Free Medical Icons Set (60 Icons)
Today we are glad to release a Free Medical Icons Set, a set with 60 original medical icons in .png 32 bit in resolutions 32×32px and 128×128px. This set was designed by the user interface design agency Centigrade and released exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. The icons can serve as great in-app icons for desktop or RIAs in the medical domain. With perspective and reflective effects these can be a real stunner on landing pages or in touch screen application menus.
Download the icon set for free!
You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. You can freely use it for both your private and commercial projects, including software, online services, templates and themes. The set may not be resold, sublicensed, 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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Behind the design
As always, here are some insights from the designers:
There are a lot of free icon libraries out there, however, only few of them focus mainly on medical icons and we wanted this gap to be closed. Centigrade conducted quite a lot of icon projects in the healthcare sector just recently, for which reason we already had some nice vector shapes on the pile. We distilled the most frequently requested metaphors and wrapped them into a fresh new style. Being modern and concise rather than fancy and playful, they are in line with what we experienced works well in the medical domain.
Thank you very much, guys! We really appreciate your efforts.
Gerd Wippich
February 15th, 2010 1:15 amThis is cool. I think Icon sets that are not mainstream are very useful. Thank you, Thomas. And please post more of these, Smashing Magazine!
Webmaster
February 15th, 2010 9:27 amThanks a million, great stuff! Please let it become a habit…!
Jeroen
February 15th, 2010 1:15 amI like turtles! These icons have been used on sitereport and look great. I will use it for my projects too. Thanks for sharing!
Mike
February 15th, 2010 1:23 ambeautiful icons :) thanks
Didik Wicaksono
February 15th, 2010 1:26 amThis is so cool! I would love to try this on one of my projects related to medical field.
Branden
February 15th, 2010 1:27 amBeautiful set :) Thanks for the icons
angeloff
February 15th, 2010 1:47 amtnx, guys just work on project in this area :)
Marco
February 15th, 2010 2:03 amThe icons are very high quality and beautiful.
@the author: What I don’t understand however: Won’t releasing complete free sets of icons downgrade your own work? People might feel reluctant to order custom icons when ther’s so much good and free ones out there… I’d love to hear your take…
Thomas Immich
February 15th, 2010 2:40 amHi Marco,
Thanks for your comment! It’s a good question that you are asking and we ask this one to ourselves a couple of times, too. However, we do not think that we downgrade our custom icon work, as every project is so different and icon styles can be so different in detail (we of course have to be careful not being inflationary here).
Sometimes it is even an advantage for us to have some different icon styles ready that are not exclusively reserved for a specific customer so that we can show them to potential customers and tell them: “Look, this is exactly what you get, when your order at Centigrade. We take the style exactly as is but adapt it to the specific metaphors of your domain.”
Cheers, Thomas
mary
February 15th, 2010 3:31 amNice one, marco!
It’s refreshing to hear others who are also worried about the effect of too-much-free-stuff on the profit of people who offer premium, paid content.
Most people on the internet actually think that anything offered online should be free and are reluctant to pay for “the next level”.
Not that I’m looking down on the open-source, free-stuff (hey I like free stuff too). It’s just nice to see someone who’s concerned about this issue.
Reconix
January 29th, 2012 10:00 pmI think it’s also good to just point out that, although things are free, you always show you’re gratitude in what ever way you can.
Ie, leaving a donation, code contributions, design contributions, or using the paid for services when ever you can.
but of course, you always get the one that asks for more and want’s every thing handed.
Aside from that, personally, seeing some one pull off some thing that’s obviously had talented devoted to it and handing it out for free makes you think. Hang on a sec, if this is the awesome free stuff, what’s the paid for stuff gona be like ? Curiosity always get’s the better of you !
sheepsound
February 15th, 2010 2:06 amDommage que la radiographie ne soit pas disponible en 128px …
Mais c’est gratuit, alors merci !
“Too bad that radiography is not available in 128px …
But its’ free, thx !”
