Grabcad

This is an essential reference website for industrial designers, with a lot of organizational or design models shared. There are a total of over 1,430,000 free CAD files to download, and currently, the number of global members has accumulated to 3 million. They often hold industrial design-related competitions, and even if you're not an industrial designer, in the future, when 3D printing becomes popular, you can download materials from the website to print and use. It's a very rich resource website.

 

Flickr-commons

This is a public album project between Flickr and various libraries, which includes photos that have expired copyrights, making them part of the public domain. Additionally, some copyrights have entered the public domain for other reasons, such as not being able to meet the necessary formal procedures or conditions, and some institutions own the copyrights but choose to open source and make them public.

 

Pexels

This website provides free photos that can be used for commercial purposes under the CC0 license. Additionally, you can subscribe to the monthly hottest photos via email. The interface is in Chinese, but it is suggested to use English when searching. Note that the first row of search results are paid images.

 

故宮博物院典藏圖像

The National Palace Museum provides a large number of high-resolution image files of its collections, which can be downloaded by users. These images include ancient artifacts, documents, calligraphy, and other items. While they cannot be used for commercial purposes, they can be used for educational and learning purposes. For designers, these materials are a valuable resource for reference or modeling, and there are currently about 400 images available. However, the categories and explanations provided may be lacking, and future updates are expected.

 

Pixtastock

Pixtastock is a Japanese stock photo website that doesn't offer free stock photos, but it has a unique feature of RF (Royalty-free) materials. Once you purchase it, you can use it permanently and apply it to various platforms such as print, web, multimedia, etc. Unlike some other stock photo websites, it doesn't have limitations on usage. However, if you use it in video or product packaging, you need to pay extra. Additionally, photographers can sell their work on the website, allowing designers to purchase and use them. The website prices are in Taiwanese dollars and won't fluctuate due to the exchange rate of Japanese yen. It's a great website to find Asian face stock photos. It also provides invoices for companies to claim their expenses.

 

Gratisography

An online collection of high-quality images that can be used for personal or commercial use, the preview images are quite large, free registration, and can be downloaded by clicking on the preview image, the update speed is about once a week, in addition, you can subscribe to new galleries with your email address.

 

Google Fonts

Google's new font website, Google Fonts, has a total of 804 fonts, which are created by Google and font designers from all over the world. They are part of an open-source project and the fonts are all free to download and use. They can also be directly embedded in web pages using code, allowing you to change the font on your website. Google is really super kind.

 

Vimeo Music Store

Vimeo is a well-known video streaming platform. In addition to allowing people to upload videos, it also provides free music, sound effects, and thousands of free music materials. Each music has different licensing methods (most of which are free). When encountering a named licensing, Vimeo Music Store will display the original code when downloading, allowing you to quickly mark in your work introduction. In addition, it also provides other paid licensing music.

 

Sozai-Page 【素材ページ】

A Japanese ingredient stock photo library that can be downloaded for free for commercial use. All photos have a white background and are categorized by ingredients, such as fish, meats, fruits, etc. The photos are taken with great attention to detail and the website is constantly adding new photos. It's a valuable free resource for those looking for high-quality stock photos of ingredients.