Luis explores what Notion’s design system could look like and how he would approach building it from scratch, including naming conventions and an opinion on the component structure.

As Christine Vallaure writes, ​“if you want to master Figma’s new Grid, you need to know how CSS Grid works.” In this in-depth guide, she explains how both of them work and shows where Figma ends and the browser takes over to do the heavy lifting, so you don’t miss out on the flexibility, responsiveness, and layout power that only the browser can fully deliver.

Meng To first wrote a comprehensive guide on UI prompting, and now recorded this 44-minute tutorial as well.

(Read without a paywall.) The Verge interviews Dylan Field about ​“how he sees AI fitting into Figma after a rough start to integrating the technology last year, the new areas he’s targeting to grow the platform, and more.”

Mal highlights a few core features of Buzz — bulk create, make or edit images with AI, and wonderful templates to get started.

Luis shares a bunch of examples made with Figma Make.

A rare feature that’s both underrated and long-awaited.

Luis shows how to design a data table with grids. This is one of the grid applications I’m most excited about. Notice how he adds notes with the new annotations tool as well — I’ve been using it more and more for notes lately, while keeping comments limited to discussions.

Ridd is spot on: ​“2024: Figma uses AI to help designers design 😡 👎 2025: Figma uses AI to help designers code 🎉 🙌”

Noah Levin, VP of Design at Figma, gives a shout-out to designers behind the new product releases. First, I love seeing the individuals getting recognized for their hard work. Second, this is a great list of people to follow right away.

If you have time for only one thing, watch this Config 2025 opening keynote led by Dylan Field.

Meng To shows how to generate designs in Aura and bring them to Figma. He includes a Figma file with 57 examples and they look pretty good!

Molly shares a tip from Brad Frost’s new course on reusing ​“core tokens” across multiple brands.

Miggi explains how to document your design work using Measurement and Annotation tools.

In another article, Luis Ouriach shares tools that save him hours when starting a new design system and introduces 9 recent design systems features (covered in Issue #206) that address some common frustrations.

Luis Ouriach is laying down some uncomfortable truths: ​“The issue I have with the even number 4px calculation grid systems is that they can feel a bit loose, either vertically or horizontally. Although this is the de facto standard in product design now, I find myself getting focussing on what feels like a few pixels of extra flab within our components.”

Love this experiment, the proportions in multiple-based systems often feel too close to each other: ​“If I were to try and roll this idea out into a system, I’d probably want to at least try to build in a method to the madness. This is where we can lean on systems like the Fibonacci sequence to handle the heavy lifting.”

The new curved connectors mode for right-brained people. I’ll stick to my neatly organized ​“elbowed” connectors.

My friend Molly Hellmuth Tsacudakis is bringing back her morning hike and coffee on Tuesday, May 6th from 7:30 to 11 AM. I’ll be arriving the night before and might need a caffeine drip along the way, but very excited about this event. ​“Make new connections while stretching your legs, soaking in the gorgeous bay views, and sipping on espresso. UI Prep’s Molly Hellmuth will guide you along a coastal trail with views of the Golden Gate Bridge. Afterward, we’ll enjoy some well-deserved coffee on the beach courtesy of UI Prep.”

Designer Advocate Corey Lee wants to help teams understand how to make the shift from just using design to becoming a truly design-driven organization. His central observation was that ​“the highest-performing teams don’t just use design; they embed it across every function.” After months of research and writing, Figma published his ebook to provide teams with insights to build a solid foundation of cross-functional design culture to navigate the current landscape of business and beyond.

Miggi breaks down his favorite features in Figma Slides, including automatically changing text color for accessibility, choosing slide templates from other decks, grid view, slide numbers, live interactions, and more.