It’s often very hard to find quality, free icons, so we’ve done the searching for you and put together a list of some of the best sets of free icons the online design community has to offer.

Briefcase

Designer’s Tools Icons

Hrvoje Bielen Icon Set (13 icons)

Archigraphs Cars Icons (7 icons)

Container Icon Set (40 Icons)

Canon 400D + lens (2 icons)

Bugatti Sang Noir Icon

Gentle Romantic Icon Set (5 Icons)

Cemagraphics Dock Icon Set (17 icons)

Musicons Icon Set (8 Icons)

Massive Media Icon Set (3 Icons)

Pre Desktop Icon Set (3 Icons)

It’s that time of year when we get our nerd on and crown the best icon of the year. The criteria is simple – it has to look good and it has to be free for download by the general public. With a post this exciting, you’d be crazy not to click “read more”…

We are a biased group of judges – not much point trying to hide it. And since we all have a thing for cars, and Jaziel Valladares Herrera just happened to create a stunning icon of one of the world’s fastest and most beautiful automobiles, the winner of IOTY (yeah, we made it into an acronym) wasn’t a very difficult choice.

Congratulations to the wonderfully talented Jaziel, with his stunning Bugatti Sang Noir icon, available for free download over at deviantart. You win… nothing. But hey, wear the icon of the year title with pride – it will look awesome on your resume…