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40+ High Quality Free Icon Sets in PSD Format

Aquil Akhter — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:00:27 +0000

It goes without saying that high-quality PSD files are some of the most precious resources for a designer. This is the reason why even the most skilled and experienced designers are constantly on the look out for new PSD files to add to their toolboxes so they are armed and ready for whatever their next client or project has to throw at them.

The fact that PSD files can easily be edited and modified as per your own needs and requirements makes them the preferred choice of the designers for getting their work done efficiently and swiftly. In this roundup, we are showcasing a collection of over 40 high quality icon sets that are available in PSD formats so that you can edit them at your ease. Enjoy the resources.

The Goods

All psd icon sets are free. Please read the license agreements carefully before using the psd’s for commercial use, the license can change from time to time.

Free Google Plus Icons Set
Google Plus Icons, set of free 13 different social icons (almost every style is included). Each icon of G+ from this set is available in different px size. Source PSD files are grouped and layered, so you can easily copy and paste icon design elements and create custom icons.

Key icon PSD
A beautiful icon of a key in PSD and PNG formats.

Yes, no icons (PSD)
The icons are created in Photoshop using shape layers to help you have no problem in resizing them. Also, these icons are isolated on transparent backgrounds in PNG format in sizes 512×512, 256×256, 128×128, 64×64 and 32×32.

Twitter bird PSD icon
The icon is designed in Photoshop using vector shape layers so this means that you can easily increase the size without losing the quality. The Twitter birdie is also isolated on transparent background in sizes 512×512, 256×256, 128×128 and 64×64 pixels for use in your web works.

3D Glossy Icon Set: 20 Free Icons (with PSD)
This set features beautiful, pixel perfect, glossy 3D icons. Each icon comes in 5 sizes (PNG format), with Photoshop PSD files in case you would like to tweak the icons.

Clean mono icons (vector PSD)
A set of 12 monochromatic icons in vector shape PSD format. These icons come in both normal and hover states, and each icon is isolated on a transparent background in size 32×32 pixels for use in your web design needs.

Flavours Icon Set
This set contains 177 icons in a resolution of 48×48 pixels. The files are available in both PNG and PSD versions, so you can modify the files as you wish.

Help icon (PSD lifebuoy)
This is a realistic life preserver icon in Photoshop format. The icon comes with full source layers along with PNG images on transparent backgrounds in sizes 512, 256, 128 and 64 pixels.

Mango fruit PSD icon
The mango icon is a highly detailed design created with vector shape layers in PSD format. Each part of the mango graphic is isolated on a transparent PNG background as icon so you can easily use it in your web project needs.

No-Smoking sign PSD & icons
This icon comes as transparent PNG files categorized as no-smoking sign with cigarette, without cigarette and the cigarette isolated on sizes 512×512, 256x256x, 128×128 and 64×64 pixels.

Movie clapperboard PSD & icons
These two icons come in fully separate layered PSD files along with their icons on transparent backgrounds in sizes 512×512, 256×256, 128×128 pixels which is useful for your web related projects.

Email icon PSD
These email icons (both the open and closed envelopes) come in fully layered PSD files and you can easily increase and decrease the size of the icons as they are created using vectors.

Facebook icon PSD
This set contains a simple, beautiful facebook icon complete with PSD.

Free Icons (with PSDs): 30 E-Commerce Icons
These icons come in 3 different sizes (128×128, 64×64, 48×48) along with a fully-editable and layered Photoshop PSD file for each icon.

Simplito: A free social icon set
The icons are provided as JPGs, PNGs and as a master PSD file for easy alterations.

Business user icon
This is a pretty wonderful business user icon in PSD and PNG format. You can use the icon for web applications, websites, forums, avatars, admin account, etc.

18 vector web icons
Beautiful web icon set in vector PSD and PNG formats. The set contains 18 excellent highly usable icons for your web works.

gCons: Free All-Purpose Icons for Designers and Developers
A set of free all-purpose 32×32px icons for designers and web developers (100 icons). The icons come in 12 different colors and are available in PSD, PNG, JPG and GIF formats.

The Ultimate Free Web Designer’s Icon Set
The set consists of web application icons, user interface icons, e-commerce icons, general use icons, desktop icons, blog icons, smiley icons, button icons, keyboard icons, national flags icons, popular online services icons and many others.

StormTrooper Icon
This set contains various sizes of this geek-chic Storm Trooper icon PSD for Star Wars fans.

Android Icon
This set contains some outstanding Android icons.

Free Social Media Icon Set
This package includes 42 64×64 icons in both PNG and PSD formats.

Kaching – Exclusive Free eCommerce Icons
The icons are available as PNGs (48×48 and 400×400) and also include the source files in PSD and Illustrator format so that you can customize it however you like.

Mini Social Icon Set
This set includes 25 Layered social media Icons in PNG JPG & PSD Format.

Setway Icon Set
This set contains 36 icons in JPG, PNG & PSD Format.

Modern compass icon (PSD)
Blue compass web icon. Stylized and modern looking graphic in PSD format. Edit with Photoshop to customize pointing direction.

