Five industry leaders discuss leading products through design and ​“getting rid of the classic product management function”, as told by Brian Chesky during his fireside chat with Dylan Field at Config. A very impressive lineup of contributors to this piece — Lenny Rachitsky, Julie Zhuo (Facebook), Steve Johnson (Netflix), Sho Kuwamoto and Yuhki Yamashita from Figma.

“Adobe Inc.’s $20 billion takeover of Figma Inc. is set for an in-depth European Union investigation over concerns the deal could harm global competition for software used by designers.” The EU’s in-depth probe is set to run until December 14^th, so the future of the deal will stay unclear until then.

Lottielab is a new tool for creating and managing Lottie animations that won Product of the Day at ProductHunt this week. Images can be imported from Figma, SVGs, or Lottie files, and exported as Lottie, GIF, or MP4 to any platform. From Drew, a co-founder of Lottielab: ​“We are streamlining this cluttered process into a simple, seamleass, all-in-one workflow, with all the benefits of modern design tooling fit for today’s product development teams — being web-based, collaborative and easy to use — no After Effects knowledge needed.”

“Good typography is good design. This collection of plugins for Figma will help you to improve the typography in your design.” Font Fascia and Fonts Changer are two of my favorites on this list!

Miggi shows how to make a notification badge that expands to fill its contents with Auto Layout.

A short video on using the bezier curve tool to make an S‑shaped curve.

Vijay Verma made a photo-realistic illustration of the Nintendo Switch console with 150+ primitive shapes, inner shadows, and gradients.

A new free and open-source illustration collection from Pablo Stanley: ​“Transhumanism has always fascinated me. It’s a philosophical movement that challenges our understanding of human limitations and our potential to transcend them. It holds the belief that we can evolve beyond our current physical and mental restraints by integrating technology into our very being. It’s about pushing the boundaries of what it means to be human, embracing the fusion of biology and technology, and envisioning a future where we’re no longer constrained by our natural form.”

Blend Icons offer 137,000 free icons in more than 1,300 collections of 7 different styles.