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Latest issueOctober 13, 2026— 2min read
TOOOLS #29: Voyager, Energy Icons, Leadership Folios, Evil Buttons, Prompt Motion
An open harness for creative work in After Effects, Resolve and Figma. Plus Energy Icons, Leadership Folios, Evil Buttons, and Prompt Motion.
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October 6, 2026— 2min read
TOOOLS #28: PhotoCraft, Podie, Swash, Timeful, HyperFrames Studio
A free, open-source image editor that opens and saves real layered PSDs. Plus Podie, Swash, Timeful, and HyperFrames Studio.
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September 29, 2026— 2min read
TOOOLS #27: QuiverAI, Designeer, Squints, Atlas, Lightmeter
AI models built only for vector graphics, turning prompts and sketches into clean, editable vectors. Plus Designeer, Squints, Atlas, and Lightmeter.
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Your weekly shortcut to design tools, reads, and listens — in times of AI.

Recent Newsletter Issues

TOOOLS #29: Voyager, Energy Icons, Leadership Folios, Evil Buttons, Prompt Motion

TOOOLS #28: PhotoCraft, Podie, Swash, Timeful, HyperFrames Studio

TOOOLS #27: QuiverAI, Designeer, Squints, Atlas, Lightmeter

TOOOLS #28: PhotoCraft, Podie, Swash, Timeful, HyperFrames Studio

TOOOLS #27: QuiverAI, Designeer, Squints, Atlas, Lightmeter

TOOOLS #26: PixelCrew, Bencho, Save.design, Powermove, libraries.dev

TOOOLS #25: Modeinspect, Brilliant, Hover, VibePrompts, Sliick

TOOOLS #24: Doop, Causal, Pryzm, Doodle Icons, Neurath X

TOOOLS #23: Zoah, Book of Shapes, Beautiful UI, All In Frame, vgpu

TOOOLS #22: Berd, Morphicons, Watermelon UI, Tegaki, Balsa UI

TOOOLS #21: Airship, Openmotion, Kitbitz, Muse, Gooey

TOOOLS #20: Capacity Desktop, Design / AI Workflows, ShaderPad, Dither it, Remix

TOOOLS #19: Replit Design, Toolcraft, Modulify 2.0, Backyard Designers, ShieldFont

TOOOLS #18: Ladybug, Canvas UI, Origin Kit, UI SFX, Datatype

TOOOLS #17: Animos, Human Web Museum, Gradient Lab, Transitions.dev, Decoy Font

TOOOLS #16: Melius, Fudge, Prototo, CSS Text Effects, Miora

TOOOLS #15: Glaze, Taste Skill, Details, Tinkerfont, Astryx

TOOOLS #14: Figma Motion, Product Design Psychology, prepros, GetCompress, Last Museum

TOOOLS #13: Framer 3.0, Hiding Elephant, Ditther, Words of Type, Storied Colors

TOOOLS #12: Taste Lab, UI Skills, SHRTCTS, fonts.xyz, Airbrush Studio

TOOOLS #11: Brik, Uiverse Design, RadianceKit, Daily Designer, Lumen Tool

TOOOLS #10: Impeccable, SOOT Spiral, Shaders, Branda, blokdots

TOOOLS #9: Figma Agent, AI in Design, Motion, Meditations, Just a Design List

TOOOLS #8: MagicPath 2.0, Kirki, Nudges.fyi, theSVG, Tendem

TOOOLS #7: MiroMiro, Colir, Griddy Icons, Pomelli, Cognitive Bias Index

TOOOLS #6: Wonder, Figma Draw, TUIStudio, Bitgrain, Feather

TOOOLS #5: DESIGN.md, Pica, Smallbits, Reference Board, Graphite

TOOOLS #4: Claude Design, Typescale AI, Flint, LiveKit Agents UI, Fontastic Space

TOOOLS #3: Luma Agents, Lunagraph, AI Interaction Atlas, Wiretext, Motn AI

TOOOLS #2: Tinker, Variant, AI Designer, Viktor, FontCraft

TOOOLS #1: Paper, Efecto, Tessera, Onlook, OpenPencil

TOOOLS is back. Here's what's coming.

Your weekly shortcut to design tools, reads, and listens — in times of AI.

Recent Newsletter Issues

🟣 TOOOLS #29: Voyager, Energy Icons, Leadership Folios, Evil Buttons, Prompt Motion

🟣 TOOOLS #28: PhotoCraft, Podie, Swash, Timeful, HyperFrames Studio

🟣 TOOOLS #27: QuiverAI, Designeer, Squints, Atlas, Lightmeter

🟣 TOOOLS #28: PhotoCraft, Podie, Swash, Timeful, HyperFrames Studio

🟣 TOOOLS #27: QuiverAI, Designeer, Squints, Atlas, Lightmeter

🟣 TOOOLS #26: PixelCrew, Bencho, Save.design, Powermove, libraries.dev

🟣 TOOOLS #25: Modeinspect, Brilliant, Hover, VibePrompts, Sliick

🟣 TOOOLS #24: Doop, Causal, Pryzm, Doodle Icons, Neurath X

🟣 TOOOLS #23: Zoah, Book of Shapes, Beautiful UI, All In Frame, vgpu

🟣 TOOOLS #22: Berd, Morphicons, Watermelon UI, Tegaki, Balsa UI

🟣 TOOOLS #21: Airship, Openmotion, Kitbitz, Muse, Gooey

🟣 TOOOLS #20: Capacity Desktop, Design / AI Workflows, ShaderPad, Dither it, Remix

