30+ Innovative Icon-Based Navigation Menus

Here at Design Shack we love a good navigation menu. Lately we’ve noticed a trend arising around menus that use icons either exclusively in place of text or as a support of additional textual information.

Adding icons to your navigation can not only give you an aesthetic boost but actually make for a quicker visual read of the link. Here’s a collection of over thirty icon-based navigation menus that we found online. We’ll conclude with a few resources you can use to snag some free icons to create your own fancy menus.

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David Jonnson

KK Media

Bite Club

Mac Rabbit

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Listal

Narwhal Company

Pixel Resort

Fishing Cactus

Tutorial 9

Envira Media

Duarte Pires

Weblifting

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Nando

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Yanis Markin

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Daniel Marques

Axel Sears

CV Studio

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Genocom

Michael Hogenmiller

Rather Splendid

Eichi Creative Design

Dan Wiersema

Music Thoughts

Fresh

Dishizzle

Lelegins

Boxee

Tripping Words

Free Icon Sets

Now that you’ve had your dose of inspiration, it’s time to start the original creation step. Use the resources below to help you create your own beautiful navigation menu!