Modern office telephone icon
A modern looking office telephone isolated on white. Perfect for a website contact or support page graphic in PSD format.

iPhone style – Mail icon
This set contains beautiful iPhone style mail icon PSDs.

Silver computer database icon
A silver, computer database graphic in PSD format. A simple icon for web hosting services, corporate servers, data symbol etc.

Excellent settings icon
This set contains an amazing set of settings icons with PSD files. The icon, created with care to pixel perfection, comes ready for scalability.

iVista Icon PSDs
This set contains 8 beautiful selected iVista PSDs.

OpenPhone
This set contains some really outstanding iPhone style PSD icons.

Computer processor, CPU icon (PSD)
Modern computer chip, CPU icon. A very detailed and photo realistic illustration in PSD format. Isolated on white, no shadow, with clipping path.

iKons 4 CS4
This set contains some stylish Adobe CS4 icons with PSD files.

Magnifa Pro
A beautiful magnification glass icon with PSD file. Perfect for use it as a dock icon or for any of your search icon needs.

PSD Avatar Icon Set
The set contains five avatars which could be used as icons as well. The icons are available in PSD format.

Radar screen icon (PSD)
Hi-tech, blue radar screen with target indicators in PSD format. If you would like to change the backlight color, play with the hue/saturation layer.

PLATE dock icons
This set contains 22 PNG icons (512 x 512 px) + PSD template.

Free simple icon
This set contains some beautiful and simple icons including PSD and PNG files.

Ish
This pack contains 9 icons, PSD and PNG format, 256 x 256 pixels.

Second free PSD icon pack
This set contains some simple and varied icons complete with PSD file.

iPhone 4G Black Icon and Psd
This is a sleek and stylish looking black iPhone 4G icon and PSD.

Sleek Volume Icon
For your sound/volume icon needs, this sharp, stylized set is the perfect fit.

Shopping bag icons
This is an excellent and very useful download to help you in your shopping / ecommerce related graphic needs, available in 3 color variations: green, brown and red. Each graphic is contained in a named folder with full layers for easy customization. Also, all the graphics are scaled down to 256x256px and 128x128px in PNG format to serve as transparent icons.

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60 Fresh and High Quality Free PSD Files

Nousheen Aquil — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:00:43 +0000

Adobe Photoshop ranks high among the ultimate tools used in graphic design and most designers wouldn’t even think of designing without Photoshop installed on their computer. Having high-quality PSD files can not only shave time from your workflow, but can also come handy for any rush jobs a client needs. PSD files allow designers to customize them according to their project needs and individual client tastes.

This is the reason almost all graphic designers keep a good collection of PSD files on hand that they can use in their future projects. This is also why they are constantly looking for new and exciting PSD files that are available for free to add to said collection. Here we have an awesome assortment of 60 high-quality PSD files that you can download and use for free. Enjoy!

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50+ Fresh And Useful Adobe Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials

Aquil Akhter — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:00:19 +0000

Designing an icon set may sound like an easy thing to do but in actuality it is much easier said than done. Many designers end up with a disaster, while some more matured and experienced designers successfully meet the expectations and deliver.

Generally speaking, a designer needs to learn the basic principles of icon design first, and must be aware of the significance of and function that icons perform on web sites and in user interfaces. In order to create useful and effective icons, one must know the difference between icon and logo designs; and most importantly, how to use your creativity to incorporate the characteristics we need in the icon successfully.

In the end of 2009, we had compiled a post on Illustrator Icon Tutorials, and since we have noticed that there are lots more outstanding tutorials on designing beautiful and attractive icon sets that have been shared by experienced designers all over the world. So, we have decided to bring you all another collection of Adobe Illustrator Icon tutorials.

Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials

How to make a realistic vintage typewriter in Illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn to craft your very own vintage typewriter with a realistic finish in Illustrator.

Create a Super Glue and a Paint Tube Icon
In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a super glue and a paint tube icon. These shiny icons are simple to create, we’ll cover a complete workflow, and show you techniques that will speed up your work process.

How to Create a Suitcase Icon in Adobe Illustrator
In the following tutorial you will learn to create a suitcase icon, suitable for a travel oriented site, or vacation brochure. Grab hold of your vector tools and let’s get to building.

Create simple but effective Weather Icons in adobe illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn how to create some attractive little weather icons in Adobe Illustrator.

How to Make a Detailed Printer Icon Using Illustrator
In this icon design tutorial, we will construct a desktop printer icon that is rich in detail. Ready? Perhaps you should serve yourself a cup of coffee and grab a bag of chips to pass the hunger while we draw our icon (it could take a while to finish)!

Create a Jeans Pocket Icon Using Adobe Illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn many useful and necessary techniques, such as the creation of vector texture, working with the Scatter Brush, using the Graphic Style palette, creating scuffs and creases on the fabric, using the Gradient Mesh, and more. Believe me, it’s worth your attention.

