Resources

Figma announced Schema, a conference focused on building, scaling, and contributing to design systems. Apply to attend on October 7th, 2021 for a virtual day of sessions led by top design systems leaders from Atlassian, Lyft, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, and Productboard. Read more in Thomas Lowry’s blog post.

This file contains character sticker sheets and illustrations from Microsoft Inclusive Design’s toolkit. They are commonly used when referencing Microsoft’s Inclusive Design methodology and the diversity in human abilities and preferences.

A new app reimagining developer handoff from Figma.

Luis prepared a best practice guide on how to structure your frames in Figma.

Pretty cool illustration of the Iron Man, from sketch to the final artwork.

Beautiful flower patterns built with Variants.

“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.