In a short video, Ridd shows how to set up and use the Raycast Figma File Search extension to navigate your Figma files quickly.

What a fun project! A new interview series looking inside Figma files of the top designers. The first season includes six interviews with folks from Perplexity AI, LottieFiles, Bezi, and other companies. There is much value in just sharing the screen and walking through your actual work files instead of creating an idealized version of the design process.

A new series from Patrick Morgan focused on UI design execution and strategy. The first video is a step-by-step walkthrough reverse-engineering YouTube’s video grid UI, with the Figma community file of the output of the work session.

Did you know that you can use math inside color values in Figma? Really cool.

This tip (and the fact that this feature exists) made me irrationally happy. Thanks, Miggi!

Yes, please.

Many of us have our own scratchpad files, but I love this naming suggestion!

Steve Dennis reflects on his experiences of using Figma and tries to identify the biggest pain points. It’s a thoughtful list of possible improvements that I pretty much agree with. Design tokens and the official marketplace would be at the top of my list.

Sean Rice shows how he does regression tests in GoDaddy’s Figma libraries.

Ryan Reid, UX Writer at Figma, created a guide and a community file to help other UX writers learn how to use Figma.

Good tips on how to avoid running out of memory in Figma. In short, it’s worth keeping an eye on hidden layers, complex components, and large assets in your Figma files.

Figma Designer Advocate Luis Ouriach talks to designers from Automattic about improving collaboration through inclusive workshops and processes.

Fons Mans recreated the latest designs from Apple, Instagram, and Shopify in Figma. Great educational resource.

Really nuanced and detail-oriented recreation of a standard macOS button by Nathan Manousos.

In his new newsletter, Joey Banks answers one of the popular questions — what’s the difference between groups and frames in Figma, and when should you use one over the other?

A very solid list of recommendations, and not only for new designers.

The team at Lokalise collected the most creative ways to use Figma and talked with designers from LinkedIn, Netflix, King, and Bumble to reveal how they work with it.