Create a Nice Award Medal Icon
In the following tutorial you will learn to create an icon of an award medal. You will use various shapes and pathfinder techniques to make this great looking icon. This illustration can be made without the use of the Pen Tool, so it’s a great tutorial for beginners. You will be proud of the results!

Syringe Icon Tutorial
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a medical syringe icon with illustrator CS5.

Create a Simple Paint Brush Icon
Here you can learn to create a quite simple paintbrush icon. For this fast tutorial you’ll use some basic tools like the Rectangle Tool, the Ellipse Tool or the Pen Tool. Then, for some neat effects you’ll need the Wrinkle Tool or the Warp for rougher effects.

Create a Tasty Burger Icon in Illustrator
In this delicious tutorial the artist will show you how to create a three-dimensional, scrumptious burger using Adobe Illustrator.

Quick Tip: Create a Shiny Shield with Illustrator
In this Quick Tip, you’ll learn how to harness the Appearance panel to make the basic structure of a shiny, beveled shield. Once the structure is in place, a few well-placed gradients are all it takes to achieve a sharp, polished look.

How to Create a Simple Cardboard Box Icon
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple cardboard icon using 3D Extrude & Bevel and basic gradient fills.

How to Create a Shiny Bucket Icon
In this tutorial you will learn how to make a realistic vector bucket icon. You will learn to use the 3D Revolve function, how to add realistic light effects and how to draw different objects to form a composition.

How to Create a Hyper-realistic Flashlight
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a very realistic illustration of a flashlight. This style of illustration is particularly popular for icons and technical illustrations. Although this tutorial is more advanced than others, don’t let that dissuade you from giving it a go, you will find it’s written in an easy to understand format and the results will be worth the perseverance.

Create a Shimmering Cityscape in Perspective, Using Illustrator CS5
The Perspective tools in Illustrator CS5 make it a lot easier to draw in perfect one, two or three-point perspective. Using symbols in conjunction with the Perspective tools will make quick work of this stylized cityscape.

Create a Safe Icon in Adobe Illustrator
In the following tutorial you will learn to create a safe icon. We’ll use a variety of Adobe Illustrator tools and techniques to create this icon. Learn how to make a place to stash your vector gold. It’s all about the details you put into this design to give it a bit of shine.

Quick Tip: How to Create a Simple 3D Lollipop Icon
In the following tutorial you will learn to create a lollipop icon. By using some simple shapes and the Distort & Transform function, you will see just how easy it is to make a great looking icon.

Make a Headphones Icon Using Adobe Illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a realistic image of headphones using simple and understandable techniques. It turns out that to get a good result there is no need to do it in a complex way. This tutorial is easy for any beginner to complete.

Make a Mailbox Icon Using Adobe Illustrator
Attention! This icon was not created solely for educational purposes. You can see the working process of real designing! We are going to use various professional techniques to create this icon, and artist will give you many useful tips along the way.

How to Use the Perspective Grid to Create a Modern TV
In this tutorial you will learn how to create your own modern TV on a stand. Using the Perspective Grid in Illustrator CS5 as the basis of your work you will learn how to quickly create a product illustration with perfect perspective.

Create a Modern Style Icon with a Professional Finish
If you want to learn how how to create a professional level Hard Drive icon with shading and lighting the techniques, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.

How to Use the Opacity Mask to Make High Gloss Icons and Reflections
The Opacity Mask is a somewhat hidden feature in Adobe Illustrator. Mask work like Photoshop’s alpha channels to obscure parts of your artwork. In this Quick Tip, you’ll learn how to use Opacity Masks to make reflections and highlights on a vector icon.

How to Create a Stylish Wireless Phone
In this tutorial you will learn how to make a great looking Wireless Phone. You will be using Offset Path and various gradients to create a three dimensional phone with realistic highlights and reflections.

The Perfect Diamond
In this tutorial you will learn how to cut a perfect diamond.

Vector Retro Television
In this tutorial, you will be shown how to make a stylish retro looking television in Adobe Illustrator. You will learn how to draw basic shapes, modify them and apply gradient and gradient mesh for more realism. Hope you enjoy this illustrator tutorial.

How To Create a Colorful Logo Style Icon in Illustrator
Follow this step by step to create a vibrant and colourful logo style icon graphic. This style of abstract three dimensional shape has become a popular trend in the world of logo design. Today we’ll look at how to build the graphic in Illustrator using a range of tools and techniques.

Create a Simple Trunk Icon
In the following tutorial created by Andrei Marius, you can learn to create a simple trunk icon. This detailed Illustrator tutorial uses some Extrude & Bevel 3d effects, gradients, offsets, and other techniques that can be easily applied to other icons ans illustrations.

Create a Dirty Water Drop Character Icon
Did you know that 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease? Moreover, 884 million people lack access to safe water supplies; approximately one in eight people. That’s pretty crazy! To spread the awareness about The Water Crisis, you can create the following Illustrator icon and learn more about the crisis at Change.org.

Quick Tutorial: Create A Sleek Bevel Styled Icon With Just a Few Illustrator Tools
I love simple and sleek looking icons. I love them even more when they’re easy to make, and completely versatile as a foundation for a ton of other icons. With a little practice, you can probably whip out some really beautiful icons in under a few minutes!

