Smashing Retro Icon Set
Over the last few months, we have extensively covered the influence of retro and vintage style on modern Web design. We have looked at recent vintage Web designs, showcased posters and typography and presented vintage tutorials. In fact, we are confident that vintage is still in, and that many designers are experimenting with this style to achieve unusual, creative and (hopefully) effective results.
So today, we are pleased to release the Smashing Retro Icon Set, a set of 10 beautiful, high-quality “vintage” icons, created by the talented Russian design agency SoftFacade especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The set contains 10 original icons: search, sign-up, calendar, news, RSS, comments, email, ads, home and address.
Download the set for free!
You can use the set for free and without any restrictions in both your private and commercial projects, including software, online services, templates and themes. The set may not be resold, sub-licensed, rented, transferred or otherwise made available for use. Please link to this article if you would like to spread the word.
- Download the set (.zip, ICO and PNG, 9.3 MB)
Thank you, guys. We really appreciate your efforts! (al)
jeremy
February 12th, 2009 10:33 amGreat set of icons. I adore the Sign Up icon.
Eduardo
February 12th, 2009 10:36 amawesome icons! i’m sure i’ll download and use them.
DKumar M.
February 12th, 2009 10:39 amNice Set of icons !! Freebies is always appreciate :)
OnWebDev
February 12th, 2009 10:40 amThey are very detailed… Nice job SoftFacade!
myPhotoshopBrushes
February 12th, 2009 10:42 amThese are so beautiful! I love the old car!
hombertho
February 12th, 2009 10:47 amThanks for this great Icon set :-)
mokin
February 12th, 2009 10:51 amThanks
2expertsdesign.com
February 12th, 2009 11:00 amThanks for beautiful Icons!
Fred Yates
February 12th, 2009 11:00 amthe dick tracy search is amazing
Ben Jacob
February 12th, 2009 11:11 amWow they are really awesome.. realistic !!
Mike Sawicki
February 12th, 2009 11:35 amGreat set. Love them.
Sandra Kidd
February 12th, 2009 11:48 amThat’s my car! Except the hubcabs should be white, and they never made them in lime green…
Larson
February 12th, 2009 11:49 amAwesome icon set, many many thanks
Larson
April
February 12th, 2009 1:02 pmThese are truly great! Thanks so much.
Mary
February 12th, 2009 1:04 pmThese are beautiful. Thank you again and again for all the freebies and great articles.
Enk.
February 12th, 2009 1:08 pmWow! Lovely set of icons softfacade and smashing magazine !! I’m lovin’ it.
csshook.com
February 12th, 2009 1:15 pmwow! great articles,
thanks for icon set
here you can find retro site gallery csshook.com
SeedsForWealth.com
February 12th, 2009 1:31 pmMy names Jimmy and the designer who designed this is AWESOME!!!!!
Now these are what you call killer icons.
Hey…
What happened to the great link back to my website???
Whatever, SmashingMagazine does rock it out pretty hard none the less.
mojitopl
February 12th, 2009 1:39 pmLovely!
Creamy CSS
February 12th, 2009 1:45 pmWow! It’s really gorgeous icon set! Every icon is so creative and nice,… Mmmmmm,.. Great job,.. Well done, SoftFacade!!!
myows
February 12th, 2009 2:55 pmvery impressive work – can these be used for commercial purposes ?
Simon Harlinghausen
February 12th, 2009 3:16 pmNice set. Great collection.
Ruthchelle
February 12th, 2009 3:49 pmI just love it! Thanks.
Brian Gottier
February 12th, 2009 3:57 pmI need more icons like these like I need another hole in my head.
JL Hill
February 12th, 2009 4:19 pmVery, very cool. Thanks so much for sharing!
cari
February 12th, 2009 4:21 pmThank you so much, great job as always!!!
