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<!-- ============ TOOOL OF THE WEEK ============ -->
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</table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" bgcolor="#fafafe" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;background-color:#fafafe;border-radius:0 0 28px 28px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0 22px 24px 22px;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">A public library of DESIGN.md files written in the visual language of well-known brands like Apple, Linear, and Stripe. Hand one to your AI tool and the output comes back styled like that brand instead of looking generic. A useful starting point for understanding how design systems translate into something AI agents can actually follow.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <!-- ============ ALSO ON THE RADAR ============ -->
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:104px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://pica.joshpuckett.me/?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-5/pica-macos-font-management-app.gif" width="80" alt="Pica icon" title="Pica" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:14px"></a> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a href="https://pica.joshpuckett.me/?via=toools" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Pica</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">A free, native Mac font manager from Josh Puckett that previews fonts inside real logos and color themes, organizes them into custom collections, and toggles activation in a click.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Radar Tool 2 -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:104px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://smallbits.design/?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-5/smallbits-pixel-icons-8x8-grid.gif" width="80" alt="Smallbits icon" title="Smallbits" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:14px"></a> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://smallbits.design/?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Smallbits</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">A free set of 200+ pixel-style icons drawn on an 8 by 8 grid, exploring how minimal an icon can get and still read at a glance. Available in Figma and SVG.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Radar Tool 3 -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:104px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.referenceboard.app/?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-5/reference-board-moodboard-app-mac-ios.gif" width="80" alt="Reference Board icon" title="Reference Board" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:14px"></a> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.referenceboard.app/?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Reference Board</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">A native moodboard app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that auto-tags everything you save by color, style, scene, and even the words inside images, so your inspiration library stays searchable without manual sorting.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Radar Tool 4 -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:104px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://graphite.art/?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-5/graphite-vector-editor-procedural-design.gif" width="80" alt="Graphite icon" title="Graphite" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:14px"></a> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://graphite.art/?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Graphite</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">A free, open-source vector design tool built around fully non-destructive editing, so layers and effects stay live forever instead of getting flattened the moment you commit.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <!-- ============ SPOTLIGHT (PARTNER) ============ -->
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</table> <table bgcolor="#fafafe" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;border-radius:28px;background-color:#fafafe;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:20px;Margin:0"> <!--[if mso]><table style="width:100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="width:320px" valign="top"><![endif]--> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;float:left" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:252px"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.magicpatterns.com/blog/magic-patterns-agent-2-0?via=toools-design" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#1376C8;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/issue-5/magic-patterns-agent-2-0.gif" width="100%" alt="Magic Patterns Agent 2.0" title="Magic Patterns Agent 2.0" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0;border-radius:12px;max-width:100%"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--[if mso]></td><td style="width:20px"></td><td style="width:204px" valign="top"><![endif]--> <!-- Mobile-only spacer --> <table class="es-desk-hidden" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;display:none;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:24px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;float:right" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;width:232px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a href="https://www.magicpatterns.com/blog/magic-patterns-agent-2-0?via=toools-design" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Magic Patterns Agent 2.0</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Magic Patterns' design agent picks up three upgrades: Skills that teach it your way of working, Connectors that bring in real content from your tools, and a cleaner handoff to engineering.</p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px;padding-top:10px"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.magicpatterns.com/blog/magic-patterns-agent-2-0?via=toools-design" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#59566d;font-size:14px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">Try for free →</strong></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <!-- ============ A FEW READS & LISTENS ============ -->