Create A Briefcase Icon
In this tutorial, you will be shown how to create a briefcase icon with rectangles, ellipses, and gradients. This briefcase icon is great for web designs and user interfaces. Moreover, you can easily apply these techniques to other icons, logos, and illustrations.

How to make a Calendar icon
This tutorial is for any and all of those users out there interested in icon development. In this tutorial you are going to learn how the folks at DryIcons made the Calendar Icon from their most popular icon set “Coquette”.

Create a Windows Vista Icon
In this video we will go from the very start of the process to the very end of the process of duplicating the “my computer” icon for Windows Vista and making it all vector.

Vector coffee cup tutorial Illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn how to make a realistic looking vector cup of coffee.

Simple Skull Vector Icon
In this tutorial you will learn how to create an easy, light skull vector icon.

Create a vector stop watch icon
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a vector stop watch icon in Adobe Illustrator. The tutorial is covering all the steps needed to create a great looking, realistic stop watch. Only the basic tools in Illustrator such as Ellipse, Rectangle, Gradient and transformations are used to achieve the result you see here.

How to Design a Realistic Gamepad
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an illustration of a gamepad using the Pen Tool, Gradients and Filters. You can use this illustration as the basis of an icon or for a decorative element on a larger design.

How to Draw a Glossy Yo-Yo Icon using Adobe Illustrator
Entertain yourself with this tutorial on creating a glossy yo-yo icon. You will learn how to combine different gradient and object effects to make a hyper realistic and shiny plastic surface. The result is a perfectly rendered and appealing icon that can be made in just one hour!

Create a 6-egg box (not necessarily for Easter)
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a carton containing half a dozen eggs. We will use 3D Rotate and Revolve Effects. We will also play a lot with masks. You may download the source file (created in Illustrator CS4, back-saved to CS2+).

Create a yummy vector cupcake
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a tasty looking vector cupcake treat.

Design a 3D Digital Clock Icon with Illustrator
This tutorial will explain how to create a glossy and stylized digital clock from scratch in Adobe Illustrator composed of basic shapes and nifty gradients. We will make a vector icon that will be scalable to any size by taking advantage of designing icons and graphics using a vector-based application like Illustrator.

Create a 3D Shipping Package Box Icon in Illustrator
This icon design tutorial will discuss how to create a shipping box/parcel box icon from scratch using Adobe Illustrator. We will use the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect, the Pen Tool for drawing simple shapes, several panels like the Transparency Panel and the Gradient Panel, and other fundamental Illustrator features.

Vector printer tutorial Illustrator
In this tutorial you will learn how to make a realistic vector printer in Adobe Illustrator.

Create a Gift Box Illustration
In this next tutorial you will learn how to create an illustration of a gift box. You will be shown how to use the rectangle tool and the star tool to create a pattern and a symbol. For the box and the bow shapes you will use the 3D Extrude&Bevel effect, the Map Art option plus some Warp effects and Pathfinder options.

Create a Laptop Icon
In the following tutorial you can learn to create the icon of a laptop. Once you’ve created the basic shapes, it’s easy to continue with the other components. Give it a try and you might learn some interesting stuff about the role of Smart Guides and Rectangular Grid Tool.

Create a Neat Price Tag
In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a nifty little price tag. First, for the basic shape, the grid and the Snap to Grid will significantly ease your work. Then, for the rest of the illustration you’ll use the Pathfinder options, multiple gradients and strokes plus some basic effects and brushes.

Create a Cute and Simple Hippo Face
In the following tutorial you’ll learn to create a simple hippo face. It’s made with simple tool like the Ellipse Tool, the Rectangle Tool and the Rounded Rectangle Tool. Also, for some discrete details I added some basic effects like the Inner Glow or the Gaussian Blur.

How to Make an Opulent Chair Icon
In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a chair icon using gradient mesh, the pathfinder tool and the appearance panel. Don’t let this tut deceive you, with a bit of imagination you can create an entire collection of soft furnishing icons in minutes with a few easy tricks.

How to Illustrate a Marvelous Violin Icon
If you want to learn how to create a marvelous violin icon, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This tutorial covers how basic shapes and a solid understanding of perspective and volume work together to quickly build a successful icon.

How to Create a Distinguished Personal Diary Icon
In this tutorial we are going to create a stylish personal diary icon using Illustrator CS4. Gradient is at the core of this tutorial and we will be taking look at it in close detail. You will also learn how to use the opacity mask to create drop reflections and shadows.

Create a Stylized First Aid Icon in Illustrator
In this tutorial we’ll use a combination of craft and Illustrator’s 3D tools to create a first aid icon. You can use the techniques you learn in this tutorial to create realistic rounded box icons of your choice. This works well for complex icons at large sizes and scales down nicely.

Design a Stylish Wallet Icon in Illustrator
In this simple tutorial you will be shown how to create the wallet icon from the Cute Little Factory’s Women’s Icons using Adobe Illustrator CS4.

