Yuhki Yamashita, VP of Product at Figma, gives an inside look at how they designed the fastest way to keep an entire company up-to-date on the roadmap using a Coda doc.
Gleb got on the challenge of implementing typing in the prototype using overlays, keyboard triggers, GIFs, and some magic. Absolutely impractical but fun nonetheless!
A question in the @figmadesign community inspired a fun challenge: implement “real” typing in the prototype! I used overlays, keyboard triggers, gif and some magic! ✨
— Gleb Sabirzyanov (@gleb_sexy) March 21, 2020
Duplicate the file to see how it works. And if you fancy it — add characters & remix! https://t.co/Os1u3KsQG8 pic.twitter.com/eCC8x9Sc3x
Drag-n-drop from the Assets tab is a time-saver.
🔥 @figmadesign tip:
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) March 20, 2020
Better way to swap a component
1. Select the component you want to swap
2. Goto the Assets tab
3. Search for a component
4. Press “Option”
5. Drag n Drop component it to the component on the canvas you selected in #1https://t.co/N9mRgt9c1z pic.twitter.com/BitvwTGvBP
Figma CEO & Co-Founder Dylan Field shares insights on crucial moments in Figma’s creation, overcoming SaaS burnout, active vs. passive user-pricing, getting Greylock and Sequoia to invest after they initially passed, and more.
Figma opened their Config conference Slack workspace to the public.
Thomas Lowry, Designer Advocate at Figma, wrote a recap of a session at Config on building your own plugins to help you and your team work faster. Great examples and use cases from GitHub, Atlassian, and Uber.
Good looking and extensive starter template and wireframe kit.
Designing an open-source project in the open.
Design fam, we hear you. For our @figmadesign plugin project, y’all want a Style Guide Generator. Let’s build it! 💪
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) March 11, 2020
As an open-source project — since we’re building this for you, we want your input! How? Simply duplicate the file, design your ideas and publish it.
1/4 https://t.co/ZJHjFcLScL
Pretty cool to see all the unexpected use cases for Figma that teams are coming up with.
Cooling down after a week of remote work with the amazing Editor engineers at @figmadesign. We take turns calling out an animal name and everyone else needs to draw within 15 seconds. Votes with hearts. All while being on a live video thingy together. pic.twitter.com/oicnoiSFaw
— Rasmus Andersson (@rsms) March 14, 2020
Thread by Director of Product at Figma on how their team operates.
Earlier today, someone asked how our design and development process works at Figma.
— Sho Kuwamoto (@skuwamoto) March 4, 2020
I don't know if this is interesting to anyone, but I ended up writing down our messy, unofficial process in perhaps too much boring detail.
1/nhttps://t.co/qfgFJzgHBc
Twitch broadcast of illustrating and animating a cute computer.
This tutorial by Charli Marie shows the basics of Figma — how it works, how to use it, and some tips and tricks to get the most out of it while you’re getting started.
“Think of it as the Chatroulette of design reviews.“ Random community project every time you reload the page.
Lovely responses from everyone. So many things to love in Figma!
What was your first @figmadesign crush?
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) February 21, 2020
Me — vector networks
You? pic.twitter.com/349yUfHlIs
An experimental plugin that lets you talk to Figma and design by providing instructions. Fun!
Natural language processing + @figmadesign
— jordan singer (@jsngr) February 18, 2020
An experimental plugin to talk to Figma and say things like "add a blue square" or "give me a pink circle that's 500px" pic.twitter.com/YZPtjZBG0Z
Thomas Lowry (Designer Advocate, Figma) on what happens when you open the entire design process to the greater cross-functional team, what he’s learned from talking to hundreds of design teams, and shares some of his own experiences of working on Figma at Figma.
Dylan Field, CEO of Figma, reflects on the conference, Figma community, open design, and some key themes that emerged from a collective discussion.
A large set of cute free and open-source illustrations.
Great Ask-Me-Anything at Designer News with Noah Levin, Design Director at Figma. He answers questions about sourcing new design hires, interview process at Figma, internal and external transparency, latest product announcements, and more.