“In the latest episode of Greymatter, Figma CEO and co-founder Dylan Field sat down with Greylock general partner Sarah Guo to discuss how the company has evolved to meet a surge in demand, and how he is approaching leadership during this time of great upheaval.”

Dylan Field wrote about moving Figma towards a hybrid model, where both in-person office hubs and remote work is possible. I found this part from their internal survey especially interesting: “…almost half of employees currently based in San Francisco said they would consider moving to another city within commute distance if we offered multiple WFH days per week. Nearly two thirds of employees said they would consider moving to a non-hub location before the end of 2022 if all roles had the option to be remote.”

Femke shows Ditto Words, a new tool for UX writing.

Miguel Cardona gave a virtual talk demonstrating the ways to develop and foster community through collaborative prompts and activities in a classroom with Figma.

Rogie shares a good tip on navigating nested layers.

Gleb Sabirzyanov on how not to lose your head while navigating layers.

“Part ²⁄₅. Add to your design system by building foundational components and organize them using pages, frames, names, and descriptions.”

“You have a product that is loved, and your customers are bombarding you with feature requests. How should you prioritize? Drawing from his experiences at Uber, YouTube, and Figma, Yuhki shares some helpful ideas for how you might approach this phase.”

The replies are fun, but also highly educational about all the wrong ways to do things in Figma.

Figma keeps improving its Community. Now you can filter resources by type, see trending files and plugins, and follow popular creators.

I shared some of Jordan’s experiments before, but this one goes much further.

A while ago, Rafal Tomal recorded an hour-long video on getting started in Figma, and now he shares why he switched to it completely.

Pablo Stanley, a co-founder of Blush, gives an inside look into the launch of the free illustration library and how his team built one of Figma’s most downloaded plugins.

Using the Blush plugin and illustrations from artists around the world, Rogie and Pablo Stanley will create an illustration system with components, assets, and constraints.

Three interesting challenges for the community. A good way to see how well you know Figma!

Sho Kuwamoto provides some context for their decision.

Marcin Wichary, Design Manager at Figma, gives an inside look into how selection colors and OpenType support were built.

A good conversation on his career, the PM’s role, what other projects he finds interesting, and more.

Organized by Hack Club.

Dylan Field talks about the early days of Figma, fundraising during COVID, and his experience as a first-time CEO on podcast Station F.