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References named in the Agency editorials, grouped by category and linked to their source editions.
- Adobe IllustratorAdobe Illustrator is the vector drawing program published by Adobe and the standard tool for creating logos, icons and illustrations. In the Agency editorial it is the starting question of Design.1: why is a brand logo usually made in Adobe Illustrator rather than Photoshop?
- Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Photoshop is the image editing software that became the standard tool of digital design and photo retouching. In the Agency editorial it stands for the tools of the trade: the author warns that a designer's vocation won't start with a YouTube tutorial or inside Photoshop.
- ChatGPTChatGPT is a conversational assistant built on a language model and developed by OpenAI. In Issue.0, the author calls the announcement of its official public API huge, urges readers to try it right away and lists prompts and the ways he has been using it.
- FigmaFigma is a collaborative interface design tool that runs in the browser and is used to create apps, websites and prototypes. The Agency editorial calls it the main tool of UX design today, the successor of the days when web designers drew websites directly on Photoshop.
- The SimsThe Sims is the life simulator game in which the player creates a Sim, a virtual person, and goes through the many challenges of life. In Issue.17, the author uses it to think about determination: the cheat code motherlode skips the hard part and, in the long term, ruins the experience of the game.