The future of Figma. Color Wheel. Gradient Map.
Team and Workspace Default Modes
On Enterprise plans, workspace and team admins now can set default modes for a variable collection. This allows new files to open with the default variables modes set by the admin.
Figma’s future is about far more than design — or getting acquired
Harry McCracken published a big story about Figma and Dylan Field at Fast Company. It talks about Adobe’s acquisition and what it could mean for both companies, the future of design in the era of AI, the origin story of Figma, and their big ambition to “make creativity the new productivity”.
Color Wheel — Color Palette Generator
The new page from Figma nicely explains different ways to build a color scheme (see also the book “Interaction of Color” by Josef Albers) but falls flat when it comes to color models and contrast — I wish this discussion didn’t stop at physics and involved human perception and modern tools. The generator also exists as a plugin, and that’s where it comes handy.