Resources

Great comparison of different techniques for customizing components by Ana Boyer. Playing with the examples instead of just reading about them makes all the difference.

Generic MIDI player by Filipe Soares.

Joey Banks created a thumbnail template for files in Figma. ​“Easily add teammates’ avatars, custom fields and statuses, and instance swap between templates or themes.”

“You can use this calendar for UI elements, planning tables, print designs. It includes all the months as variants, so it’s easy to switch between months.”

Slides from Marshall Bock’s internal presentation at Google with Figma tips and tricks. I also highly recommend podcast Design Details which Marshall co-hosts with Brian Lovin.

“We created this UI Kit to help you design and build mobile screens in dark mode. Components and layers were created with versatility in mind and can be edited to fit your needs. All the colors meet WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) when used in the recommended way.”

Fantastic morphing animation made entirely in Figma by Daniel Tan.

“Complete annotated TypeScript source code for a Figma plugin built using the Create Figma Plugin toolkit and monetized via Gumroad license keys.” Fantastic starter kit if you want to monetize a plugin.

Katie Langerman made a Figma component library of IKEA (US) organizers, boxes, baskets, jars, etc. Useful if you use Figma for home planning and organization.

Beautiful artwork and animation. See also a video walkthrough of the process.

“This is an interaction of a digital camera demonstrating the zoom in, zoom out, and shutter action when a photograph is clicked.”

Friends of Figma community is moving from Slack to Discord. If you haven’t joined before, now is the time!

Full vector mockups of the new MacBook Pros.

A set of 144 consistent and commonly-needed glyphs, all tailored to look nice and sharp at 16px.

Toni Gemayel’s project intended to help Figmates create their profiles in the Community.

The indispensable project brought to us by Toni Gemayel and Georgia Lee.

The New York Times Crossword from 2/20/2012, playable as a Figma prototype through its Interactive Components feature.

Cool illustration based on Netflix’s new TV show.

Miggi created a single-point infinity sign, then Vijay came up with a cool animation. Team work 🙌

Luis Camino, a UI/UX designer at BMW and MINI, shares a few best practices for Library editors.