I wonder if they are available for Joomla. I’d like to put them on my dating site.
Ruan
September 10th, 2008 10:41 pmI like socializing :) but not these icons….sorry
speedcu
September 10th, 2008 10:43 pmgreat idea!!! :)
Giulio
September 10th, 2008 10:56 pmMany thanks, Great work!
Arun
September 10th, 2008 11:15 pmWow! These are quite creative!
Shine
September 10th, 2008 11:18 pmMore of designtips of “social” icons please! And good examples how to display them on sites.
Manuel
September 10th, 2008 11:22 pmtasty!
test
September 10th, 2008 11:33 pmtest javascript
Curt Simon Harlinghausen
September 10th, 2008 11:47 pmcheers!
derdaniel
September 11th, 2008 12:14 amgood work, but i don’t know where i should use them. nice inspiration anyway
Bleyder
September 11th, 2008 12:23 amCool!!
goran
September 11th, 2008 12:37 amI’m thirsty for them :) Cool work!
chris
September 11th, 2008 1:27 amhaha, i like this icon set :)
Eli
September 11th, 2008 1:31 amKind of surprised to see Design Float in there among the bigger names. Very nice and unique set though.
Arnar
September 11th, 2008 1:32 amI think these icons are poorly designed, most of the service-logos within the icons are pasted awkwardly (see YouTube and Reddit icons), the size of the icon (glass) is way too big in comparison to the logo within-it, they don’t scale well and are completely unsuable.
Honestly, what website do you see using these?
yaara
September 11th, 2008 2:44 amGreat idea but it’s really difficult to see the specific icon.
Thorsten
September 11th, 2008 2:51 amI agree with Arnar. These icons are, well they are free and I don’t have to take them, but honestly, their are not good enough.
Where should one use such a big feed icon? And the shadow looks like a simple effect. Really just a 30 minute work…
Cynthia
September 11th, 2008 3:28 amvery nice :D
thanks
Sgarro
September 11th, 2008 4:11 amGreat, i really like it…but…why don’t you have do the flickr, facebook, last.fm and maybe anobii too??
Sorry for my english
Jon Hartmann
September 11th, 2008 4:21 amI have to agree with some of the others… they look “spiffy” but who would never need such a thing? These stand a better chance of appealing to MySpace kiddies than to designers.
chris
September 11th, 2008 4:31 amThey are cute, but who really uses these things? Anyone? Bueller?
oskard
September 11th, 2008 5:46 amFacebook – It would be one of those giant, novelty, fish-bowl sized glasses with some deep blue liquid inside, filled with the most random assortment of umbrellas, lemons, colorful ice cubes.
Myspace would be the same thing but instead of a glass, a small wooden barrel.
Nikki
September 11th, 2008 6:17 amIt’s amazing how many people complain about free icons they are not obligated to use….
Ashrith Maudgalya
September 11th, 2008 6:20 amYOU GUYS ROCK!!!! :D
Cosmi
September 11th, 2008 7:14 amThe rss icon is so cute! Thanks Helen & SM!
Matt J.
September 11th, 2008 7:34 amVery clever. Excellent!
Yizi
September 11th, 2008 7:35 amYahoo one is the best
Jason
September 11th, 2008 7:51 amWhen I use it, will everyone know my name???? :)
emfajar
September 11th, 2008 8:01 amvery nice, thanks
Tyler @ Building Camelot
September 11th, 2008 8:14 amBad ass! Thank you
Tobi
September 11th, 2008 8:17 amI love your free stuff. This iconset is just awesome !!!
Julien L
September 11th, 2008 8:23 amThanks for this stuff ! Like it a lot :)
Make Design, Not War
September 11th, 2008 8:35 amIronically, I love it when you release freebies too! Nice little set of fun icons, I’ll look forward to the next ‘bar 2.0′ project where I might be able to use ‘em. Cheers! http://makedesignnotwar.com
LapinLove404
September 11th, 2008 1:04 pmhehe, reminds me of the RSS sets I made this summers : http://www.l2design.be/drinkrss/
mutena
September 13th, 2008 3:46 pmwonderful set thanks to Helen Gkizi.
John
September 14th, 2008 4:00 pmIdea stolen from blog.templates.com ??? Or its better to say your were inspired by this post?
johnny
September 15th, 2008 1:27 amI agree with Arnar. They are poorly designed. Besides, this isconset reminds me another one release by templates.com – free siconset for bloggers. The only difference is that the icons from psd2html.com are worse.
