5 Websites For Downloading Free UI Design Icons

Find the perfect icons to make your project shine

One of the most important decisions when carrying out UI design is choosing the right icons. When you start working with icons, you soon realize that this decision is not just a question of aesthetics. Every detail counts, and there are various factors to think about, such as whether your icons need a supporting element for users to understand them.

Christian Vizcarra (@christvizcarra) is an expert in interface design and is here to guide you through this process. Here he shares his favorite websites for finding icons in a range of styles. Enjoy!

Iconfinder

You’ll easily find what you're looking for on the world's largest icon marketplace. With more than 4,900,000 different types, this website is the place to go to find one icon in particular or a complete collection for your projects. One of Iconfinder’s key features is its team of creatives, who are always on the lookout for what users need. Its filter is very detailed, and you can browse through different sections: designers, categories, or styles. Aside from the icons that are available for free, you can also access their Premium rates.

Font Awesome

This website is a catalog of vector images, which can be scaled to any size without losing any quality. Font Awesome presents its icons as a font. You can fully customize the icons using CSS: color, shadows, size, and animation. With more than 70 categories, you won’t run out of options. These icons stand out for their loading speed.

The Noun Project

The Noun Project’s raison d'être is to transcend cultural and language barriers and allow people to communicate effectively, quickly, and intuitively. This extensive collection of iconography has been created by more than 120 designers from around the world. It will inspire your visual language and help you to explore the possibilities of your projects. If you end up creating your own icons, you can also share them with the rest of the community.

Feather Icons

Christian Vizcarra also recommends this collection of open source icons, especially if you are looking for a minimalist style. You can download them in PNG and SVG files. Each icon has been designed in a 24x24 grid and embraces simplicity, consistency, and flexibility.

Feather Icons (plugin Figma)

If Figma is your go-to app for designing interfaces, this specific version of Feather Icons is for you. After exploring its creative community, you can download the icons directly from this page. Discover the inspiring work of other designers.

Are there any other websites you’d recommend? Share your favorite sources in the comments.

If you want to learn the principles of interface design, sign up for Christian Vizcarra's course, Introduction to UI Design, to discover more tools and resources.

English version by @eloiseedgington.

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