Exciting New Tools for Designers, July 2025

Summer is here, and designers are buzzing about the upcoming Apple release, design changes, and trends that are coming with it. The biggest being a glass effect. You’ll see some new tools for designers in this roundup that reflect that as well as some new AI tools and a few fun design kits.

Here’s what’s new for designers.

Free Liquid Glass Icons

Get ready for Apple’s upcoming release with this set of Liquid Glass Icons from Icons 8. The set includes 100 Apple iOS 26 style icons in SVG and high-quality PNG formats. The download is free, but it does require an email address.

Hued

How strong is your ability to guess a color correctly? Hued is a daily color game that gives you three chances to match the color of an object. It’s kind of like Wordle for designers!

Blockies Animate

You can build smooth animations and transitions with Blockies Animate. The lightweight React library includes plug-and-play animation components. Create customizable motion for your UI in seconds; there’s no setup hassle, and everything is fully responsive.

DesignSync

DesignSync will help you determine whether your code and design align effectively. The tool provides UI/UX designers and developers with the information to validate visual accuracy quickly. Overlay any design asset — like Figma exports, screenshots, or mockups — directly on the screen, then adjust opacity, alignment, and capture annotated feedback. This is an iOS tool.

Gradients FM

Gradients FM is a collection of more than 300 high-quality gradient and abstract backgrounds, perfect for web apps, social graphics, and creative projects. Every image is available as 4K, FHD, and optimized WebP formats for crisp visuals and fast performance. As part of the launch for this item, it is being offered at a discount, too!

Clueso

Clueso uses artificial intelligence to help turn raw screen recordings into stunning videos and documentation. What’s great about this tool is that it can handle pretty significant video edits with ease and can even help rewrite scripts so that they are cleaner and match your brand voice. Once the tool has completed its work, you can review it and make any necessary edits or customizations before publishing your video.

FLUX.1 Kontext

FLUX.1 Kontext by Black Forest Labs is a powerful model for in-context image editing. The 12B (dev) version is open-weight, offering top-tier character and style consistency for consumer hardware. Here’s how it is different: The FLUX.1 Kontext family performs in-context image generation, allowing you to prompt with text and images to extract and modify concepts.

Weavy Artistic Intelligence

Weavy is a node-based design platform that allows you to combine any AI model with pro editing tools in a single canvas. The tool claims to do more than just generate assets, noting that you are building a design machine. The examples do show a lot of promise.

Tile

Tile may be more of a developer tool and designer tool, but it would have wide usage. It allows you to build and ship App Store-ready mobile apps with AI agents. It helps build every element from design to payments to CMS.

IMGto3D

IMGto3D is an AI generator that will turn any image into a three-dimensional model. The free version is a full-feature option, but the pro version has quicker processing times.

MySite.ai

Would you let AI build your website? If you think it is possible, MySite.ai may be the tool for you. Input some specific information and the machine will generate a complete website. If you aren’t fully happy, you can continue to chat with the AI until you get what you are looking for. You can try it free before committing as well.

Liquid Glassifier

Much of the world follows Apple’s design lead, so be prepared for liquid glass effects everywhere. Liquid Glassifier is a tool that helps you apply a glass-style look to your projects with a glass-style button. This tool isn’t pretty, but it does work well.

Thiings

Thiings is a collection of more than 1,900 free AI-generated 3D icons. Browse by theme, generate your own, or download the complete set. All icons are free to use in personal or commercial projects.

Anithing Something Font

Just in time for wedding season is Anithing Something, an elegant script typeface. It would be beautiful on invitations! It is free for personal use only.

Whisper Zone Crown Delay Nonremittal Transaction Mosquito Font

On the other end of the typeface spectrum is Whisper Zone Crown Delay Nonremittal Transaction Mosquito Font. (Whew!) This funky typeface is something with limited use, but is a lot of fun. It is free for personal use only.

Carrie Cousins

Carrie Cousins is a freelance writer with more than 10 years of experience in the communications industry, including writing for print and online publications, and design and editing. You can connect with Carrie on Twitter @carriecousins.