Savocado
September 15th, 2008 2:41 amthe yahoo design is the best, I dont like the twitter one, and the YT one simply sucks.
woodland
September 15th, 2008 10:46 amI’d love to see some of the awesome stuff made by :
mikemike
Arnar
Thorsten
Jon Hartmann
and johnny
now why am I Not expecting any links to or other proof of their wonderful creations….
It’s so easy and cheap to be negative guys
asif salam
September 15th, 2008 2:17 pmsweeeeeeeeeeet!!
thanks
drlovecat
September 16th, 2008 1:04 pmthanks for your kindness
michaelaustinproductions.com
September 17th, 2008 11:03 amI love your freebies!!! I might use this for my blog
tommy
September 20th, 2008 10:15 amThanks. Freebies are always good!
DesignFloat
September 23rd, 2008 4:13 amhey designfloat icon looks a bit odd! don’t you think so? At 1st I even didn’t recognize my icon.
djbt1988
September 29th, 2008 1:58 amcool! i like some of them,not all
Jay
October 5th, 2008 11:49 amWould be nice to have a google one or perhaps the psd’s so that we can create more… Nice Work!
joseacolon
October 15th, 2008 5:53 pmExellent icons.
Joe
Nirav
October 18th, 2008 5:38 amAwesome guys! :)
fifianilugito
October 19th, 2008 3:23 amthx a lot…
shawn
October 19th, 2008 11:05 amthanks for your kindness
Grace
November 18th, 2008 5:51 pmNice work! Thanks for remembering us out here! ;-)
pachoagua
November 22nd, 2008 6:28 pmmil gracias, estoy seguro que mis carpetas seran mas amables,
GRACIAS.
Daniel
November 27th, 2008 4:13 amHey!!!! Qué bakanos que están estos íconos!! Muchas gracias
Mark B
February 7th, 2009 1:51 pmJust amazing!! Great work. Thanks.
Priscilla St Claire
July 9th, 2009 11:06 amPhenominal! I love them and will be using, thanks a bunch!
Jared
July 23rd, 2009 7:15 pmThis are awesome thank you I will use. <
Muwasalat.com
August 5th, 2009 9:40 amSmashing Magazine continues to amaze. The content, the resources, the links – They’ve developed their own niche IN A EMPHATIC MANNER.
SM rules.
jennifer abernethy
August 20th, 2009 8:07 amlove the cheers buttons. Is there one for Facebook?
Brookland
August 26th, 2009 9:06 amThese are great, but need a facebook icon ;)
Rajesh Kanuri
September 21st, 2009 5:42 amThey were rocking soon going to use them in my sites . .
Pablo Gonzalez
November 1st, 2009 10:16 amAwesome design on these icons! I think they’re great and will be using them on my blog. Thanks!
Cornelius Aesop
December 14th, 2009 5:57 pmI used these for my sight, but there was no Facebook icon (had to get it from somewhere else) and I’m on the lookout for a DISQus one. This look was perfect, and just what I was looking for, thanks!
Michelle Shutter
March 1st, 2010 6:00 pmJust found these Icons and absolutely love them! Thank you! If you have another Cheers set, please let me know. I would love to add Facebook and Skype to my Social Hour!
Thanks again!
Michelle
Dan
March 19th, 2010 12:16 amI think they’re great and appreciate them being given out like this. I would, however, also love to see one for Facebook!
Neurox
March 28th, 2010 1:57 pmcool! but where’s Facebook? Myspace…
Mahaveer Singh
April 9th, 2010 11:36 pmBrilliant and inspirational :)
yeanii
April 9th, 2010 11:38 pmWow! this is just AWESOME! Thanks so much for this resource list
Thanks
Yeanii
kanmani
April 13th, 2010 3:51 amIcon design is Nice…….
vane
July 5th, 2010 3:01 amThese are great!
FluxTrips
October 18th, 2010 10:36 amBeautiful icons. Thank you, mate!
I might as well use your icons for my next project :)
Joey
January 17th, 2011 2:42 pmthese are so cute! i would love to see facebook and linked in glasses though…
richard
June 5th, 2011 12:15 pmAWESOME absolutely love these so so cool I’ll send a link of how I am using them on my site be a while as i am a noooobie :)
Kind Regards
Richard
Archi
July 9th, 2011 2:53 amCool graphics, Thanks!
Michelle
January 2nd, 2012 4:39 amWe adore these graphics, they are the perfect fit for our events planning and design firm. Can you let me know if you have design for blog, mail and web.
Thanks!