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Freebie: Boldons Icon Set (45 Icons, PNG, AI)

How often do you find yourself searching for lovely, friendly, well-designed icons that would fit well into a rather informal design atmosphere? Well, unless you tend to have only corporate clients, you could definitely use the icon set that we are releasing today. The icons are completely free to use for commercial as well as your personal projects, including software, online services,...

How often do you find yourself searching for lovely, friendly, well-designed icons that would fit well into a rather informal design atmosphere? Well, unless you tend to have only corporate clients, you could definitely use the icon set that we are releasing today. The icons are completely free to use for commercial as well as your personal projects, including software, online services, templates and themes.

Please note that this icon set is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. You may modify the size, color or shape of the icons. Please always provide credits to the creators and link to the article in which this freebie was released if you would like to spread the word.

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Full preview of the icon set. (View larger version)
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Fully layered and easy to edit vector format. (View larger version)
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A few icons included in the icon set. (View larger version)

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Insights From The Designers

"We're four designers who work alongside talented web designers, developers and more, and wanted to give something back to design community and to others who have helped us. This is why we have designed a set of 45 illustrated flat icons exclusively for Smashing Magazine. These icons were created to combine two of the most popular design trends, “flat” and “illustrated”. The colors used and shapes highlight the two trends successfully. The flat, illustrated icons are designed to work on a range of colored backgrounds and devices. It’s clear the flat design trend is here to stay; we hope this illustrated icon set adds diversity to your projects!"

Thank you to Amie Andrews and the creative minds behind Whoishostingthis — we sincerely appreciate your time and efforts! Keep up the brilliant work!

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