Uber took a programmatic approach to create 256 new components for map markers. ​“By automating the construction of the markers, I was able to avoid human-error and efficiently generate the full set of variants. Programmatically testing the components allowed me to thoroughly validate them under multiple scenarios and be confident of their quality.”

Replies to this tweet by Sho Kuwamoto, Figma’s Director of Product, provide an interesting peek into the current state of things and what their team might work on next.

“You can now embed Figma files in P2 so everyone on your team can find and review the latest design files in a single workspace.”

Figma redesigned team settings to make user management and billing more efficient.

Carol Chan shares her learnings from building a collapsible card component with many properties.

I shared some of Jordan’s experiments before, but this one is truly magical. Let’s hope it will become a real plugin one day!

A collection of cool micro-interactions made in Figma.

A beautiful explanation of the fundamentals of good typography.

Noah Jacobus pushes Figma’s capabilities beyond normal product design and uses it to draw, style, and animate the logo.

“In this video we’ll teach you more advanced Auto Layout techniques to create a navigation menu using the button we created in the previous video.”

“In this video, we’ll teach you the basics of using Auto Layout by creating a button from a single text layer.”

Come for the tip, stay for a beautiful demo.

A nice way to share the always up-to-date versions of your designs.

⌘+⇧+K to place an image, ⌘+⇧+C/V to copy/​paste it from/​to an object.

And another short video from Miguel, this time about Bezier curves.

With support for components, hyperlinks, PDF export, presentation mode, and shared community files, Figma became a fantastic tool for designing slides and creating presentations. This article provides an overview of the modern workflow.

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

Image Tracer traces black and white bitmap images and turns them into a vector layer.

A simple plugin that allows you to warp, bend, and distort vector shapes.

Presentation template featuring ​‘Stuck at Home’ illustrations by Blush.