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Brand Designer's Tool Kit
Find tools to improve your daily tasks and processes as a brand designer.
Backblaze
Backup your computer and external drives automatically in the cloud.
Project Management
Branding Style Guides
A documents archive with over 2,000 real-life examples of branding style guides which you can view and download.
Calendly
Reduce the hassle of back-and-forth emails for finding the perfect time for client meetings.
Clockify
A free time tracker and timesheet app that lets you track work hours across projects.
Colour Contrast Checker
Check the contrast of your brand colours to make sure they meet accessibility standards.
Cosmos
A search engine designed for designers and artists. Search by colour palette to find inspiration that fits your theme.
Fathom Analytics
All the data and knowledge you need to use your website to generate leads and revenue, in one easy to use interface.
Web Design Process
Fonts In The Wild
Find the perfect font. Use the filters to find free fonts, Google fonts or Adobe fonts.
Fonts In Use
A public archive of typography indexed by typeface, format, industry, and period.
Fontstore
Fontstore offer a diverse range of fonts you won’t find on other retailers, including scripts commonly used in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and beyond.
Free Faces
A curated collection of typefaces that are available under a variety of free licences somewhere on the interwebs.
FreeConvert
Free video compressor, for when you need to reduce the size of your background videos.
Global Brand Database
A global brand database of trademarked logo designs where you can check for similar designs.
Growwwkit
Unique, high-quality editable free and paid illustration kits that will help tell your story in the most beautiful way.
Hnry
Send invoices, get paid via bank transfer or credit card, and get your tax paid automatically. For sole traders in Aotearoa NZ and Australia.
Project Management
Iconmonstr
A free, monstrously big and continuously growing source of simple icons.
Jotform
Powerful customisable forms, great for client questionnaires or brief forms. Embed on a website or send a direct link.
Logggos
A curated catalog of well-designed logos used by designers for inspiration and research purposes.
Logo Brief Questionnaire
Get better briefs, ensuring your logo design process goes smoothly and you produce high-quality results.
Logo Design Process
Logo Design Process Kit
A plug-n-play process kit for designing logos with clarity and confidence. Powered by Notion.
Logo Package Express
Export full logo packages for your clients from Adobe Illustrator in under 5 minutes.
Logo Design Process
Logo Package Swatch
Automatically gather brand colour information in Adobe Illustrator in one easy-to-access location.
Logo Design Process
Mailerlite
Set up email marketing and automations easily in a with the simple user interface.
MyMind
A smart bookmarking platform where you can gather inspiration all in one private space.
Noun Project
A diverse and extensive collection of icons from 120+ designers worldwide.
Pigment
Choose a colour, then adjust pigment and lighting to get a great colour combination for your next project.
Public Work
Search over 100,000 copyright-free public domain images from sources like The MET and the New York Public Library.
Rawpixel Public Domain Images
The world’s best collection of public domain art and design resources, available to you to use for free as you like with a CC0 license.
Same Energy
Same Energy is a visual search engine that captures the artistic style and overall mood of an image, not just the objects in it.
SignRequest
Get your contracts signed digitally. Easy, secure, legally binding and free.
Supply.Family
Various high quality typefaces to use in all kinds of web and print design projects.
Tally
Tally makes it simple for anyone to build free online forms. No need to code — just type your questions like you would in a doc.
Tropical Type
Unique display fonts specifically for small studios, freelancers and solopreneurs.
Uncut
Uncut is a free typeface catalogue, focusing on somewhat contemporary type. There are currently 150 typefaces featured.
WeTransfer
A simple way to send and receive large files, without needing to sign up to an account.
Webflow
Build beautifully custom no-code websites without design or template restrictions.
Wise
Send money at the real exchange rate with no hidden fees. Receive payments in nine currencies.
Project Management
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Supercharge your design process
Brand Designer's Tool Kit
Find tools to improve your daily processes as a brand designer.
Brand Design Process Tutorials
Step-by-step guides on everything from initial brief to delivery.
Logo Design Process Checklist
A free PDF checklist for navigating the process of designing logos.
Logo Design Process Kit
A plug-n-play process kit to help you design logos with clarity.