Beautifully designed icons prove the quality of a designer’s work, so many designers make theirs freely available online, thus giving their work more exposure.
This article goes over the best examples and popular trends of icons in the current stage of innovative Web design.
Best examples and trends of icons in Web Design
Icons in navigation
Icons in featured section
Icons in sidebar
Icons in content area
Icons in web form
Icons on error page
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By Faith Simmons August 2, 2010 - 3:08 pm
i am self-studying web design coz building websites is my passion;*:
By Kirk August 3, 2010 - 6:59 pm
There are heaps of resources on the net for you Faith. Make sure to send me some links to your work.
By Leon October 23, 2010 - 2:32 am
Thanks for the post, very helpful! I think the most important thing to keep in mind when using icons is that the icons are in one style. I sometimes see websites that use sets that differ too much when it comes to the looks of the icons.
We’ve designed our own set as well by the way. It’s called Iconshelf ( http://www.iconshelf.nl ) . This is what the icons look like → http://www.iconshelf.nl/wp-content/themes/iconshelf/img/iconshelf-preview.png
By Bowen September 15, 2011 - 5:56 pm
Hi, nice web site. I really like your layout. I just finished cosmetic school and want to create my own website and can use these resources. Thanks for the excellent article!