Reflections Done Right – Creating a Money Roll Icon
Cash-in when you follow this tutorial for creating accurate and logical reflections. Learn how to use shading and masking to create an illustration that’s worth the look.

Create a Classic Calendar Icon
Here you’ll learn to create a classic calendar icon. It’s a pretty simple and fast tutorial. You only need to know how to use the basic tools and some effects like the Inner Glow, the Drop Shadow, the Transform effect, the Rounded Corners effect or the Warp effect.

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Creative Brainstorming: 50 Examples of The Logo Design Process

Aquil Akhter — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:45:54 +0000

Everyone knows how important a logo is to your identity and brand. Every business, online and offline, requires a logo. A logo represents your company and products to potential customers.

Almost any designer can create a good logo, but it won’t necessarily be perfect. Creating an extraordinary logo requires a thorough design process. It should involve brainstorming ideas (either on paper or in digital format), incorporating standard logo elements, choosing appropriate typography, using colors correctly and—most importantly—making a few versions of the proposed logo in different fonts, colors and styles. Points of comparison will help you see which one is perfect.

In this post, we’ve compiled a list of businesses that have shared a peek inside their fascinating logo design process with the public. We hope it will get you started on your own.

The Logo Design And Development Process

The Bounty Bev Logo Design Process
“A bounty is a reward given to those who seek the best, and BountyBev brings you the reward of American Craft Beer. Our brands are steeped in history, tradition, and countless stories that should be shared with those who are worthy and paired with flavorful foods.”

Grooveshark | Case study
“Grooveshark is an international peer-to-peer music platform, built behind a social network online. Its users are able to stream their own composed full-length songs, build playlists, share music and make friends—all for free.”

Logo Design Process: Homespun Chili
“Homespun Chili uses local and international ingredients to create one-of-a-kind meat and vegetarian chili creations. The Logo was supposed to be clean, smart, quirky, mainstream with a little Martha Stewart!”

Siah Design Rebrand Process
The Siah Design logo shows a hand with index finger showing direction with the bottom part of the hand being the pencil. The icon suggests giving direction to creativity. The significance of the finger pointing up is that it is pointing up to God giving Him any credit for his design work. Being a Christian creative director Josiah Jost is very open about his faith. Siah Design specializes in logo design, has won various awards for its work and has been published in multiple design books. Siah Design serves a local, national and international clientele.

Artistic Expression: Logo Design From Start to Finish
Vero offers restaurants, cafés and hotels an eco-friendly bottled water alternative. The company uses the latest in microprocessor-controlled water-purification technology to purify, chill and (if needed) carbonate tap water at the point of use.

Dache.ch Logo Design Process
Dache is the portfolio of David Pache, where he also describes his self-branding. He’s a creative consultant and brand and identity designer in Switzerland who works with clients all over the globe to design logos, websites and more.

The Logo Development Process: New England Breeze Case Study
New England Breeze sells and installs wind turbines and solar panels for commercial and residential customers.

Step by Step Logo Design Project
The idea behind myNiteLife is to provide an online organizer and planner for nightlife in the city of Sheffield, where bars, restaurants and clubs, among other venues, are listed, along with user reviews and ratings.

Logo Design Process and Walkthrough for Vivid Ways
Vivid Ways is a new blog that focuses on personal development and colorful living. It aims to inspire and encourage readers by offering ideas and tips on how to live an amazing life.

Giacom Brand Identity Design
Giacom is a leading provider of Internet services in the private and public sectors of the UK, Europe and beyond. Giacom’s portfolio includes scalable Internet hosting and outsourced message filtering and archiving systems.

Henri Ehrhart Brand Identity Design
Henri Ehrhart is a French wine producer in the Alsace region. The company, in operation for more than 50 years, focuses on standard and medium-range wines distributed mainly in supermarkets. It sold 4.5 million bottles in 2008.

VISSUMO Brand Identity Design
VISSUMO is a provider of next-generation touch technologies for industrial, architectural, retail, transportation, instructional and entertainment applications. The company has recently undergone a name change, from Infini Touch to VISSUMO, and this designer’s task was to create the new brand identity and stationery.

Ecometrica Brand Identity Design
Ecometrica is a provider of carbon-footprint services as well as land-use–change monitoring. The company is also a source of information on business and climate change.

Tammy Lenski Brand Identity Design
Tammy Lenski LLC is a business that deals with conflict resolution in the workplace. The new logo was expected to be simple and clean, inspiring and inviting.

Troove Logo Design Process
Troove is a company based in Mountain View, California. It originally started out as a search engine for finding structured business applications to download, hence their name (a variation of the French word “trouve,” which means “to find”). The new logo was inspired by the phrase “finders, keepers”.

Logo Design Process for Just Creative Design’s Award Winning Logo
In this article, Jacob Cass talks about how he decided on the name for his freelancing business, Just Creative Design, and the process he used to design the award-winning logo.

Logo Design Case Study
JMR Insurance Group is an insurance company based in Florida. Their new logo was created around the phrase “Protecting Your World”.

