Thread by Dylan Field, the CEO of Figma, on not just translating physical experiences into digital realms but also making digital experiences even better than physical counterparts.

One of the many improvements that Figma ships unannounced. Looks really cool!

A first-hand perspective by Nikolas Klein on designing and building Interactive Components.

Sho Kuwamoto on why it took so long to build and how other smaller features fit in a bigger vision.

A few more fantastic Interactive Components usage examples from Nikolas Klein.

Beautifully crafted open-source 3D icons by Vijay Verma. Kudos for licensing it as CCO.

If you liked Jan Toman’s talk at Schema, check out this one as well.

Luis shows how to create styles at rocket speed using batch renaming and the Styler plugin.

Bonnie Kate Wolf suggests using Unicode emojis in front of the variant name for a quick preview.

Jan Toman (see his Schema talk above) with a few recommendations for design system maintainers.

Joey Banks with an excellent suggestion on how to bring designers and engineers closer.

As always, Rogie’s tweets gather a lot of fantastic replies.

“Figma’s Designer Advocate Luis Ouriach has been collecting your questions in chat and online. He’ll dig in with our speakers to tackle design systems questions big and small.”

Jan Toman, Productboard. ​“Not sure where to start? Get your libraries off the ground by learning how to craft UI kits that designers will love using. We’ll dive into building flexible components, aligning their API with code, and dealing with changes as the design system evolves.”

Sho Kuwamoto, Director of Product at Figma. ​“Join Sho as he kicks off our inaugural Schema conference with opening remarks. Tune in for his reflections on how design systems have grown and changed and how us system designers can help shape a better, more inclusive future.”

Branching is now available to teams on the Organization plan. It was announced in April at Config 2021, but according to Rasmus Andersson, it’s been in the making for 5 years. The lack of branches was the main issue when my team switched from Sketch and Abstract to Figma in 2018, so I hope it will become available on the Professional plan one day.

Figma’s Director of Product Sho Kuwamoto shares some of the challenges of building branching.

Ana Boyer on the best practices and strategies for collaborating in FigJam throughout the entire design process — from your first brainstorm to the final review.

Boolean groups + vector networks + rounded corners = magic! Don’t miss Miguel’s original thread, and check out where they brought it in the end 🤯

Miguel with a tip on setting up a lightweight baseline grid with Layout Grid.