The design trust’s ultimate resources guide 2023/24 – downloadable e-book
THE DESIGN TRUST’S ULTIMATE RESOURCES GUIDE 2023/24
Do you want to get our ‘black book’ with the most useful resources & contacts for creative businesses in the UK?
We have done it again! We have spent literally hours checking and collecting the best websites, organisations, books and experts for professional creatives, and put them all together in this beautifully designed, 63-page downloadable e-book. We have selected the most important business resources for creatives (685 in total!), including must-known organisations, websites, magazines, apps, podcasts and much more! Each has got a clickable links to the right website or page, and it’s organised in chapters so you will save yourself a lot of research.
From creative and cultural business support organisations and funders, to our favourite finance books and online marketing sites, to productivity apps and podcasts.
NEW FOR 2023/24: We have added new resources incl. creative membership networks, disability organisations & grants, residency opportunities, video editing software, and new chapters on sustainability, ADHD.
You can download The Design Trust Ultimate Resources Guide 2023/24 below to access all resources immediately. We recommend that you save this on your own computer to access at any time throughout the year.
the key facts:
- 685 hand-picked business resources for creatives
- Beautifully designed with 63 pages
- Easy to download to your computer and use whenever you need to – with one-click link to 100’s of resources
- Packed full with our recommendations – saving you time + inspire you to find out more
- Fully updated for 2023 (June)
Now in its 4th year of publication, The Design Trust Ultimate Resources Guide 2023/24 is packed full of our recommended business resources for designers, makers, illustrators and other professional creatives.
We have done all the hard work for you to give you the most up-to-date list of handy business organisations, websites, books, apps, podcasts and more.
It’s like getting access to our ‘black book’ full of useful contacts!
Beautifully designed by designer Laura Danby (with 63 pages) and very easy to use, The Design Trust Ultimate Resources Guide 2023/24 shares 685 hand-picked, small creative business resources in 14 chapters, including:
- Our recommended creative & cultural business support organisations, websites, books, grants & awards, creative business magazines & podcasts, intellectual property & copyright, Brexit resources and other key UK government support.
- Our finance & funding recommendations, including our favourite finance books for creatives, funding blogs, grants & awards, financial apps, insurance & accountancy software. New for 2023/24 are our favourite finance podcasts! (And they are good!)
- Our recommended online selling, social media and email marketing blogs, experts, e-commerce software, the best creative online market places, directories & portfolios, and useful apps for your website and SEO. Plus our own favourite social media accounts to follow on Instagram and TikTok.
- Our favourite resources to help you sell, including UK craft fair & design event organisers, support organisations for UK and international shows, popups, exhibition & stand display, packaging, retail experts and wholesale. We have added also more creative workspaces and residency opportunities this year.
- Our favourite branding & photography books and experts, free stock photography sites, recommended packaging companies and CRM software.
- Our recommended productivity & time management books, apps and tools, as well as IT solutions and creative freelance support.
updated for 2023/24
We have checked EVERY listing again, and deleted all organisations or websites that are (unfortunately!) no longer around, and have added more resources through our extensive research.
We have added complete new groups including: creative memberships & networks, disability organisations & grants, finance podcasts, residence opportunities, and video editing software. And 3 new chapters: Sustainability, ADHD and Getting a Creative Job.
Each handpicked resource has a direct link to the website, app, book or organisation and from the contents page you can click through directly to the page you’re interested in.
Downloadable & printable PDF with 63 pages on an A4 landscape.
Keep The Design Trust’s Ultimate Resources Guide 2023/24 as a file on your computer. Click on any resource and you will go straight to the right website link.
The Design Trust Ultimate Resources Guide 2023/24 is super useful and will save you lots of research time. Or just browse through it to get inspiration and details of organisations & funders that can help you and your creative business or simply to get recommendations for podcasts or books.