RedKoala
February 15th, 2010 2:12 amNice ones, can’t wait to use them, Thanks
Kumo
February 15th, 2010 2:20 amSweet!
Thanks a lot!
Martin Leblanc
February 15th, 2010 2:44 amGreat icons.
DerGeldBlogger
February 15th, 2010 2:47 amThank you very much for the set!
Philip
February 15th, 2010 3:14 amThey are looking great!
Julian
February 15th, 2010 3:35 amThis really is a beautiful set. Big Thanks x
Marco
February 15th, 2010 3:44 am@ Thomas Immich: Thank you for the reply! Yes, I see how that can be of good use. Also, there is the free publicity of course but that is difficult to measure. In a sense it’s a bit like font design I suppose. So much time and effort goes in to creating your work! Thank you for sharing and I have bookmarked your blog ;-)
Trinity
February 15th, 2010 3:45 amBeautiful icon set, very rare. Thanks for sharing.
Thaninrat
February 15th, 2010 4:40 amThankyou For Beautiful Icon Set.
Denis Lazendić
February 15th, 2010 5:15 amAmazing icons…
edgar
February 15th, 2010 5:29 ambeautiful! thank you so much, I’m just developing a medical application so this will be very helpful.
mbira
February 15th, 2010 6:54 amawesome! thanks guys!
Jordi
February 15th, 2010 8:30 amGreat job. Last year I needed some icons like this and I had to do it myself. Thanks.
Flacke
February 15th, 2010 9:33 amBeautiful, but DANGEROUS icons. Are you sure the end-user/the patient is going to understand these icons the way you meant it??????
What about localisation? How are Chinese, European, African nurses going to understand/interpret these icons?
Tai
February 15th, 2010 10:28 am@Flacke definitely important to consider. However I believe that icons are better at traversing cultural and communication barriers better than translation software.
Flacke
February 16th, 2010 4:36 amTranslation software should be used by professional translators only. They know whether the translated text is correct or not.
Research at the Univ of Michigan showed that icons are _not perceived_ in the same way in different cultures/countries.
In the US and in Europe, the pregnant woman icon with the slash means “Don’t take this medicine if you are pregnant”. In some African countries, it was understood as “If you take this medicine, you won’t get pregnant”.
Enk.
February 15th, 2010 11:57 amGreat icons.. can be really useful at time!
Btw, SmashingMag guys.. I hate when you just say
“Thank you very much, guys! We really appreciate your efforts.” at the end of the article. Bring something new, we’re bored of it ! :D
davidhehehe
February 15th, 2010 6:49 pmgratis bagus lagi… thanks deh.
Kristy
February 15th, 2010 9:15 pmThese are amazing! It’s great to see a set of icons made for more “uncommon” industries, especially ones that look so professional.
Jerric
February 15th, 2010 9:20 pmyet we witness another fantastic icon set here in Smash Mag, you guys are amazing! I can use this icon set for future school projects thanks a bunch!
Adnan
February 15th, 2010 10:28 pmnice icons :)
psd tutorials
February 15th, 2010 10:44 pmcool icons..thanks.
Ben
February 16th, 2010 1:34 amThat’s perfect! I was just looking for something like this!
Nickolai
February 16th, 2010 3:21 amThanks a lot, Thomas!=)
The best medical icons set i’ve seen!)
Tony Nguyen
February 16th, 2010 3:35 amThanks mate, bought the book and you’re giving me free stuff too.
Bilge
February 16th, 2010 5:25 amThank you very much! That’s what i’ve been looking for since forever :) Thank you!!!!
Gordon
February 16th, 2010 10:00 amWow. This is exactly what I was looking for!
Dr. Jorge Delgado
February 16th, 2010 11:42 amGracias son muy interesantes e importantes para las tareas que realizo, las más sinceras felicitaciones a innovadora plantilla y no desmayar en sus emprendimientos!!
Optimator
February 16th, 2010 2:25 pmGreat, I needed a tooth.
ferizaenal
February 16th, 2010 9:02 pmthanks :)
NaturalGenius
February 16th, 2010 9:29 pmthis is great. really appreciated. you guys keep amazing me. great work, keep it up
Graphiste SHANE
February 17th, 2010 5:48 amI am a French designer, I come regularly to your blog
thank you for this article.