Berthier Associates Brand Identity Design
Berthier Associates is a Tokyo-based architecture firm with extensive experience in designing corporate office interiors, creating innovative workplaces, improving corporate image and fostering individual performance.

A-List Blogging Bootcamps’ Identity Design
A-List Blogging Bootcamps is a website that offers a series of short, live online training courses for bloggers.

Metro Aviation Logo Design Process
Metro Aviation is a helicopter transport company.

Creating a Business Logo
UserScape is the company behind HelpSpot, a market-leading, Web-based help-desk software solution.

Case Study: Brokers Logo Design Process
“Brokers runs stock market simulations, reality contests for college students of finance. A team of five members receives a portfolio of $1 million in virtual money to make trades in the Mexican stock market and the foreign exchange market. Principal message to be portrayed by the new logo? A fresh, impacting brand style but still giving the professional image of the event.”

Kick’s Logo Design Process
Kick is a chic women’s boutique with throwback glam décor. It is located in a progressive and growing downtown area. It aims for the distinguished in taste and style.

Blackberry Creek’s Logo Design Process
Blackberry Creek Community Church needed a logo…

Logo Design Process For Fitucci
Fitucci is a source for custom doors and windows. It specializes in luxury residential and commercial projects and supplies state-of-the-art doors and windows.

Sponsr Logo Design Process
Sponsr is a Web company in Orlando, Florida, that connects sponsors to event promoters, venues and producers. The visual identity was to be more end-user driven than b2b oriented.

LatitudeSouth’s Creative Process
LatitudeSouth is a new enterprise that offers a fresh approach to outsourcing legal services. Important objective: Its New Zealand origins are important to the company, though it works with clients all over the world.

HotBox Studios’ Logo Design Process
HotBox Studios is a company based in southeast England that specializes in creative animation and design.

Mindberry’s Logo Design Process
Mindberry GmbH is a company based in Vienna that offers consulting and project management services. It has established the business in Austria and is looking to expand service to the rest of Europe and the US. The Brand wants to target a young/trendy audience as well as more conservative companies.

Design Process of Undersea Productions
Undersea Productions is a team of underwater image specialists run by Josh Jensen and Liz Harlin, a husband-and-wife and video-and-photo duo with years of experience in all aspects of underwater imaging. They are truly passionate about the underwater world.

Design Process of Dimitrovi & Co.
Founded in the early ’90s in the city of Pleven and focused on delivering heavy machinery services (excavators, bulldozers and heavy trucks), Dimitrovi & Co. is now one of the largest construction companies in north Bulgaria.

The Logo Design Process From Start to Finish
Uke sells unique arrangements of chocolate as an alternative to gift baskets. It targets an upscale market.

The Logo Design Process: From Concept to Completion
eLIFELIST is an online community dedicated to acknowledging and fulfilling its members’ life goals.

Identity Design Process for Butterfield Photography
Butterfield Photography is run by Maria and Robert Butterfield, who each focus on a different area of photography: wedding and family photography, and commercial and sports photography. One of the constraints: The logo had to be usable across a broad range of businesses.

Logo Design: From Start to Finish
DANZK is a soon-to-be-launched lifestyle blog that focuses on culture, food, art and design from Denmark. The blog aims to expose the Danish way of life to locals and foreigners who are interested in the country. It recommends and reviews Danish products related to food, design and music. Problem: Come up with ideas free of clichés!

Process: Branding Ian Matteson
This brand and identity development project is for photographer Ian Matteson, an action and commercial-based photographer out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Along with Ian’s action and commercial work, he shoots a lot of film and fine art. The Logo was to compliment his style.

Dezeen Watch Store
The Dezeen Watch Store identity brief was initially small in scope, but the outcome has remarkable underlying complexity. Watch Store is Dezeen’s first retail venture. It specializes in watches by famous designers and boutique brands. The outcome: a dynamic clock identity!

Visual Identity: Sabienzia
Sabienzia is a dynamic and international enterprise. Its team has more than 20 years of experience in the area of teleworking, unified communication, virtualization, advanced analytics and green IT.

IBBT’s Logo Redesign
The Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology, a Flemish research institute, creates highly competent human capital through interdisciplinary, demand-driven basic research that targets ICT and broadband services in collaboration with companies and government.

Brokers Direct Identity Design
Brokers Direct is an online insurance company that offers quick, friendly and low-cost insurance for landlords, tenants, owners of vacant property, homeowners, students and owners of commercial properties.

A Guide to Creating Professional Quality Logo Designs
Here are some general rules of logo design and guidelines we should stick to in order to make high-quality logos. The author also explores how to put them into practice to create a logo design that works in the real world.

WebMYnd Logo Design Process
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Green Candy’s Logo Design Process
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10 Principles of the Logo Design Masters
The veterans of the logo design industry have achieved success for a reason. Sure, it’s partially due to years of practice, blood, sweat, tears and inky fingers, but it’s mainly because they stuck to the 10 solid-gold principles of world-class logo design.

