#Using Figma
The magic of Figma: use cases you wouldn’t expect
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.
Inside Figma: building a more collaborative design process
The product design team at Figma shares how they use FigJam, their online whiteboard, to be more generative as a team and with their cross-functional partners. Make sure to also check out the full livestream of the conversation and the community file with some of the components they use.Reducing memory usage and file bloat in Figma
Great advice on improving Figma’s performance from Ana Boyer.Ultimate Guide to Using Icons in Figma
Molly Hellmuth wrote a guide on everything you need to know about setting up icons, using icons in designs, and handing off icons for development in Figma. See also her top 10 tips from this guide on Twitter.10 Figma Best Practices to 10X Your Workflow
Most “best practices” articles are too basic and superficial, but this one by Danny Sapio is a rare gem. All of the recommendations are solid, and by following them you can make a huge difference to your Figma workflow.Live Designing: My Design Process in Figma
Part of Rafal Tomal’s video series on his design process. Don’t miss the 2nd part as well.
Individually copy and paste effects
A reminder about an essential feature from Joey Banks.Live design session with Clubhouse
Gumroad (which I love and use to sell my book) hosted a live design session using Figma and Clubhouse. What a great idea for gathering customer feedback in real time!
Why You Should Never Start Your Web Design Process in Webflow
Ran Segall explains why Figma is better for starting and experimenting on designs.
Visualizing lunchboxes
A creative way of using components to create custom graphics.
Designing stained glass art
What an unusual use case for Figma, but the end result looks great!
Selecting objects with a transparent background
Smart workaround for selecting objects with a transparent background. I also like a follow-up from Gleb Sabirzyanov in the replies on ensuring that developers won’t implement this hack.
Speed Up Your Workflow With Figma Plugins
Smashing Magazine published an in-depth look at several plugins that can speed up your design workflow.Figma TV
A new project showing how talented designers use Figma.Rearrange items by dragging a little pink dot
A nice tip for rearranging components, frames, and shapes.Confessions that will get your Figma design card revoked
The replies are fun, but also highly educational about all the wrong ways to do things in Figma.Getting Started in Figma
A while ago, Rafal Tomal recorded an hour-long video on getting started in Figma, and now he shares why he switched to it completely.
Figma tips for developers
Another developer’s perspective on using Figma. Nice to see how shared resources and available UI kits empower developers to design on their own.
Figma for Web Developers
A frontend developer’s glance at Figma. His view of Figma as a GitHub for designers rings very true to me.
Craft a Dark Theme With Material Design
Liam from Google Design shows how to craft a dark theme to complement your app’s Material Design light theme using Figma.