Here also a link to the video of my communications agency:
CssCreme
February 17th, 2010 12:44 pmVery nice professional stuff. Thanks for sharing, very usefull!
Carola
February 18th, 2010 3:51 amJust wanted to say thank you! Specially for the open license and permissions. Thank you.
Iwans
February 18th, 2010 5:28 amHigh Quality and beautyfull…
YAM-Design
February 19th, 2010 5:31 amThank you for the great Stuff.
Shane Hudson
February 19th, 2010 8:35 amWow. That is a very nice set! I have no need for medical icons but I am sure somebody does.
Jon Victorino
February 20th, 2010 11:52 amFantastic set
Alejandro
February 21st, 2010 8:57 amPerfect!, awesome icon set, thanks
Rudy
February 21st, 2010 10:42 pmthese are awesome. thanks a lot guys.
Alex Flueras
February 24th, 2010 9:07 pmAwesome quality icons! Thanks for sharing.
ctrlastudio
February 25th, 2010 3:02 amFantastic set.
Dave Ressler
February 25th, 2010 10:17 amThis is wonderful since I’m getting some medical field clients! Thank you!
Felipe Genuino
February 25th, 2010 6:20 pmParabéns , belo post!
lalji
March 7th, 2010 8:58 amnice design.
LuckInMe
March 21st, 2010 7:44 amLovely Icon set….., Let me shared to my social.
JAIME FLORES
June 25th, 2010 7:55 amGracias por el aporte esta genial ….
JAIME FLORES
June 25th, 2010 7:56 amgracias por el aporte esta genial
Lal Hauzel
July 10th, 2010 4:52 amThank you. Really really nice and useable.
Vaclav Hradec
July 13th, 2010 11:06 pmVery nice!!! Thx ;)
viv
August 29th, 2010 11:56 pmThanx!
hytham
September 11th, 2010 2:12 amnice design thanks for your effort & i wish you great future.
mehdi khosravi
September 23rd, 2010 11:10 amthanks,
jimmyroman
October 28th, 2010 7:02 amThis icon set is perfect for my newest healthcare project! Keep up the good work. These icons are phenomenal!
Mburu
November 10th, 2010 3:24 amGreat icons. Indeed best things in life are free!
Please ignore those whiners who like to complain all the time even when someone does an act of kindness.
morgan and me
November 11th, 2010 11:13 pmThis is simply wonderful…with the test tubes and medical bottles! Such icons are hard to come by. Thanks for this collection.
MJoe
December 12th, 2010 12:28 pmTxs alot!! I need this so much!!
ikhwan
December 14th, 2010 12:51 amThank for this icon!
shiela
February 22nd, 2011 1:46 amThank you so much for sharing :) This has been really helpful
avinash pagar
March 29th, 2011 3:07 amRealy very nice icons for medical projects. Great design purpose icons
ZeroRadius
March 30th, 2011 8:19 pmThese are perfect for the medical recored program that I am making for my mom. Thanks a million!
Dominic Mutai
May 16th, 2011 6:15 amNice designs. Perfect icons for a Hospital management System. Thanks.
Guillaume
June 3rd, 2011 2:38 pmThanks ! Very usefull !
Udeliano
June 16th, 2011 9:37 amUn millón de gracias!!
(Thanks a million!!)
sharu
September 13th, 2011 6:54 pmNice set!!! very helpful. Thanks
Mark Gavagan
November 5th, 2011 2:26 am“Like !” Thank you.
SpiderSavvy
November 10th, 2011 9:04 pmThanks! These will work wonderfully for a mobile site that I’m working on.
Jason Buckner
January 25th, 2012 5:23 pmThese are nice, but a larger size would be very helpful. I use images like these in Visio workflows all the time and these are a bit too small for what I need. Stetching smaller images like these reduces quality while shrinking a larger image retains the quality. Any chance on getting these in a larger size?