An update to file search — now you can filter results by owner, type, or organization/​team/​project.

There were hints about split tabs for a while, and now they’re available in the beta version of the desktop app. Luis highlights some of the use cases in this thread, including keeping a prototype on the side, managing variables, iterating on designs at different zoom levels, updating local components, and many more.

Zeplin co-founder Berk Çebi is answering questions on Reddit. He’s addressed questions about why product teams using Figma still need Zeplin and the differences between Zeplin and Dev Mode, as well as the state of the design tools industry.

If you’re thinking about design-to-dev tooling, Zeplin is 25% off through March, which puts it at half the cost of Dev Mode.

Dylan Field joins Sarah and Elad at No Priors podcast to discuss what’s next for an independent Figma, how AI can augment design and speed up the iteration loop, and how Figma is expanding beyond design with products that help the entire product team’s workflow.

In this episode of the Designing with AI podcast, Mia Blume chatted with Noah Levin, VP of Product Design at Figma, about the emotional ups and downs of the recent acquisition announcement and how it impacted the team, explored the implications of artificial intelligence on creativity and curiosity, leading teams through times of change and learning, decision-making, democratized access to information, and even the concept of love.

An event by Dann Petty on Config Day 0? Count me in! Love the idea of making friends before the conference — that will dramatically change the experience of the next 2 days.

“Inspired by the Figma design team’s principles and methods for running design crits, a core group of Figma engineers, led by Ojan Vafai, set out to introduce a process somewhere in between a design crit and a technical review. This was the genesis of Figma’s engineering critiques, dedicated time for the engineering team to brainstorm novel approaches to technical problems, get feedback on existing work, and unblock each other. Today, engineering crits are a core part of our workflow, but it didn’t start out that way.”

Christine makes a point that we can move beyond the rigid structure of fixed responsive breakpoints with modern CSS layouts, crafting flexible and dynamic designs that seamlessly adjust to different screen sizes. In this article, she covers responsive column-based design vs. modern CSS layout, CSS Flexbox and Grids, and questions if we still need breakpoints.

Christine Vallaure doesn’t like to rely on plugins too much, but in this article, she shares ​“some little helpers that I wouldn’t want to do without.” Some are time-tested tools, but others were completely new to me.

A detailed guide from the creator of Untitled UI: ​“Create responsive data tables in Figma with our ultimate guide and free Figma file. Learn Auto Layout best practices, how to create visual hierarchy, and how to create flexible and responsive tables the right way.”

Dmitry Novikov from Rive shows how to do soft page curls in Figma.

Ridd runs a free advanced prototyping crash course on March 29^th.

I’m a simple guy — if I see a beautiful physical UI redrawn in Figma, it goes into the newsletter.

This Figma template that Meng To prepared for his new free Framer course is nuts. It’s a beautiful work and an excellent resource for playing with Framer’s Figma plugin.