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#333333;font-size:14px"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/ic-readslistens.png" width="24" align="left" alt="Section Icon" title="Section Icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0"><span style="color:#7b788c;line-height:24.7px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> A FEW READS & LISTENS</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:4px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">SMASHING MAGAZINE <span style="font-family:'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Noto Color Emoji',sans-serif">📖</span> <span style="color:#759ee3">ARTICLE</span></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/04/production-ready-becomes-design-deliverable-ux/?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>The UX Designer's Nightmare: When Production-Ready becomes a Design Deliverable</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Argues that the new pressure to ship production-ready prototypes is quietly rewriting what good design means, and not always for the better. Names the trade-offs honestly and offers a way to stay focused on user experience instead of becoming a prompt operator.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Read 2: Article -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:4px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">BOOTCAMP <span style="font-family:'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Noto Color Emoji',sans-serif">📖</span> <span style="color:#759ee3">ARTICLE</span></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/color-is-finally-ok-82f368f3408c?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Color is finally OK</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">A look at how OKLCH support, modern color tooling, and recent browser updates finally make it possible to pick, share, and ship colors that look the same wherever they land. Worth reading before your next palette decision.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0;Margin:0;height:40px;font-size:0;line-height:0"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- Read 3: Podcast -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:4px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">DIVE CLUB <span style="font-family:'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Noto Color Emoji',sans-serif">🎧</span> <span style="color:#a87dd6">PODCAST</span></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/brandon-jacoby?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Brandon Jacoby: Seeing taste vs. creating taste as a designer</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Brandon Jacoby (ex-X, Cash App, Capital) sits with Ridd to unpack the gap between recognizing good design and producing it yourself. A useful frame for anyone trying to grow taste in a moment when AI can make almost anything look fine on the surface.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:4px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">UX ENGINEERING <span style="font-family:'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Noto Color Emoji',sans-serif">📖</span> <span style="color:#759ee3">ARTICLE</span></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;padding-bottom:6px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important"><a href="https://uxeng.net/2026/04/23/designing-with-ai-without-losing-your-mind/?via=toools" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Designing with AI without losing your mind</u></a></strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">Heenesh Patel walks through building an AI collaborator with vision and voice, and shares how to keep your judgment intact when multiple agents are doing work alongside you. A practical read on staying creative without burning out.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#333333;font-size:14px"><img align="left" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/ic-updatesnews.png" width="24" alt="Section Icon" title="Section Icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0"><span style="color:#7b788c;line-height:24.7px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> UPDATES & NEWS</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://lovable.dev/blog/mobile-app?via=toools" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Lovable launches a mobile app for iOS and Android, so you can capture an idea on the go and let the agent keep building while you do something else</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-0/?via=toools" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>OpenAI ships ChatGPT Images 2.0, the first image model that thinks before it draws, with sharper text, 2K output, and consistent characters across multiple frames</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://lottiefiles.com/motion-tokens?via=toools" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>LottieFiles introduces Motion Tokens, bringing design token logic to animation so text, color, and transforms in your Lotties can be updated in production without re-exporting</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://cavalry.studio/?via=toools" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>Cavalry, the pro motion design app, is now completely free for individuals after joining Canva</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:20px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px"><a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-workspace-agents-in-chatgpt/?via=toools" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif"><u>OpenAI rolls out Workspace Agents in ChatGPT, shared cloud agents that handle long-running tasks across Slack, Google Workspace, and Salesforce, even after you close your laptop</u></a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="Margin:0;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:21px;letter-spacing:0;color:#333333;font-size:14px"><img align="left" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/gua3dld9n/newsletter/ic-onemorething.png" width="24" alt="Section Icon" title="Section Icon" style="display:block;font-size:14px;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0"><span style="color:#7b788c;line-height:24.7px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;font-size:13px"> ONE MORE THING ...</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
</table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%" role="none"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-bottom:0px"> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:16.9px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:12px"><strong style="font-weight:700 !important">A QUOTE WORTH KEEPING</strong></p> <p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:27px;letter-spacing:0;color:#0a0523;font-size:18px">"<strong style="font-weight:700 !important">Output isn't design.</strong> Components and finished artifacts are downstream of decisions, taste, and judgment. The shipped pixels are not the design, they are evidence of it."</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" class="es-text-7610" style="padding:0;Margin:0;padding-top:16px"><p style="Margin:0;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;line-height:18.2px;letter-spacing:0;color:#59566d;font-size:14px">From <a target="_blank" href="https://linear.app/now/output-isn-t-design?via=toools" style="mso-line-height-rule:exactly;text-decoration:underline;color:#59566d;font-size:14px;font-family:Inter, sans-serif">Karri Saarinen at Linear</a>. Worth pinning above the desk in a season when AI can produce a thousand variations a minute.</p></td> </tr> </tbody>
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