Logo Design Resources
Below is a list of useful tools, websites and resources for logo designers.
Design Software
- Adobe Illustrator – Industry standard tool for logo design (Monthly subscription).
- Astute Graphics – Time saving tools for Adobe Illustrator.
- Logo Package – An extension for Adobe Illustrator to quickly export & package logo files.
- Affinity Designer – An excellent alternative to the Adobe Software (One off cost).
- Inkscape – A free alternative to illustrator.
- Procreate – A digital illustration app for iPad.
- Adobe Sketch – Expressive drawing and painting app for iPad.
- AstroPad – Turn your iPad into a professional graphics tablet.
Training & Education
Fictional Project Briefs
Competitions & Awards
- Logo Wave
- IVIA (International Visual Identity Awards)
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- Transform Awards
- How Logo Design Awards
- Best Brand Awards
- Contest Watchers
Logo Design Books
Here’re a small selection books I’ve really enjoyed, that have been helpful for me in my career. I recommend buying yourself a copy.
- Logo Modernism amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
- Logo Creed amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
- Logo Design Love amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
- Smashing Logo Design amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
- Designing Brand Identity amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
- Work for Money, Design for Love amazon.com | amazon.co.uk
Logo Design Blogs / News
- Logo Design Love
- BP&O (Branding, Packaging & Opinion)
- The Branding Source
- Creative Bloq (branding section)
- Brandnew (A division of UnderConsideration)
- Design Week (branding section)
- Design Taxi (branding section)
- Logo Designer
- The Logo Smith
- Identity Designed
- Logo Lounge
- World Brand Design Society
- Logo Geek (my blog if you’ve not seen it)
Branding Mockups
- Smart Mockups
- Creative Market
- Place It
- Pixeden
- Design Cuts
- Graphic Burger
- Graphic River
- Freebiesbug
- Pixel Buddha
- PSDDD
- Live Surface (An illustrator plugin)
- Freepik
- Yellow Images
- MockupFree
Fonts
- Typekit
- My Fonts
- HypeForType
- FontShop
- Type Network
- YouWorkForThem
- Font Squirrel – Free Fonts for Commercial Use
- Design Cuts
- Creative Market
- FreeTypography
- Google Fonts
- Typecast
- FontFont
- t26
- House Industries
- Emigre
- WhatTheFont – A useful tool to help you identify fonts.
- FontBase – A free font management tool
Branding Guidelines
View a dropbox of collected examples
Logo Design Galleries
Podcasts & Podcasting Tools
- Logo Geek Podcast
- Sean Wes – Business Advice
- Design Matters
- Resourceful Designer
- Honest Designers
- Smart Passive Income – Lots of online marketing & business advice from Pat Flynn
- Ask Pat – More great advice from Pat Flynn
- Headliner – Social Video for Audio Creators
Portfolio & Web Design
- WordPress – An open source content management system. This is a nice step-by-step guide to get everything set up.
- Elementor – The best WordPress Page Builder.
- WP Engine – WordPress Hosting.
- ThemeForest – For high quality WordPress themes.
- SquareSpace
- Behance
- Dribbble
Contracts, Quotes & Documentation
- AIGA Standard Form of Agreement for Design Services
- Contract Killer, Open-Source Contract
- Proposal and Invoice Template from The Logo Smith
- Contract Mint – Freelance Contract Templates
- Project Prescription – A set of digital documents that enable you to bypass the trial and error of developing a process of working with clients.
Useful tools
- Freshbooks – The #1 invoicing software for small business owners
- Fileship.io – Transfer files automatically once payment is made
- Gridzzly – Create grids to print
- Toggl – Time Tracker
- Google Calendar
- Typeform
- si.gnatu.re – Create Email Signatures
