Design

Tools, inspiration, and resources for designers, creatives, and anyone who cares how things look.

Design Tools

Figma—The industry-standard collaborative design tool. Free tier is extremely generous.
Canva—Design anything without design skills. Templates for every format imaginable.
Penpot—Open-source, self-hostable design tool. The free alternative to Figma.Hidden Gem
Adobe Express—Adobe's free quick-design tool. Better templates than Canva for some use cases.
Sketch—Mac-only UI design tool loved by product designers.

Inspiration

Behance—Browse creative work across every design discipline.
Dribbble—Short-form design inspiration. Heavily UI/UX focused with strong quality.None
Awwwards—The best websites in the world, awarded daily. Incredible reference.Hidden Gem
Land-book—Gallery of beautiful landing pages. Great for web design reference.Hidden Gem
SiteInspire—Curated web design showcase. Cleaner and more selective than Awwwards.Hidden Gem

Free Assets

Unsplash—The best free stock photography. Millions of high-resolution images.
Pexels—Free stock photos and videos. More commercially orientated than Unsplash.
SVG Repo—500,000+ free SVG icons and vectors.Hidden Gem
Haikei—Generate unique SVG backgrounds, blobs, and patterns for free.Hidden Gem
Coolors—The fastest colour palette generator. Lock colours and keep generating.Hidden Gem
Font Pair—Google Font combinations that work well together. Curated and beautiful.Hidden Gem

Typography

Google Fonts—1,500+ free web fonts. The first stop for any web project.
Font Squirrel—Free fonts licensed for commercial use. More curated than Google Fonts.Hidden Gem
DaFont—Thousands of decorative and display fonts. Great for posters and branding.
Typescale—Generate a harmonious type scale for any project with a single input.Hidden Gem