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Fresh Icon Sets To Improve Your Designs

Nousheen Aquil — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:45:01 +0000

A predefined icon set collection is like a resource reservoir for graphic designers which can be used to improve the appearance of the designs they’re working on. Nevertheless, these icons should be seen as an inspiration and we encourage you all to try creating your own icons for designing portfolios, blogs, corporate designs, magazines and Web applications.

Tutorials on how to create your own icons (almost everything is possible!) are available after the jump. Here, all icon sets are free. Nevertheless, please be sure to read the license agreements carefully before using all icons since this can change from time to time. Enjoy!

IC Minimal Icon Set – by Design Deck – Available in 28 Icons in total all PNG & JPG format and a size of 64x 64.

Mail Icons / Elements – A set of vector mail icons.

Web Icons Tile-Style – A clean set of stylish web icons in 256 x 256 pixels.

Weather Icons – A set of beautiful ‘weather’ icons.

Shopping Icons – Set of 12 shopping icons in 256 x 256 pixels.

Glossy: Free Icon Set – This free icon set has 20 high quality semi-transparent and glossy icons.

Free Vector Net Icon Set – Here you’ll find the EPS and AI file in the zipped folder:

Cutie – 20 High Quality Web Icons – “Cutie” consists of 20 icons, available in 48×48, 64×64, 128×128, 256×256 and 512×512.

Kaching – Exclusive Free eCommerce Icons – The icons are available as PNGs (48×48 and 400×400) and more:

Facebook, Twitter & RSS Feed Icons – The set consist of the Facebook, Twitter and RSS Feed Icons and are available in two different sizes – 64 x 64px and 128 x 128px.

Winter Writers: A Unique and Free High Quality Icon Set – This high-quality icon set features 10 icons, all in PNG format, ranging from 32×32 px to 512x512px.

Vector Weather Icons – Vector weather icons are provided in .AI (Adobe Illustrator CS3) format.

Medical Icon Set – Available in PNG: 24×24, 32×32, 48×48, 64×64, 128×128, 256×256, ICO, ICNS: 128x128px.

MySecret 10 icons – A set of 10 beautiful icons.

Colorful Heart Icons – 10 color variations of a stylish heart icons in a fully layered PSD.

Settings – ICO, ICNS and PNG files available inside the zip.

The Lost Props – Movie based OSX icons.

Free Computer & Mobile Icons – A set of 9 game and mobile icons in 256 x 256 pixels.

Free Aircraft Icons – A set of 18 free aircraft icons. PNG’s and Vector files can be downloaded for free.

Small Icons – can be used in any application.

Minecraft Icon Replacement – A set of awesome Mac / Windows Icons.

Free simple icons – Zip file including PSD and PNG files.

Free Food Icons – Looks good enough to eat: A set of 12 food icons in 256 x 256 pixels.

Vector Funny Emoticons – Funny emoticons are provided in vector .AI (Adobe Illustrator CS3) format.

MySecret – A set of 10 beautiful icons.

Fashionable Handbag Icons – Brighten up a fashion site or blog with these fashionable handbag icons. Set of 12:

Free Social Icon Set – 3 folders with PNG icons in different sizes . Available sizes : 64×64,
128×128, 256×256.

Twitter Icon for Mac – Beautiful twitter icon for Mac.

Blue Print Icon Set – Detailed blue print icon in 4 sizes available as transparent PNG files: 64 x 64px, 128 x 128 px, 256 x 256 px, 512 x 512 px.

Music Instruments – A set of 9 music instruments in 256 x 256 pixels.

Cute as a Button. Cats 2 – This collection contains 6 icons with large resources for Windows & Mac OS X.

Comic iPad Icons – Including Mac, Windows and PNG files.

Free Icons: Multimedia – A nice set of 9 multimedia icons in 256 x 256 pixels.

Vector Social Paper Icons – Awesome collection of free vector social icons from the web 2.0 family:

Developpers Icons – 105 icons contained in a wonderful set.

i Icons – Icons contained in a set (62 total) / Free for personal desktop use only.

Free Web Icons – A set of 3D Web icons in 256 x 256 pixels.

More Icons:

Useful Icon Packs for Your Creativity: Still searching? You’ll be sure to find one here.
Best Photoshop Icon Design Tutorials: Here are some great tutorials on learning how to create your own icons. Let your creativity flow!
50 Remarkable Free Icon Sets Released in 2010: Another great collection of icons.

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Useful Icon Packs for Your Creativity

Stelian Subotin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:51:58 +0000

For all of you out there who can’t get enough of icons, we have compiled another round-up of 35+ very creative icon packs which will most probably come handy and useful for your personal as well as commercial projects. If there is an icon set you’d like to share, please do so in the comment section below. Enjoy!