🟣 TOOOLS #19: Replit Design, Toolcraft, Modulify 2.0, Backyard Designers, ShieldFont

🟣 TOOOLS #18: Ladybug, Canvas UI, Origin Kit, UI SFX, Datatype

🟣 TOOOLS #17: Animos, Human Web Museum, Gradient Lab, Transitions.dev, Decoy Font

🟣 TOOOLS #16: Melius, Fudge, Prototo, CSS Text Effects, Miora

🟣 TOOOLS #15: Glaze, Taste Skill, Details, Tinkerfont, Astryx

🟣 TOOOLS #14: Figma Motion, Product Design Psychology, prepros, GetCompress, Last Museum

🟣 TOOOLS #13: Framer 3.0, Hiding Elephant, Ditther, Words of Type, Storied Colors

🟣 TOOOLS #12: Taste Lab, UI Skills, SHRTCTS, fonts.xyz, Airbrush Studio

🟣 TOOOLS #11: Brik, Uiverse Design, RadianceKit, Daily Designer, Lumen Tool

🟣 TOOOLS #10: Impeccable, SOOT Spiral, Shaders, Branda, blokdots

🟣 TOOOLS #9: Figma Agent, AI in Design, Motion, Meditations, Just a Design List

🟣 TOOOLS #8: MagicPath 2.0, Kirki, Nudges.fyi, theSVG, Tendem

🟣 TOOOLS #7: MiroMiro, Colir, Griddy Icons, Pomelli, Cognitive Bias Index

🟣 TOOOLS #6: Wonder, Figma Draw, TUIStudio, Bitgrain, Feather

🟣 TOOOLS #5: DESIGN.md, Pica, Smallbits, Reference Board, Graphite

🟣 TOOOLS #4: Claude Design, Typescale AI, Flint, LiveKit Agents UI, Fontastic Space

🟣 TOOOLS #3: Luma Agents, Lunagraph, AI Interaction Atlas, Wiretext, Motn AI

🟣 TOOOLS #2: Tinker, Variant, AI Designer, Viktor, FontCraft

🟣 TOOOLS #1: Paper, Efecto, Tessera, Onlook, OpenPencil

🟣 TOOOLS is back. Here's what's coming.

TOOOLS #29: Voyager, Energy Icons, Leadership Folios, Evil Buttons, Prompt Motion

TOOOLS #28: PhotoCraft, Podie, Swash, Timeful, HyperFrames Studio

TOOOLS #27: QuiverAI, Designeer, Squints, Atlas, Lightmeter

TOOOLS #28: PhotoCraft, Podie, Swash, Timeful, HyperFrames Studio

TOOOLS #27: QuiverAI, Designeer, Squints, Atlas, Lightmeter

TOOOLS #26: PixelCrew, Bencho, Save.design, Powermove, libraries.dev

TOOOLS #25: Modeinspect, Brilliant, Hover, VibePrompts, Sliick

TOOOLS #24: Doop, Causal, Pryzm, Doodle Icons, Neurath X

TOOOLS #23: Zoah, Book of Shapes, Beautiful UI, All In Frame, vgpu

TOOOLS #22: Berd, Morphicons, Watermelon UI, Tegaki, Balsa UI

TOOOLS #21: Airship, Openmotion, Kitbitz, Muse, Gooey

TOOOLS #20: Capacity Desktop, Design / AI Workflows, ShaderPad, Dither it, Remix

TOOOLS #19: Replit Design, Toolcraft, Modulify 2.0, Backyard Designers, ShieldFont

TOOOLS #18: Ladybug, Canvas UI, Origin Kit, UI SFX, Datatype

TOOOLS #17: Animos, Human Web Museum, Gradient Lab, Transitions.dev, Decoy Font

TOOOLS #16: Melius, Fudge, Prototo, CSS Text Effects, Miora

TOOOLS #15: Glaze, Taste Skill, Details, Tinkerfont, Astryx

TOOOLS #14: Figma Motion, Product Design Psychology, prepros, GetCompress, Last Museum

TOOOLS #13: Framer 3.0, Hiding Elephant, Ditther, Words of Type, Storied Colors

TOOOLS #12: Taste Lab, UI Skills, SHRTCTS, fonts.xyz, Airbrush Studio

TOOOLS #11: Brik, Uiverse Design, RadianceKit, Daily Designer, Lumen Tool

TOOOLS #10: Impeccable, SOOT Spiral, Shaders, Branda, blokdots

TOOOLS #9: Figma Agent, AI in Design, Motion, Meditations, Just a Design List

TOOOLS #8: MagicPath 2.0, Kirki, Nudges.fyi, theSVG, Tendem

TOOOLS #7: MiroMiro, Colir, Griddy Icons, Pomelli, Cognitive Bias Index

TOOOLS #6: Wonder, Figma Draw, TUIStudio, Bitgrain, Feather

TOOOLS #5: DESIGN.md, Pica, Smallbits, Reference Board, Graphite

TOOOLS #4: Claude Design, Typescale AI, Flint, LiveKit Agents UI, Fontastic Space

TOOOLS #3: Luma Agents, Lunagraph, AI Interaction Atlas, Wiretext, Motn AI

TOOOLS #2: Tinker, Variant, AI Designer, Viktor, FontCraft

TOOOLS #1: Paper, Efecto, Tessera, Onlook, OpenPencil

TOOOLS is back. Here's what's coming.