Ridd shows how to use ​“slots”, placeholder components that are part of larger organisms or templates. They are intentionally empty so that they can be replaced with a local component.

Miguel Cardona shares four principles for facilitating collaborative design in the classroom from professor Christie Shin at The Fashion Institute of Technology.

Quick tips from Ana Boyer on how to use a Figma community file with the Batch Styler and Similayer plugins to quickly build a custom design system.

Ridd shares a detailed guide to building a customizable and flexible form component.

Interesting discussion about exporting assets with a Display P3 color space from Figma. I wasn’t familiar with Export PNG with Color Profile plugin (see below) or an option of assigning an ICC profile to the exported PDF.

Vijay Verma (who you may remember by fantastic illustrations made in Figma) writes about building and scaling Sushi, Zomato’s in-house design system. While this post is not about Figma, I like how he broke down the process of building a design system into specific steps: auditing the UI inventory, formulating the foundation, creating component libraries, governing the system, building support for all platforms, and mapping workflows and onboarding.

People now can be @mentioned in Community comments. FigJam is improved on an iPad (hey, maybe Figma is next?). Style picker lets you select what libraries are enabled. And a few more improvements for admins of Organizations and Teams.

Miggi shows how to use audio and cursor chat in Figma and FigJam. Audio is only available on paid and education plans. Cursor chat is available both in Figma and FigJam, while high-fives are only part of the FigJam for now.

Preview your responsive designs inside Figma. Check out a new video by Figma:55 on how to use it.

Gleb Sabirzyanov released a major update to his popular plugin for working with components.

Anthony DiSpezio shows the new component insert menu opened by a Shift+i shortcut.

Figma’s VP of Product, Yuhki Yamashita, shares what it was like to build FigJam and how things have changed since then. In this post, he reflects on the evolving role of design and product management, what it means to welcome ​“non-designers” into the process, and the future of FigJam.

Luis prepared a best practice guide on how to structure your frames in Figma.

Ridd shows his process for creating responsive and customizable templates.

A smart way to resize icons without having to detach components, hide layers, or add variants.

Rogie asks for great tips, and the community delivers in replies.

Gleb Sabirzyanov is a guest at Sustain Open Source Design podcast. You may know Gleb from his popular Figma plugins (Master and Blend) and countless community contributions. In this episode, he talks about the plugins he built, a project he started working on called Pink Turtles, and where he sees the future of Figma evolving in the next couple of years.

Designer Advocate Miguel Angel Cardona is a guest at the Latinxs Who Design podcast. He talks about his background and path to design. Before joining Figma, Miguel was a tenure track professor in the New Media Design program at The Rochester Institute of Technology teaching user interface and product design, and before that, the first designer at imgix.

What started as a Twitter thread with the following suggestions resulted in a list of Figma experts who post educational and useful Figma-related content. Check it out and subscribe!

By default, drop shadows are no longer displayed through transparent areas of objects. Check out this thread by Rogie on how this feature came to life.