IC
February 12th, 2009 4:24 pmvery nice!
myfr3ak
February 12th, 2009 5:19 pmso beautiful!!
vib_gup
February 12th, 2009 10:23 pmAwesome set..Exactly wat i was looking for :) ..
gaurav
February 13th, 2009 12:56 amThanks nice set
smell vintage
Clive
February 13th, 2009 5:41 amShould there be a preview when you click the large image below the paragraph ending “Please link to this article if you would like to spread the word”?
Otherwise, it’s a great site I that I visit every day.
Keep up the good work.
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
February 13th, 2009 6:32 am@clive
there is no additional preview. the link was wrong. thanks!
Anton (SoftFacade)
February 13th, 2009 7:10 amThanks for publishing these icons. It was very interesting to work on this set!
morena
February 13th, 2009 9:12 amVery cool!!! I will do a page inspired to these icons and definitely send you the link!
fm262
February 14th, 2009 4:06 amQuestion please.
Can I use these icons in templates I will upload to websites such as themeforest?
Thanks.
ShyNloc
February 14th, 2009 6:47 pmI love it
zatstyles
February 14th, 2009 9:08 pmThese are beautiful. Thank you again and again for all the freebies
Cookie
February 15th, 2009 8:25 pmhey! i loved the set but i have a problem, i dont now how to install it help me!! pleasee…
teresa berry
February 16th, 2009 12:24 pmthe BEST! the rss and sign up are my VERY Favorites!
AJ
February 16th, 2009 3:45 pmI cannot download the brushes for some reason, keeps saying not a valid archive.
AJ
February 16th, 2009 4:20 pmScratch that, apparently it wont in FF for some reason but IE was fine. Thanks for the icons and for all the awesome freebies Smashing!
digital perspective
February 19th, 2009 12:39 amThis is super cool icon..i love the old radio very much! thanks!
Brant Schroeder
February 25th, 2009 1:10 pmNice set
Jawhara
February 28th, 2009 9:35 amwow ..
That nice
Zen
March 5th, 2009 11:34 amNice…it’s really awesome icon
GraphicsInnCom
March 12th, 2009 5:14 amWonderful set of icons – thanks to keeping it free.
Ozan
March 16th, 2009 6:01 amvery nice thank you so much
Firas
March 20th, 2009 6:19 pmCreative people are those who deserve to live longer to make our lives beautiful and smashing :-) It Rocks …
Am I allowed to use them in my own way into my website?
Danny
April 6th, 2009 12:14 amGood work, Guys ;o) Link – free christmas icons: http://www.dooffy.com/cs/christmas-icons-vanocni-ikony-pro-vas-zadarmo.html Nice day… Danny
kanchan
April 13th, 2009 8:21 pmawesome icons!
Template Library
April 27th, 2009 12:48 amnice thanks..
os sang eun
April 28th, 2009 4:31 pm감사합니다.
akon
June 10th, 2009 11:59 pmThanks for your Great Work
Hacky
June 21st, 2009 6:54 amFlawless!!!
kittu k
August 5th, 2009 3:28 amawesome icons man.. too good.. hats off 2 d creative brain behind it..
Kittu
Roopa
November 10th, 2009 11:08 pmHey PNG format is only for mac OS. can u plz provide it for window.
alvin
March 3rd, 2010 6:44 pmthanks for this great icon package.. :D
Sol
July 18th, 2010 1:05 amAppreciate the hours and the generosity that these selfless designers have put in.
Thanks for the icons the students will love them!
Su Hall
March 7th, 2011 11:50 pmThank you! These icons are far out!
Titus
March 15th, 2011 8:13 pmCongratulations !
Steve
July 3rd, 2011 2:34 amGreat set of icons, thank you for allowing free useage. Have linked back to your article.
kindest regards
Steve
Bill
August 9th, 2011 2:44 pmThank you so much for the icons. Long live smashingmagazine.com
Irfan Shehzad
November 12th, 2011 10:05 pmNice Icons, Thanks for Free Download