# Tools Used In The Design Process ## DESIGN (DTPs, social media, prints, brochure layouts, etc.) * **Adobe Suite.** Illustrator, Photoshop, LightRoom * We're currently experimenting with **Figma**. An online design tool. * Useful; makes things very easy to share * A design mock-up can be created for a client and shared directly with them online, without having them go through the process of downloading a web file * They can leave comments- almost like an online, editable PDF * Used it for Vulekamali, Evictions, other projects ## WEB DEVELOPMENT * **Webflow-** the backbone for most of our recent work * An online web development platform * "like a web-based Photoshop" * Features: custom code, interactions, responsive layouts, etc. * Websites can be built and hosted from the ground up * "Allows us to get projects out fast" * Helps Matt both design and implement --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://openup.gitbook.io/handbook/how-we-work/tool-development/the-pencil-case-tools-used-in-design.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.