Essential Design Tools and Resources for Non-Designers

Simple ways to improve the look of your creations without hiring a designer.

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8 things you'll learn in this episode:

02:00: How to audit your current designs in 10 minutes

05:00: How to choose fonts and colors

11:00: An unexpected place to find design inspiration

17:00: The 3 biggest decisions to make when designing your brand

25:00: The one mistake that will doom your rebrand

30:00: How to design your brand when you're not sure what your brand even is

32:00: How to decide when to rebrand

37:00: A huge list of design tools to help you

Show Notes:

Tools: 

Design: https://www.figma.com/

Canva: https://www.canva.com/

Photos/Visuals: https://visualelectric.com/

Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/ 

Fonts: https://fontshare.com/

Fonts: https://www.myfonts.com/

Fonts: https://www.latinotype.com/

Colors: https://colorai.app/

Colors: https://www.realtimecolors.com/

Copy: https://www.typingmind.com/

Moodboard: https://www.playbook.com/

Mind Mapping: https://whimsical.com/

Headshots/Photography: https://photoai.com/

Newsletter: https://kit.com/

Website Design: https://www.framer.com/

Books: 

The Brand Gap by Marty Neumeier: https://amzn.to/4icgIIK

Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller: https://amzn.to/4ik2dT9

Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton: https://amzn.to/3VoGyiS

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