(did I mention, free?) UPDATED: October 2021
*Disclaimer: these are mostly places I have either used or recommended. If your not happy with the services provided, do not hold me responsible.
It has been way, way too long since my last blog post. My intention is always there to write, but then life happens. No excuses, I hope to write more often and although I will make no promises, I feel this post will be a constant work in process. Mainly because I love lists, along with updating them.
Here is a little library, (if you will), of resources. Particularly for (Canadian freelance designers) that I like to keep handy. Mainly for myself and others can follow along if they like.
PRINTING
Keep in mind a lot of printers usually require a minimum if a higher quality print or package.
- Budget
- High End/Quality
- Apparel
- Screen Printing
- Letterpress
- tbd
- Industry / product Specific
- Wedding
- Business cards
- Packaging Printing
PACKAGING
- Printing (See Printing>Packaging)
- Barcodes
- NFT Label Requirements
- Creative bag ( ribbons packaging etc)
- Custom Boxes
- Food testing
- NFTs
- BC Based Packaging Design agency
PACKAGING REGULATIONS & COMPLIANCES
- Canadian Food and Drug Regulations
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Canadian Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations
- RES: https://www.brandnatural.ca/canadian-label-regulations
LEGAL / GOVERNMENT
AWARD SITES
- Dieline
- OneClub – Digital Design
- Red Dot – Product Design
- Muse Awards
- Indigo
- Wallpaper -Product Interior etc
- Applied Arts
- If World Design Guide
- Dezeen
- Webby Awards – websites
- Hermes Award
- IDA awards – Interior Product Fashion Graphic
- A Design Awards
- Social Good Design Awards
- Graphis
- GDUSA
- Restaurant and Bar Design Awards
- Transform
- Red Dot
- Awwwards
- IF
WEBSITE DESIGN & RESOURCES
- A Nerds World – company that helps you produce /edit your website
(plus a lot of other creative stuff like logos which I shouldn’t be giving you this info cause they are competition technically, but hey, share the love.) - Wix
- SquareSpace
- Compressing files (video) for web
- Envato Elements (creative shop)
- GIFS: Giffy Capture / Screentogif
- Google App
STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
PAPER & ENVELOPES
- The Paper Place
- The Paper Mill Store ( ships from US /border fees apply)
BOOK & EDITORIAL DESIGN
- Self / independent Publication
- Digital Publication
- Copywriters
- Creative Copywriter ( these guys just look amazing)
- Rule of Three (ohh lala)
- reword
ILLUSTRATORS
MENTORS and GUIDANCE
FRENCH TRANSLATORS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
CREATIVE SUB-SERVICES
MOTION ANIMATION
JOBS SEARCH (for design freelancers particularly)
HEADHUNTERS / RECRUITERS
BLOG PLATFORMS
HOSTS
DESIGNERS (I admire)
PODCAST PLATFORMS
LEARNING
- Tutorials / Courses
- Domestika
- Lynda
- MasterClass
- Youtube – Adobe Creative Cloud
- Animation Motion Design School
STORAGE
LARGE FILE TRANSFER
YOUTUBE CHANELS (for funsies)
If you want tutorials, look under learning
ONLINE STORE PLATFORMS
FONTS/TYPOGRAPHY
FREEFONTS
TYPE & FONT RESOURCES/WEBSITES
1.TypeWolf
DIGITAL RESOURCES
- Theme forest / Envato (Graphics Library)
- Code interactive
- DesignCuts (Fonts Graphics Templates)
- DreamBundles
- Smashing Magazine
- Envato
BEAUTIFUL WEBSITES (no particular order)
RINO & PELLE
vallierbistro.com
artsdistrictkitchen.com
astridygaston.com
benitos.co.uk
blackhouse
block16omaha.com
https://www.preto.co.uk
https://inavoue.com/
https://jb-slo.com/en/home/
https://koox.co.uk/
https://paninibay.com/
https://eatpastaria.com/stlouis/
https://www.quay.com.au/
https://restaurantcolibri.ca/fr
https://storstad.de/
https://www.nannina.de/
https://www.voellerei.at/en/
INSPIRATION
BP&O
Creative Boom
abduzeedo
DIELINE
I Love Typography
Otherwise check this list here.
OTHER FREELANCERS/CREATIVES
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