Various One-offs (by genre)
A curated collection of free resources across the internet for fellow creatives.
All links feature items that are free for commercial use, public domain or open source.
All books can be purchased from their respective authors, publishers or marketplaces.
Use at your own discretion.
• Fontesk
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Google Fonts
• Fonts Market
• Open Foundry
• Fontshare
• Velvetyne
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OPTI Fonts Archive
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Use & Modify
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Uncut
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Design Research
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Indestructible Type
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Tunera Type Foundry
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Awwwards
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Collletttivo
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ANRT
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Befonts
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Free Faces Gallery
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SUVA Type Foundry
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The League Of Moveable Type
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DaFont
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Font Squirrel
• Internet Archive
• British Library
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Texture Labs
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The Noun Project
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Flickr Commons
• Collage Images
• Rawpixel
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Unsplash
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Pixabay
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Public Work
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Texture Fabrik
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Pexels
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Texture Ninja
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Museo
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Century Library
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Cooper Hewitt
• All Free Pictures
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Open Access
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Clip Art ETC
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Resource Boy
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Openverse
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Playbook
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Notion
• Upscayl
• BG-Bye
• Zoho Invoice
• OnlyOffice
• What The Font
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Mood.site
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Fonts In Use
• Toools.Design
• Unblast
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Coolors
• PDFgear
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Huemint
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Beadifier
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Transparent Patterns
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Text Studio
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Fffuel.co
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Toptal Patterns
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Mr. Mockup
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Are.na
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What Design Can’t Do
Essays On Design & Disillusion
Silvio Lorusso / 2024
• Caps LockHow Capitalism Took Hold Of Graphic Design, & How To Escape From It
Ruben Pater / 2021
• Seeing <—> Making | Room for Thought
Susan Buck-Morss, Kevin McCaughey, Adam Michaels / 2024
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Graphic Design
Milton Glaser / 1983
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The Essential Type DirectoryA Source Book Of Over 1,800 Typefaces & Their Histories
Peter Dawson / 2019
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Face The Music: Twenty Years Of Album Art
Don & Ryan Clark (Invisible Creature) / 2020
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Tricker’s Cabin: The Oral & Visual History Of Online Ceramics
Elijah Funk & Alix Ross / 2024
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Logo Modernism
Jens Muller & Julius Wiedemann / 2015
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The Push Pin Style
Various Contributors (Push Pin Studios) / 1970
• Disorder: Swiss Grit Vol. II
Chris Ashworth / 2025
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The Vignelli Canon
Massimo Vignelli / 2015
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Soviet Logos: Lost Marks Of The Utopia
Rokas Sutkaitis / 2019
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How To See
Visual Adventures In A World God Never Made
George Nelson / 1977
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DIY Album Art: Paper Bags & Office Supplies
J. Namdev Hardisty / 2009
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F*cked Up + Photocopied
Instant Art Of The Punk Rock Movement
Bryan Ray Turcotte & Christopher Miller / 2002
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Offline Matters
The Less Digital Guide To Creative Work
Jess Henderson / 2020
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The Politics Of DesignA (Not So) Global Design Manual for Visual Communication
Ruben Pater / 2016
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Ways Of Seeing
John Berger / 1972
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Ruined By Design
How Designers Destroyed The World, & What We Can Do To Fix ItMike Monteiro / 2024
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Who Can Afford To Be Critical?
An Inquiry Into What We Can’t Do Alone (As Designers), & Into What We Might Be Able To Do Together (As People).Afonso Matos & Various Contributors / 2023
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Atlas Of Brutalist Architecture
Phaidon Editors / 2020
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Be Here Now
Ram Dass / 1971