Logo Design Resources

Below is a list of useful tools, websites and resources for logo designers.
Anything to add? Send me a message.

Design Software

• Adobe Illustrator – Industry standard (Monthly subscription)
• Astute Graphics – Time saving tools for Adobe Illustrator
• Corel Draw
• Affinity Designer
• Inkscape (Free)

 

Training & Education

• Logo Geek Community
• Logo Core
• SkillShare
• Lynda Learning
• Creative Live
• Udemy
• The Futur Pro Group (a professional design community)

 

Competitions & Awards

• Logo Wave
• IVIA (International Visual Identity Awards)
  [Use promo code LOGOGEEK for 10% off]
• Logo Lounge
• 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
• 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
• Logo Geek (my blog if you’ve not seen it)

 

Branding Mockups

• Creative Market
• 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
• Font Squirrel – Free Fonts for Commercial Use
• Design Cuts
• Creative Market
• ByPeople
• 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

• Logo Pond
• Logo Lounge
• Logo Moose
• Logo Fury
• Logo Gala

 

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

 

• Spare Min – Social Video for Audio Creators

 

Portfolio & Web Design

• WordPress
• 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 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
• Gridzzly – Create grids to print
• Toggl – Time Tracker
• Google Calendar
• Pocket
• Typeform
• si.gnatu.re – Create Email Signatures