IconShock, the icon design company behind many popular icon sets, is now sharing a huge set for Android designers/developers.

Android Icons Set consists of 15,000 items styled with the Android's design guidelines and probably the most complete set for the platform.

There are 600 completely unique items while the rest are the addons (like "add file, edit file, delete file") which is great to have the necessary action icons when needed.

It is free to be used in personal projects (free version includes 3 sizes: 24*24px, 32*32px, 48*48px).

P.S. They also have a similar iPhone icons set.

If you already use it, then you know that LESS is a "time and byte-saver" when creating + serving stylesheets (if not, you should definitely check it).

You either use the .less files directly (via less.js or on the server with Node.js) or compile them into CSS from command-line and use only the CSS.

Crunch is a free Adobe AIR application that eases the compiling part without the need of command-line but via a user-friendly interface.

It is a simple CSS/LESS editor with syntax highlighting and multi-tab support.

Once a LESS file is saved, the CSS version is created automatically (which is handy for anyone willing to develop with LESS but don't want to rely on JavaScript on the client-side).

The CSS3 Test is a web-based test suite for finding out which CSS3 properties are supported by the browser being used.

It checks many features like backgrounds/borders, transitions, media queries, fonts, animations and much more.

Multiple testcases are ran on each element and this can be displayed by simply clicking to items.

The application is a must-bookmark to quickly check the issues on each property for shaping our styles accordingly.

When creating/designing a web page, we either start with the HTML, build the structure and style it later or style-while-structuring.

If you design with the 1st approach and bored of creating a CSS file with copy-pasting all those class + id names, here is a quick solution:

Bear CSS is a free-to-use web application that generates a stylesheet with all the elements, ids and classes from a given HTML file.

The app is mostly useful for projects with a pretty long HTML and it would be better if Bear CSS had asked which items to include inside the stylesheet just after the upload -feature request : )-.

PICOL (Pictorial Communication Language) is a project to find a standard + reduced sign system for electronic communication and comes with a set of 500+ icons for that.

Items in the set are mono-colored and has 3 versions: 16*16px PNG, 32*32px PNG and SVG.

There are some badge icons inside the set (like accept, edit, delete) for adding an action message to icons.

Also, a web-based generator helps creating a custom icons in any size with the desired badge.

Zocial is a semantic set of CSS buttons (no images used) that are beautified with @font-face icons.

There are buttons for 40+ services including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, PayPal, LinkedIn and much more.

Each button can be displayed with or without text (only icons) and the HTML element wrapping them can be anything (which is nice for flexibility).

App Icon Template is an icon design toolkit for creating iOS application icons faster.

The kit includes a .PSD + .ATN (Adobe Photoshop Action) file where the .PSD comes with useful layers like the rounded corners, gradients and even various background textures.

Smart objects are used to automate the generation of multiple sizes and, once the design is saved, the template instantly displays the same icon in multiple sizes.

The PS actions included generate every needed file, both in squared (no transparency, to be used in the app) and in rounded versions (for other design uses). The files are automatically named after the Apple HIG so they’ll be good to deliver instantly.

You'll remember the 2 previously shared and popular resources for quickly developing websites: Twitter Bootstrap and Foundation.

Here is a powerful alternative named HTML KickStart which is a HTML5, CSS and jQuery-powered toolkit for easily creating any type of layouts with web elements in-rhythm.

It has styles for grids, typography, forms, buttons, tables or lists and cross-browser eb elements like a JavaScript gallery, lightbox, breadcrumb navigation, menus with sub-menus and more.

HTML KickStart is focused on providing a clean, standards-compliant and cross-browser mark-up (for HTML,CSS and JS).

The project is documented in detail, has examples for all elements and it is improved regularly.

Gridpak is an interactive web application for generating responsive grid layouts very quickly.

The width of the grid, number of columns, column padding and gutter width can all be defined which are standard features we have seen from several other layout generators.

It gets better with the ability of adding breakpoints for responsive outputs. You can change the size of the layout, click "Add break point" and there you have it.

Once you have setup the layout, a custom download is ready which includes:

• a CSS file with all the classes and properties you need to create the responsive grid layout
• a LESS file with much the same information but including variables, mixins and methods to help you.
• an SCSS file like the LESS file, but in SCSS.
• a semi transparent PNG image for each grid you have created to help with your design, or with lining things up in your front end.
• a JavaScript snippet that allows you to toggle an overlay of your grid on and off in any browser using the 'G' key.

You might not now but recently the world's biggest logo marketplace Brandstack.com was acquired by DesignCrowd. It's since been relaunched as BrandCrowd, a marketplace for designers looking to sell any unused logos and for anyone hunting for a logo design.

The marketplace is offering a quality experience for both parties;

• only high-quality designs are accepted so buyers browse through a well-designed set of logos
• designers focus on creativity without being directed by a client brief

The process to sell logo designs is pretty straightforward, upload the designs with a short brief and they are ready to be purchased after the BrandCrowd team places them under the right categories so buyers can find them easily.

The user profile also function as a portfolio of items for sale where your designs are listed and the price you've set is displayed to the user. Sellers can receive offers from buyers who want to make an alternative offer to buy the design and/or request modifications to the existing design.

Listing items is completely free and BrandCrowd only gets a commission when there is a sale. After each sale, the company contacts buyers to verify the purchase, which means logos are protected.

If you want to buy logos, things are all good as well. Browse the logos, filter with keywords (for ex :check the design and creative services logos) and, if found a logo meeting your requirements, just pick the item and it is all yours (won't be resold to anyone). As the buyer gets the vector files, it is possible to easily apply updates on it.

Re-selling/Privacy

Interestingly, there is a feature available to buyers (such as web design agencies) to allow them to make a purchased logo hidden or private.

This is useful if you're looking to:

• re-sell that logo (potentially with a margin)
• just wanting to hide the logo for your own business so that people don't know where you got it from.

Conclusion

BrandCrowd (which used to be known as Brandstack) appears to now moving forward with a new name + energy.  Our take: it's a risk-free opportunity for unlocking the value of any used logo designs and a great place to buy a creative logo for yourself (or your clients).