Resources

“An icon component that uses the Font Awesome Pro OTF files and ligatures to make adding icons (and swapping styles) simple and easy.”

Jordan Singer announced Tricycle, a set of automation tools for designers powered by AI. Over the years, Jordan has built some of the most interesting Figma plugins and experiments, so I’m stoked for this product.

Joey Lamelas with a cool photo-realistic artwork. See the process on Twitter.

Two Lokis is better than one! A different style but really cool artwork as well.

Vijay is a true Figma wizard. Look at his process on Twitter.

A chart kit with 15 different designs to use in your mockups.

“A library of high-quality illustrations made in Procreate, with peppy personalities, free to use in your projects.”

“Browser Kit is a set of components for getting screenshots onto your Figma designs. Screenshots go from your browser directly into your design file, all thanks to the magic of Figma components.”

“The Microsoft Surface Duo Design Kit includes safe areas, design patterns & guidelines, dual screen postures, and components for designing Dual Screen apps that users love.” (The last link about Microsoft for now, I promise!)

“Windows 11 mockup is containing different frames created to give you the all-new Windows 11 feel.”

“Everyone is talking about the new Microsoft emojis and redesign. Here are high quality Microsoft emojis in all their 3D glory!”

Template for running an asynchronous and remote design sprint in FigJam.

A beautiful illustration of Pixar’s Luca by Vijay Verma.

Cool reproduction of the original emoji set from 1997.

The best iOS 15 UI kit by ex-Figmate Joey Banks.

“For designers working in Figma, every click matters. We recently launched 30 features, fixes, and improvements to enhance your workflow in Figma.”

A collection of the most popular ​“Sign in with” buttons, complete with all the official button variants and a convenient custom button to match your own design system.

An interesting new app for creating and editing Lottie animations without After Effects. Supports importing assets from Figma.

While the makers of Tailwind Figma sponsor this issue, I also wanted to mention their free design kit with basic elements like spacing, typography, and icons from the Tailwind CSS framework.

Sometimes, the right tool for the job is the one you own and know. Figma may not be the best app for publishing an ebook, but this UI kit provides valuable building blocks for creating a good-looking PDF.