22 Design Tools and Resources for Non-Designers

Not every small business, startup, or public initiative has a graphic designer. But little design-related tasks appear constantly. And we’re come up with a list of useful tools and resources which non-designers can use while battling a design-related crisis. Of course, this list is not a full-fledged replacement for the designer, and having one if you can afford it is a smart investment. But for occasional assignments, these tools and resources would be pretty handy.

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Canva, Crello, icons8 — online recorders with buying templates for social networks, presentations, printed products, animation, etc.

Colors — generator of color palettes that combine. A find for non-designers.

99designs, Logo Makr — generator of logos and identities.

Easelly, Infogram — online editors for creating infographics and diagrams.

Flaticon — free icons.

Projector — a fairly powerful editor for presentations, almost Keynote.

Blush — generator of hand-drawn characters, will save you money on the illustrator and deprive you of template stock images.

StickPNG, Cleanpng — search for images without background.

Unsplash, StockSnap, Pexels, Burst by Shopify — free stock photos.

Gratisography — photo stock with weird photos.

Freepik — stock with designs, icons, photos.

Shutterstock, Depositphotos — paid graphics, photos, videos.

Let's Enhance — an online tool for enlarging images.

We hope this list would be useful but keep in mind that using these tools still requires some sense of style.

22 Design Tools and Resources for Non-Designers

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