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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.

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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.

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  1. 1
    jeremy
    February 12th, 2009 10:33 am

    Great set of icons. I adore the Sign Up icon.

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  2. 2
    Eduardo
    February 12th, 2009 10:36 am

    awesome icons! i’m sure i’ll download and use them.

    Reply
  3. 3
    DKumar M.
    February 12th, 2009 10:39 am

    Nice Set of icons !! Freebies is always appreciate :)

    Reply
  4. 4
    OnWebDev
    February 12th, 2009 10:40 am

    They are very detailed… Nice job SoftFacade!

    Reply
  5. 5
    myPhotoshopBrushes
    February 12th, 2009 10:42 am

    These are so beautiful! I love the old car!

    Reply
  6. 6
    hombertho
    February 12th, 2009 10:47 am

    Thanks for this great Icon set :-)

    Reply
  7. 7
    mokin
    February 12th, 2009 10:51 am

    Thanks

    Reply
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    2expertsdesign.com
    February 12th, 2009 11:00 am

    Thanks for beautiful Icons!

    Reply
  9. 9
    Fred Yates
    February 12th, 2009 11:00 am

    the dick tracy search is amazing

    Reply
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    Ben Jacob
    February 12th, 2009 11:11 am

    Wow they are really awesome.. realistic !!

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  11. 11
    Mike Sawicki
    February 12th, 2009 11:35 am

    Great set. Love them.

    Reply
  12. 12
    Sandra Kidd
    February 12th, 2009 11:48 am

    That’s my car! Except the hubcabs should be white, and they never made them in lime green…

    Reply
  13. 13
    Larson
    February 12th, 2009 11:49 am

    Awesome icon set, many many thanks
    Larson

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  14. 14
    April
    February 12th, 2009 1:02 pm

    These are truly great! Thanks so much.

    Reply
  15. 15
    Mary
    February 12th, 2009 1:04 pm

    These are beautiful. Thank you again and again for all the freebies and great articles.

    Reply
  16. 16
    Enk.
    February 12th, 2009 1:08 pm

    Wow! Lovely set of icons softfacade and smashing magazine !! I’m lovin’ it.

    Reply
  17. 17
    csshook.com
    February 12th, 2009 1:15 pm

    wow! great articles,

    thanks for icon set
    here you can find retro site gallery csshook.com

    Reply
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    SeedsForWealth.com
    February 12th, 2009 1:31 pm

    My 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.

    Reply
  19. 19
    mojitopl
    February 12th, 2009 1:39 pm

    Lovely!

    Reply
  20. 20
    Creamy CSS
    February 12th, 2009 1:45 pm

    Wow! It’s really gorgeous icon set! Every icon is so creative and nice,… Mmmmmm,.. Great job,.. Well done, SoftFacade!!!

    Reply
  21. 21
    myows
    February 12th, 2009 2:55 pm

    very impressive work – can these be used for commercial purposes ?

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  22. 22
    Simon Harlinghausen
    February 12th, 2009 3:16 pm

    Nice set. Great collection.

    Reply
  23. 23
    Ruthchelle
    February 12th, 2009 3:49 pm

    I just love it! Thanks.

    Reply
  24. 24
    Brian Gottier
    February 12th, 2009 3:57 pm

    I need more icons like these like I need another hole in my head.

    Reply
  25. 25
    JL Hill
    February 12th, 2009 4:19 pm

    Very, very cool. Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply
  26. 26
    cari
    February 12th, 2009 4:21 pm

    Thank you so much, great job as always!!!

    Reply
  27. 27
    IC
    February 12th, 2009 4:24 pm

    very nice!

    Reply
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    myfr3ak
    February 12th, 2009 5:19 pm

    so beautiful!!

    Reply
  29. 29
    vib_gup
    February 12th, 2009 10:23 pm

    Awesome set..Exactly wat i was looking for :) ..

    Reply
  30. 30
    gaurav
    February 13th, 2009 12:56 am

    Thanks nice set
    smell vintage

    Reply
  31. 31
    Clive
    February 13th, 2009 5:41 am

    Should 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.

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  32. 32
    Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
    February 13th, 2009 6:32 am

    @clive

    there is no additional preview. the link was wrong. thanks!

    Reply
  33. 33
    Anton (SoftFacade)
    February 13th, 2009 7:10 am

    Thanks for publishing these icons. It was very interesting to work on this set!

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  34. 34
    morena
    February 13th, 2009 9:12 am

    Very cool!!! I will do a page inspired to these icons and definitely send you the link!

    Reply
  35. 35
    fm262
    February 14th, 2009 4:06 am

    Question please.

    Can I use these icons in templates I will upload to websites such as themeforest?
    Thanks.

    Reply
  36. 36
    ShyNloc
    February 14th, 2009 6:47 pm

    I love it

    Reply
  37. 37
    zatstyles
    February 14th, 2009 9:08 pm

    These are beautiful. Thank you again and again for all the freebies

    Reply
  38. 38
    Cookie
    February 15th, 2009 8:25 pm

    hey! i loved the set but i have a problem, i dont now how to install it help me!! pleasee…

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  39. 39
    teresa berry
    February 16th, 2009 12:24 pm

    the BEST! the rss and sign up are my VERY Favorites!

    Reply
  40. 40
    AJ
    February 16th, 2009 3:45 pm

    I cannot download the brushes for some reason, keeps saying not a valid archive.

    Reply
  41. 41
    AJ
    February 16th, 2009 4:20 pm

    Scratch that, apparently it wont in FF for some reason but IE was fine. Thanks for the icons and for all the awesome freebies Smashing!

    Reply
  42. 42
    digital perspective
    February 19th, 2009 12:39 am

    This is super cool icon..i love the old radio very much! thanks!

    Reply
  43. 43
    Brant Schroeder
    February 25th, 2009 1:10 pm

    Nice set

    Reply
  44. 44
    Jawhara
    February 28th, 2009 9:35 am

    wow ..
    That nice

    Reply
  45. 45
    Zen
    March 5th, 2009 11:34 am

    Nice…it’s really awesome icon

    Reply
  46. 46
    GraphicsInnCom
    March 12th, 2009 5:14 am

    Wonderful set of icons – thanks to keeping it free.

    Reply
  47. 47
    Ozan
    March 16th, 2009 6:01 am

    very nice thank you so much

    Reply
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    Firas
    March 20th, 2009 6:19 pm

    Creative 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?

    Reply
  49. 49
    Danny
    April 6th, 2009 12:14 am

    Good work, Guys ;o) Link – free christmas icons: http://www.dooffy.com/cs/christmas-icons-vanocni-ikony-pro-vas-zadarmo.html Nice day… Danny

    Reply
  50. 50
    kanchan
    April 13th, 2009 8:21 pm

    awesome icons!

    Reply
  51. 51
    Template Library
    April 27th, 2009 12:48 am

    nice thanks..

    Reply
  52. 52
    os sang eun
    April 28th, 2009 4:31 pm

    감사합니다.

    Reply
  53. 53
    akon
    June 10th, 2009 11:59 pm

    Thanks for your Great Work

    Reply
  54. 54
    Hacky
    June 21st, 2009 6:54 am

    Flawless!!!

    Reply
  55. 55
    kittu k
    August 5th, 2009 3:28 am

    awesome icons man.. too good.. hats off 2 d creative brain behind it..
    Kittu

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    Roopa
    November 10th, 2009 11:08 pm

    Hey PNG format is only for mac OS. can u plz provide it for window.

    Reply
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