Protocol on a new product: ​“FigJam is a simple tool for brainstorming, and the next step toward the company’s vision for a multiplayer internet.”

Great tip: you can copy a magnetic arrow from FigJam to Figma, and it will keep working!

Another good tip, this time from Miggi. Love how tightly the apps are integrated!

Jenny led the design of FigJam and now reflects on what she learned from launching it.

Keeyen led the design of the toolbar and shares some of the process and design details.

Alice Lee shows her cat café-themed sticker pack and highlights a few other artists in this thread.

One of the first few Community files for FigJam. ​“Keep your team aligned and in sync during a project from start to finish. By using these workshop templates you can easily facilitate kick-off workshops, stand-up’s and retro-meetings.”

FigJam is an online whiteboard made for designers to ideate and brainstorm with their extended teams. Think of it as a lightweight version of Figma that’s easier to learn and even more fun to use. It’s for defining user problems, looking for inspiration, and exploring ideas.

Great guest post by David Luhr at Figma’s blog on what it takes to ship a commercial UI kit with over 1,400 components and 10,000 distinct elements, all while keeping quality and usability top of mind. I love the work the Tailwind team is doing, and this is a great look into their process.

A free preview of the official Tailwind UI Figma Kit, containing all the Text, Color, and Effect Styles found in Tailwind UI, along with 40+ complete components that use the latest Auto Layout and Variants features. See also a blog post on its creation above.

Update from November 2nd, 2021: Figma assets have been discontinued.

What an exciting leak! ​“FigJam is a new whiteboard space where you can explore ideas with your team.”

Ran Segall explains why Figma is better for starting and experimenting on designs.

Live-building Sign-in and Registration components for the official Tailwind UI Figma kits.

Open-source design and prototyping alternative to Figma. Really cool to see!

“In 2017, InVision was the top prototyping tool, with 60% of UXTool survey respondents indicating they used it. Only three years later, their user share fell to 23%, with more than half of those people only using it as a secondary tool. In contrast, Figma has seen an explosion of growth and popularity, rising from about 8% of respondents using the tool in 2017 to about 57% in 2020.”

Creating responsive prototypes with Figma and Anima.

Zapier announced a new set of features for product teams, including native support for Figma Variants.

A new 3rd-party app for commenting on Figma files from your phone.

Mizko shares his opinion along with votes from 913 designers on the best design tools in 2021.

An overview of tools for converting Adobe Illustrator files to Figma. Based on this test, XD2Sketch works the best and has a comprehensive set of converters between popular design tools (the name is misleading), but their price is steep.