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Design

Last updated on 09 April 2022

I'm not a designer, so I find it useful to take inspiration from others when building software.

Illustrations

• Ira Design [1] for illustrations

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• unDraw [2] - A great collection of open-source illustrations with customisable colour schemes.

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Iconography

• 3dicons [3] - Open source 3D icon library

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• Boring Avatars [4] - User avatar generation

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Typeface

• National Park Typeface [5] - Typeface inspired by National Parks Service

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• Recursive [6] - Flexible typeface (I use this on this website)

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Imagery

• Nordic Wallpapers [7] - small collection of wallpapers for use with a Nordic theme

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Colour and pattern

• Egg Gradients [8] - A collection of nicely designed (and well-named) colour gradients for use in projects.

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• Happy Hues [9] - A collection of colour schemes, shown in context in mock interfaces.

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• Pattern.css [10] - CSS library for applying patterns to websites/apps.

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Inspiration and building blocks

• Openby.design [11] - UI design resources and inspiration

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• Rareblocks [12] - Front-end building blocks for web2 & web3

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• Vanta.js [13] - Animated website backgrounds in a few lines of code

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Design tools and collections

• Spark Joy [14] - Design tools and tips for developers in a hurry

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