UI Sweet Icons
YummyGum designed 60 free vector Photoshop icons with care. Perfectly suitable for iPhone & iPad apps or your new web project:

Vector 3D Social Icons
This set of social icons is an original and fully editable set of social media icons, with a great 3 dimensional look:

Isometrica Social Media Icons
This is another social icon set to soak up your precious bandwidth, royally entitled, Isometrica. It contains icons with popular social media services, available in 2 sizes:

Social Media Sleek icons
This free social media icon pack includes 25 sleek, modern and very usable social media/networking icons that can be used and downloadeded (free of charge) in your work. It can be used in your both, commercial and personal projects:

Free Furry Cushions Icons
The Furry Cushions Social Icons is a set with 6 transparent furry social icons in the .png format. You can use these icons any way you want, in commercial as well as personal projects:

Incredibly Detailed Icon Set
Media Loot is a incredibly detailed icon set with the 3 dimensional look, available in .png and the size of 128 px:

Lovely Website Icon Pack
This is a pack of beautiful, elegant and sleek icon pack, containing 8 icons in in with the png format; for your commercial/personal projects:

Transformer Icons
Transformers is a huge pack of high-quality icons, available in the 256×256 px size, .png format, available only for your personal projects.

Social Cubes Exclusive
Social Cubes is a well-designed and very beautiful icon pack, which contains 18 icons in the png format:

Free Vector Based Social Media Icons
Buddy Icons is a simple but elegant icon pack, which contains 126 vector social media icons in .png format:

Web Icons Pack
This is another pack of premium vector icons which consists of 17 web icons in png format, and available for your commercial and personal projects:

Upojenie Icon Pack
Upojenie is a high-quality pack of icons which are great for using while designing/developing a mobile/tab device application:

Free Social Media Icon Pack
The current pack is an elegant and vibrant icon set, consisting of 42 icons, available in 2 sizes and psd as well as png format:

Dusk Icon Pack
Siena is a brand new set of 200 free icons, developed for Webdesigner Depot. You can use them for your designs such as logos, websites and much more. They come in 6 different raster sizes and we have also included vector files for all the icons, so you can resize them as needed:

Exclusive Icons Siena
Dusk is a small pack of beautiful icons, which are also great to be used for your mobile applications, tab programs and so on. Available for personal use:

Flavour Extented Icon Pack
Flavour is a very big pack of stunning icons, containing over 450 high-quality and well-designed icons you can use for private and commercial use:

Web Icon Pack
Web Icon pack is another huge set of icons which are great to be used for your website and your applications as well:

Web Injection Icon Pack
The Web Injection icon set, developed for webdesigners and developers includes 26 stylish icons which are available for commercial and personal use:

Devine Icon Pack
Devine is an elegant pack of 54 icons, available in 2 formats, which are great to use for designing different user interfaces:

Basic Icon Set
Basic icon set is a simple but stylish icon collection, available in three different sizes and png format:

Token Icon Set
Token is another very elegant icon pack, which is also very suitable for different UI projects. Available in png format:

Nixus Icon Pack
Nixus is a popular icon pack with lots of beauty and high-quality. Available for commercial and personal projects:

Mixed Icons Pack
Mixed, is a nice-looking and well-designed set of icons, which is great to be used for blogs and all kinds of websites:

Touchscreen Icons
Touchscreen is a collection of very high-quality icons, in png format, available for your commercial and personal projects:

Application Icon Pack
This is a small set of high-quality application icons, available in png format, and in 4 different sizes:

Free Web Icons
“Nurture” is a Social Icon Pack that includes 10 icons featuring the logos of popular social bookmarking sites. The pack includes 512×512, 256×256, 128×128, and 64×64 icons in .png format:

Heart Social Icon Set
Hearting is a set of 22 social icons in .png and in resolutions 16×16, 32×32, 64×64. This set was designed by Aravind Ajith, especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers:

Wood Social Icons
This set consists of 11 elegant, and unusual icons in PNG format (64 x 64). The pack is free for both personal and commercial projects:

Vector Social Bookmark Icons
Snap to Objects, is a vector social bookmarking icon pack, which is available for free download, in png format, with the possibility to use for commercial and personal projects:

Cheers Social Media Icons
Cheers is another vibrant and high-quality icon pack, available for use in your private and commercial projects:

Vector Social Icons Pack
The current icon pack contains a set of sleek and elegant vector popular social networks. Icons are available for personal use and in png format:

Elegant Social Icons
This vibrant and modern social icon set consists of 15 high-quality icons available in .png and three different sizes:

Social Media Icon Pack
This is another stylish pack of social icons, available for free donwload, in .png and also in three sizes:

Sociolego Free Icon Set
Sociolego is a really interesting and creative icon pack which can be used for your personal and commercial projects:

Location Icon Pack
Location is a pack of 10 sleek and interesting icons, available in 4 different sizes and png format:

Beer Cap Social Icons
Again another creative social icon pack, in the form of bottle caps, with three sizes and in png format:

Social Media Bookmark Icon
Social Media Bookmark is a pack of simple but elegant and beautiful icons, available for commercial and personal use in png format:

Curly Vector Social Icons
This is another pack of creative social media icons, with the curly effect being available for commercial and personal use:

Pixels Social Media Icons
Pixels is a beautiful dark social media pack of icons, available for commercial and personal use:

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