Tweets
Rasmus Andersson: Cooling down after a week of remote work with the amazing Editor engineers at Figma
Pretty cool to see all the unexpected use cases for Figma that teams are coming up with.
Cooling down after a week of remote work with the amazing Editor engineers at @figmadesign. We take turns calling out an animal name and everyone else needs to draw within 15 seconds. Votes with hearts. All while being on a live video thingy together. pic.twitter.com/oicnoiSFaw
— Rasmus Andersson (@rsms) March 14, 2020
Figma: What do you wear when you’re working from home?
Remote work is a sweatpants manufacturers conspiracy.
What do you wear when you're working from home?
— Figma (@figma) March 11, 2020
Full suit?
Pajamas?
The mullet? (That's business on top, jammies on the bottom.)
Tell us. Or better yet...show us.
Figma: What does everyone else’s work from home setup look like?
Lots of neat workspaces. Also, there is a not-so-neat part 2.
We're thinking a lot about remote work this week, and got kinda curious: What does everyone else's work from home setup look like?
— Figma (@figma) March 10, 2020
Drop a picture in the replies to show us your best––or worst––effort ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Sho Kuwamoto on the design and development process at Figma
Thread by Director of Product at Figma on how their team operates.
Earlier today, someone asked how our design and development process works at Figma.
— Sho Kuwamoto (@skuwamoto) March 4, 2020
I don't know if this is interesting to anyone, but I ended up writing down our messy, unofficial process in perhaps too much boring detail.
1/nhttps://t.co/qfgFJzgHBc
Today We’re Introducing a New Prototype Sharing Permission
Sharing prototypes without giving access to their design files was released after being announced at Config.
We heard your feedback: today we’re introducing a new prototype sharing permission.
— Figma (@figma) February 27, 2020
Now, you can share *just* a prototype without giving clients and stakeholders access to the underlying design files. pic.twitter.com/vWxfbGpYn2
Rogie: What was your first Figma crush?
Lovely responses from everyone. So many things to love in Figma!
What was your first @figmadesign crush?
— ˗ˏˋrogieˎˊ (@rogie) February 21, 2020
Me — vector networks
You? pic.twitter.com/349yUfHlIs
Brie Wolfson: Something clicked about what is so special about Figma
Great thread and perspective from one of Figma employees.
Something clicked in the last couple of weeks about what is so special about @figmadesign.
— Brie Wolfson (@zebriez) February 21, 2020
What? How? Why? Some thoughts...
(also, now I can make things like this) pic.twitter.com/Kkm2u8ufpg
Jordan Singer: Natural language processing + Figma
An experimental plugin that lets you talk to Figma and design by providing instructions. Fun!
Natural language processing + @figmadesign
— jordan singer (@jsngr) February 18, 2020
An experimental plugin to talk to Figma and say things like "add a blue square" or "give me a pink circle that's 500px" pic.twitter.com/YZPtjZBG0Z
Josh Hemsley: Looking for new ways to structure Figma files / projects
Lots of ideas on structuring Figma files and projects in replies to this tweet.
Looking for new ways to structure @FigmaDesign files / projects.
— Josh Hemsley (@joshhemsley) February 18, 2020
We have lots of explorations and micro prototypes, but need a good way for everyone to always know where the latest and greatest is. Any tips? How does your team structure their files?
Design team of 5-10.
Tekeste Kidanu: Spell-checker plugin made more than $1,000
Congratulations to the author! Great to see that some developers are able to monetize the results of their work.
My spell checker plugin for @figmadesign made more than $1000 in one off payments and monthly payments combined.
— tkmadeit (@tkmadeit) February 25, 2020
Designers are willing to pay for useful plugins and making one is not hard if you know JavaScript.
👉🏿 https://t.co/TPTHsm1GNi pic.twitter.com/JoiWwVvkKz
Guillaume Hubert: 10 years of Product Design tools
A chart showing the popularity of product design tools over time, based on a number of followers on Twitter. It’s fascinating to see how some products experience exploding growth and #designtwitter favorites are changing all the time.
10 years of Product Design tools. Who will be the winner? 🏁 pic.twitter.com/GaOjDjoqVr
— Guillaume Hubert (@tidyzilla) February 23, 2020
Brian Lovin: Open-Sourced a Plugin to Fetch and Populate Data From GitHub
“The published plugin is private to our org, but hopefully the implementation is useful for anyone trying to build something similar.”
Just open-sourced a @figmadesign plugin to fetch and populate data from GitHub. The published plugin is private to our org, but hopefully the implementation is useful for anyone trying to build something similar 😊https://t.co/CMj7L3uKaZ pic.twitter.com/2HGzo9bU8L
— Brian Lovin (@brian_lovin) February 21, 2020
Michael McMillan: Figma’s Underrated Killer Feature Is Their REST API
Truly mind-blowing how this company uses Figma as a CMS for their website through API.
\1https://t.co/rP2uiK9nXV is – hands down – the most impressive web app I've ever used. Having the image editor in the browser makes everything easier, but an underrated killer feature, which I think is going to change how we build apps, is their REST API.
— Mike (Michael McMillan) (@michaelmcmillan) February 21, 2020
Copying SVG from the browser
Nice tip! That’s something I use quite often.
Need a vector logo but can't find it online?
— Cory in SF (@coryetzkorn) February 12, 2020
1. Right click on the logo
2. Inspect
3. Find the SVG node
4. Right click >> copy >> copy outerHTML
5. Paste (⌘V) directly into @figmadesign pic.twitter.com/gGObil7yJr
Thread on using Figma for complex user testing
Adam Noffsinger shares his experience with using Figma for testing a self-driving car interface on a tablet using Figma Mirror.
I haven’t used @figmadesign for prototyping much, but this week we’ve been using it for complex user testing due to time constraints.
— Adam Noffsinger (@ANoffsinger) February 13, 2020
Thought I’d share some thoughts in a thread:
Naming (And Renaming) a Design System
Jules Forrest posted a summary of her Config talk as a Twitter thread.
In 2017, when I was first researching this problem, I learned there were two distinct approaches to naming design systems: utilitarian design systems names and fun design systems names. pic.twitter.com/O5VuNP0dea
— Jules Forrest (@julesforrest) February 7, 2020
Where is the line between a PM’s and a product designer’s role?
Director of Product at Figma Sho Kuwamoto asks a fundamental question. There are dozens of responses from the community, but don’t miss Dylan Field’s thread.
Question for y'all:
— Sho Kuwamoto (@skuwamoto) January 31, 2020
Some of us at @figmadesign were having a conversation about the line between a product manager's role and a product designers role.
What do you think? How have you seen it work in the past? How SHOULD it work ideally?
A sticker celebrating one team’s switch to Figma
Well, this is a fun way to celebrate a switch!
🚨FREE STICKER ALERT 🚨We created a sticker to celebrate our switch to @figmadesign. And yes I maybe overdid it😅. Let me know you want a sticker and I will send it over #figma pic.twitter.com/Fgmd9RS5ZZ
— jens roels (@jensroels) February 1, 2020
What if Figma was a native macOS app?
That dark theme looks damn fine.
What if… @figmadesign pic.twitter.com/njEs5PHgAC
— Roman 🇺🇦 (@RomaTesla) January 29, 2020
What are your favorite plugins?
Lots of great recommendations on Dann Petty’s Twitter.
What are your favorite @figmadesign plugins?
— DANN ツ (@DannPetty) January 31, 2020