With all the resources out there, we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving by assembling a list of all the design resources we’re thankful for. From stock photography to current trends, we’re sure there’s something for everyone on this list.
Free Stock Photos
Thank heavens that in this day and age there are so many free stock sites that have wonderful photography. Everyone has their go-to destination, but these are the sites we frequent for free photos when designing mockups or wireframes.
1. Pexels
3. Minimography
5. Unsplash
6. Kaboom Pics
7. Pixabay
8. Foodies Feed
Free Mockups
Who doesn’t love mockups? There are plenty available for purchase, but these resources have some great free downloads.
9. Mockerie—This site allows you to create interactive mockups. Since posting this blog, they have removed all free versions. Womp womp.
10. MockupWorld
11. immagiPic
12. Psdddd
13. PSDcovers
Color Guides
Have you ever wondered what colors are used in the different Pokemon? Or maybe you need the brand colors for Target. From color inspiration to guidelines, these are our favorite color websites.
14. Guideline Colour
15. Pokemon Palettes
16. Swiss Colors
18. Brand Colors
19. iOS7 Colors
20. Kuler
21. COLOURlovers
22. The Noun Project
Do you really want to make icons from scratch for the myriad of concepts that won’t even be chosen? No. Save time and find standard and reference icons to build from. A monthly all-you-can-download membership is only $9.99/month.
23. Trendwatching
Always insightful and entertaining, Trendwatching publishes several free trend reports every year. You can find their latest one about the 5 Consumer Trends for 2017 here.
24. Titlecapitalization.com
Have you ever found yourself wondering how to capitalize a title? Does your office get up-in-arms debating the capitalization of ‘with’? Take All the Debate out of It.
25. iOS Design Guidelines
There are tons of guides out there, including one from Apple. However, my favorite is the one from Ivo Mynitten.
26. Material Design Guidelines
With the rise of Material Design, Google’s visual language guidelines are fantastic.
Inspiration
For moodboards or eye candy, these are our go-to inspiration sites.
27. Dribbble
28. Awwwards
29. Designspiration
30. Niice
31. Thedesignblog
32. Under Consideration Brand New
33. Product Pages
Tools
These help us get our sh*t together. You can learn more about our favorite 5 Organizational Tools to help Keep Your Team on Track.
34. Invision for Prototyping
36. Typeform for surveys
Slack Integrations
We LOVE Slack. Sometimes a bit too much. These are our most beloved uses.
37. /giphy
38. Trello
38. 11am and 2pm Drink Water reminder
39. Slack Deletron—Did you know all those giphys actually take up your free space? This will save you and your team from individually deleting them all.
40. Creative Cloud’s Assets
With CC, you’ve got access to a ton of assets—from photography, UX/UI, patterns, and vectors. All right there from that little cloud thing. Who knew?
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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, but better. (Note: Does not solve client confusion as to why all the text is Latin. The new question is where you got all the content.)
41. Corporate Ipsum
42. Startup Ipsum
43. Hipster Ipsum
Bonus!
44. Wordmark.it—Quickly browse any word in every typeface on your computer.
Hopefully you found something you’ve never seen before on this list and that it can become a resource in and of itself. Do you have any favorite resources? Email me and let me know what gets your pixel-loving self going.
