Figurative brings the desktop-class editor experience from Figma to iPadOS. Compatible Magic Keyboard, Trackpad, or even Mouse.

Alex from Doist shared his feelings about trying Figma, and Rafa from Netlify pointed to some specific problems in its interface. My favorite part — Koen Bok from Framer showed up in replies to remind how much Sketch team raised the bar for the design tools.

Framer Web team shows how to move from visual design to interactive prototyping in minutes, thanks to their recently announced Figma importer.

Zeplin redesigned their Figma plugin, improving export experience and solving some of the performance issues.

“Our converter allows you to open XD designs directly in Figma. All elements get converted 1:1.”

Thanks to Figma’s commitment to open web, Framer X just introduced Figma importer. This is great news for people interested in interaction design and advanced prototyping.

Ultimately she went with InVision Studio, but her comparison and experience of using them is really interesting.

A chart showing the popularity of product design tools over time, based on a number of followers on Twitter. It’s fascinating to see how some products experience exploding growth and #designtwitter favorites are changing all the time.

Figma announces integration with Maze, a service that provides design teams with UX insights from real users. You can also read the announcement at Maze.

Figma wins in this comparison, but I’m most happy about seeing a solid competition from newer contenders.

“A lightweight Figma desktop app that delivers a more natural Mac experience.” Developer shares why and how he built the app in a blog post Making Figma feel more at home on the Mac.

A deep and comprehensive comparison of Figma and Adobe XD at Envato Tuts+. There are unique strengths in both, but overall Figma wins hands-down.

A huge open-source collection of design tools, plugins, and UI kits for all major apps.

A detailed guide on turning Figma design prototype into a native iOS or Android app without writing code. I’ve never used Bravo Studio before but it’s an interesting development in line with the current #NoCode trend.

Add color styles straight out of your Tailwind CSS config file.

Storybook is an open-source tool for developing UI components in isolation for React, Vue, and Angular. This article explores some of the Storybook addons for design. The Figma addon depicts the component design next to the implementation. Design changes will automatically be reflected in Storybook.

Figma is called ​“Tool of the Year” by this report. It’s not specifically about Figma but highlights some important trends in our industry related to it, like the death of design files and baked-in collaboration.

Over 3,000 designers participated in this survey. While Sketch is still a leading tool for user flows, wireframing, UI design, prototyping, and design systems, Figma showed consistent growth in every category and was called ​“The most exciting tool of 2020”.

Figma Design Kit for Tailwind CSS, a utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom designs.

Great article by Ollie Jackson covering a lot of ground, including how to make prototypes more maintainable, communicate effectively with comments, organize text styles, and even integrate Tailwind CSS framework into a Figma design project. (If Tailwind CSS is your jam there is also a design kit for it in Community Projects section.)