When it comes to creating eye-catching content for social media, you probably already know that cohesive themes can help tie your designs together, and that a good template can help you keep everything unified with ease. With that in mind, why not take a look at these 10 retro social media kits, and start adding some well-deserved flair to your posts?
Download this kit to quickly export Instagram shots that match your brand’s visual style. PSD and AI files are included, as well as a moodboard to display your brand’s assets.
Download it nowParma Violets: Animated Stories
Small-run, underground magazines, or “zines” as they are more popularly known, have been around since the 1930s, and taken on new visual characteristics with each passing decade. In the 1990s, they adopted an undeniably raw and radical aesthetic, which is what creators dookit studio drew from in creating their Parma Violets kit.
This pack includes 21 high-quality Photoshop templates, completely customizable animations, duotone effects, halftone effects, and unique fonts. It’s an ideal choice for artists or musicians looking to show off a bit of an edge (though businesses might also find some appeal here), and suitable for promoting shows, tours, gigs, galleries, and the like.
NEORD Social Media Brand Templates
Invasi Studio was heavily inspired by the raucous, 80s-born Memphis Design Style (which was actually founded in Italy) in the creation of their NEORD social media templates. Mixed in with the bold color choices are plenty of retro 90s influences as well, making this pack perfect for crafting a throwback branding style for products, e-commerce outfits, blogs, and personal accounts.
Both the color and black & white versions of NEORD include 30 Photoshop files for Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest, along with well-organized layers for easy editing. Text and colors are fully-editable, and the templates make use of high-quality free fonts for strong typography with that “scroll stopping” value.
Analog Film & Instant Social Kit
There are plenty among us who still remember the days when the dark room reigned supreme for photography. Sparrow & Snow’s Analog Film & Instant kit harkens back to the days of film and instant cameras, with 50 separate layouts and 150 Photoshop templates for use on Instagram, Pinterest, and other social media sites. This bundle is ideal for photographers, fully-customizable for a wide range of design projects, and includes a video tutorial to help you hit the ground running.
BOLD Social Media Brand Templates
BOLD is an apt title for Invasi Studio’s take on Swiss Design social media branding. Much like the Swiss design philosophy that inspired it, clean typography and no-nonsense layouts are the hallmarks of the BOLD collection of templates, which includes 30 Photoshop files apiece for Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook/Twitter.
Text and colors on these layouts are completely editable. The pack contains links so you can download the necessary free fonts, and additional PDF documentation that goes into detail on the various templates.
80s Synthwave Square Art Pack
Can it get more 80s-feeling than Synthwave? The popular electronic music genre is a direct homage to the glorious 1980s sound, and its accompanying neon visual elements are what inspired dennybusyet’s 80s Synthware Square art pack. With its roots in music, this aesthetic is ideal for music-related design projects, though, it’s also suitable anything that requires a strong and colorful retro feel. The pack includes 12 text-editable Photoshop files, and a user guide to get you started.
OMG80s Background Image Pack
You’ll find bold colors and radical shapes galore in PixelPerfectLibrary’s OMG80s background image pack. These templates were crafted for busy business people who want a colorful look without a lot of design hassle. As such, the kit includes contains high-quality JPEGS, which means no Photoshop, no text, no moveable elements, and no vectors to fool around with. Just drop these backgrounds in where you want, and watch the colors pop.
Celebgram Instagram Fashion Pack
Guuver presents Celebgram, this “instagram fashion pack” with 10 Photoshop/Illustrator files for a glam-retro aesthetic. These templates are optimized for Instagram, but can be used for all social media platforms, and have a look that accompanies special events and summer fashion posts well. You can customize colors and text on these templates too, so go wild fitting these layouts to your brand.
90s Instagram Puzzle Template
“The 90s are making a comeback” says Marie T, creator of the 90s Instagram Puzzle template. This kit draws inspiration from popular television programs and magazines of the era, presenting them in a patchwork style that includes a bevy of customizable elements. You can tweak this one template into posts suitable for fashion or personal branding, and the included PDF tutorial will help you along if you get stuck.
Neon 90s Instagram Post Template
Neon 90s by CreativeFolks combines stunning 90s-style black & white photography with some modern neon light overlays for a high-class, high-contrast look. Suitable for both websites and social media, you can use these templates for promoting fashion, travel, lifestyle, and boutique-oriented posts that demand an air of sophistication. You can tweak text and colors to be brand-specific, and can even change your font choices across these 20 square Photoshop templates.
Stream 10 Duotone Instagram Posts
Vibrant, 80s-colored duotones have been making a resurgence as of late, particularly on streaming music platforms, so Guuver’s Stream 10 pack has adapted the aesthetic for use promoting special music events on social media. The kit includes 10 Photoshop files, optimized for Instagram, with the option of editing colors, fonts, and text.
Wrapping Up
So, what caught your eye? Remember that you can use templates to add some spark to your posts and quickly achieve a cohesive social media vision. Think about what sort of imagery best aligns with your goals, and use these social media kits to start telling your visual story in a way that sets you apart from the pack.
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