The end of PMs. Lottielab. Acquisition delay.
Is the New Deal for business leading by design?
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’s $20 Billion Figma Takeover Hit by In-Depth EU Probe
“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 14th, so the future of the deal will stay unclear until then.
Lottielab
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.”