Primate Studio Tools & Resources for Designers

Hi Friends, Creatives, Designers, Dreamers, and Inquisitive Others,

A core belief of Primate Studio is that there is enough room at the table for all designers to succeed. Sharing tips, tricks, tools, and resources can help lift us all. Over the years I’ve explored countless tools to communicate design ideas and found invaluable resources helping me save much coveted time. Hope you enjoy the tools and resources I’ve collected here. Feel free to share and send your favorites my way!

Vector Art

The Noun Project https://thenounproject.com/

Vecteezy http://www.vecteezy.com

Fonts

Google Fonts https://fonts.google.com/

DaFont https://www.dafont.com/

Photography

IStockPhoto https://www.istockphoto.com/ ( Inexpensive, great licenses )

Textures for 3D Modeling

Sketchup Textures https://www.sketchuptexture.com/

3D Models

3D Warehouse https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/

Herman Miller https://www.hermanmiller.com/

2D People

Skalgubbar https://skalgubbar.se/

Music

Bensound https://www.bensound.com/

Color

Pantone https://www.pantone.com/

Website Building

SquareSpace https://www.squarespace.com/ ( Easier )

Wix https://www.wix.com/ ( More options, nice editing prior to publishing tool )

Blogs

Under Consideration Brand New https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/

Dezeen https://www.dezeen.com/

Arch Paper https://archpaper.com/

Design Inspiration https://www.designspiration.com/

Arch Daily https://www.archdaily.com/

Design Boom https://www.designboom.com/

Books

How to Do Nothing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612197493/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014312885X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Brutally Honest: No Bullshit Strategies to Evolve Your Creative Business

https://www.amazon.com/Brutally-Honest-Bullshit-Strategies-Creative/dp/1732194408/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1LQD10BY8BBQ7&keywords=brutally+honest&qid=1577921140&sprefix=brutally+h%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-2

Good is The New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn

https://www.amazon.com/Good-New-Cool-Market-Like/dp/1082711039/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2P5P87E6FAG52&keywords=good+is+the+new+cool&qid=1577921152&sprefix=good+is+the+new+%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1

Hit Makers: How to Succeed in the Age of Distraction

https://www.amazon.com/Hit-Makers-How-Succeed-Distraction/dp/1101980338/ref=sr_1_1?crid=JZAT4KRM8F08&keywords=hit+makers&qid=1582474463&s=books&sprefix=hit+makers%2Caps%2C145&sr=1-1

Talent Magnet: How to Attract and Keep the Best People

https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Magnet-Attract-People-Performance/dp/1523094958/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QBEP678OTJE9&keywords=talent+magnet&qid=1582474514&s=books&sprefix=talent+magn%2Cstripbooks%2C147&sr=1-1

The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Immersion-Generation-Remaking-Hollywood/dp/0393341259/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HU4X1T10XCRM&keywords=the+art+of+immersion&qid=1582474568&s=books&sprefix=the+art+of+imm%2Cstripbooks%2C146&sr=1-1

The Experience Economy

https://www.amazon.com/Experience-Economy-New-Preface-Authors/dp/1633697975/ref=sr_1_3?crid=5CI0N0SQ4705&keywords=the+experience+economy&qid=1582474608&s=books&sprefix=the+exper%2Cstripbooks%2C161&sr=1-3

The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives

https://www.amazon.com/Future-Faster-Than-You-Think/dp/1982109661/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2LJM1S3FM1I18&keywords=the+future+is+faster+than+you+think&qid=1582474669&s=books&sprefix=the+fut%2Cstripbooks%2C175&sr=1-2

Organizations

Freelancers Union https://www.freelancersunion.org/

Oscar Health Care https://www.hioscar.com/

Portfolio & Networking

Working Not Working https://workingnotworking.com/

Archinect https://archinect.com/

Behance https://www.behance.net/

Dribble https://dribbble.com/

Giphy https://giphy.com/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/feed/

Instagram https://instagram.com/

Marketing

MailChimp https://mailchimp.com/

Google Analytics https://analytics.google.com/

Moo https://www.moo.com/

Tools

Macbook Pro https://www.apple.com/

Quicksilver https://qsapp.com/

iPhone https://www.apple.com/

Cinema4D https://www.maxon.net/en-us/

Adobe Creative Cloud http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud

Cannon DSLR https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cannon+dslr&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Laser Measurer https://www.amazon.com/s?k=laser+measure&crid=35XV0881H04HL&sprefix=laser+me%2Caps%2C216&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_8

Moleskin Notebook https://www.amazon.com/s?k=moleskine+notebook&crid=18TIFSKEOZNRD&sprefix=mole%2Caps%2C249&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_4

Stabilo Pens https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stabilo&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Roller Ruler https://www.amazon.com/s?k=roller+ruler&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Eraser Guard https://www.amazon.com/s?k=eraser+guard&crid=3F68W5G9XXIDV&sprefix=eraser+guard%2Caps%2C143&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12

Drafting Cleaning Pad https://www.amazon.com/PRO-ART-5720-2-Drafting-Pad/dp/B0027AEJKI/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=drafting+cleaning+pads&qid=1582475023&sr=8-6

Tracing Paper Roll https://www.amazon.com/s?k=tracing+paper+roll&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Rains Laptop Bag https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rains+backpack&ref=nb_sb_noss

Google Drive https://www.google.com/drive/

Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/

Reverse Image Search https://tineye.com/

Internet Archive Wayback Machine https://archive.org/web/

Snopes https://www.snopes.com/

Google Chrome https://www.google.com/chrome ( with the Ad Blocker and Honey extensions )

Love,

Paul

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for snarky design commentary

xoxo