Design resources
A lot of people ask me for advice on where I get inspiration from, what apps I use, where and how they should create an online portfolio, and which online design communities to follow. So in an effort to index all of this, I’ve created a list of design resources split up into categories for your reference. I’ll add to this when necessary
Apps
Adobe Creative Cloud (CC)
Atomic
iA Writer
Font Explorer X Pro
Fontstand
Sketch
Slack
VSCO Cam + Film
Colour
Material Colour Palette Generator
Adobe Colour CC
The Day’s Colour
Community
Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA)
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ)
Design Assembly (DA)
The Design Kids (TDK)
Global Association for Advertising & Design (D&AD)
Conferences
99u
Analogue/Digital
Creative Mornings
Semi-Permanent
Sex, Drugs, Helvetica
Supergraph
Typo
Guidelines
Brand Style Guide Examples
Find Guidelines
Inspiration
Aisle One
Brand, Packaging & Opinion
Brand New (Under Consideration)
Collate
Designspiration
Dribbble
Fonts in Use
Form Fifty Five
Friends of Type
Grain Edit
I Love Typography
Monocle
Niice
Smashing Magazine
The Great Discontent
The Source
Typographic Posters
Typography Served
Packaging
Lovely Package
Packaging of the World
Packaging Served
The Dieline
Podcasts
Australian Design Radio
Design Observer
On the Grid
Type Radio
Portfolio
Behance
Cargo Collective
Semplice
Squarespace
Publications
Creative Review
Grafik
Made Quarterly
Process Journal
Offscreen
Stock
Getty Images
iStock
Offset
Stocksy
ShutterStock
Unsplash
Tools
Code Academy
Lynda
Skillshare
What the Font
Noun Project
Type Foundries
Commercial Type
Dalton Maag
FontShop
Grilli Type
Hoefler & Co.
House Industries
Klim
Linotype
Lost Type Co-op
Monotype
MyFonts
Okay Type
Process Type Foundry
The Designers Foundry
TypeKit
Web
Awwwards
Httpster
Site Inspire
Don’t Fear the Internet
If you’d like to contribute — flick me an email.
