Issue 238 • AI Design Field Guide • Designer’s toolkit for Claude Code • Why Claude’s icons feel so good • Illustrating the Gemini App • Paper at App Stacks figmalion.com/issue/238

Issue 237 • It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons • Best new icons of 2025 • New navigation inside Figma • Playback for Figma • Miggi explains vector tools figmalion.com/issue/237

Issue 236 • shadcn/create • A visual editor for the Cursor • Design debate • 3 new tools for precise image editing in Figma • Updates to AI credits in Figma • Component to do list • Lynt plugin figmalion.com/issue/236

Issue 234 • The Rosetta Stone of Design Engineering • The Future According to @zoink • Prompting Google’s Nano Banana Pro • Make connectors for Notion, Linear, Atlassian, etc • Demos of Gemini 3 Pro in Make figmalion.com/issue/234

Issue 233 • Early bird tickets to Config 2026 • State of Product Design survey • Schema 2025 recordings • Deep Dive into Atlassian’s Figma file • Dylan Field on the Future of Design figmalion.com/issue/233

Issue 231 • Schema by Figma is on Tuesday • A Linear spin on Liquid Glass • Lessons learned in AI and design workflows • Vibe Code in Figma Make • Figma Workflow • Three new Buzz features figmalion.com/issue/231

Issue 230 • Schema by Figma on October 28 • Dylan Field on Lenny’s podcast • Where’s the AI design renaissance? • Components spec • shadcn/ui course by Vercel • Inverse color tokens tip figmalion.com/issue/230

Issue 229 • Config 2026 dates • Liquid Glass Is Cracked • AI Has Flipped Software Development • FigJam app in ChatGPT • Figma Make connectors • Ridd and James McDonald vibin’ on Inflight • Contra working file figmalion.com/issue/229

Issue 228 • AI has a Purple Problem • 7 Practical Animation Tips • Sonnet 4.5 in Figma Make • Improved vector editing with the Cut tool • Dylan Field at TBPN • Aerial light show figmalion.com/issue/228

Issue 227 • Vibe code prototypes at Shopify • Learn Cursor • From design to code with Claude Code • Why you should care about design context • Bringing Figma Make to the canvas figmalion.com/issue/227

Issue 226 • Paper + Tailwind CSS = 🤝 • “Prompt to edit” alpha • Attach images as prompt references • Organizing design iterations • Building aligned design systems • Major updates to Figma Sites • Make-a-thon winners figmalion.com/issue/226

Issue 225 • Paper public alpha • Miggi shows Shape Builder • Measure spacing as you adjust layout • Intro to Dev Mode • Templates in Figma Make • Reshaped is open-sourced • New Apple UI kits figmalion.com/issue/225

Issue 224 • You Don’t Need Animations • How to build a resilient design team by @jonas.do • What if the iMac G3 dropped today? • How AI Turns Figma into Code • Component playground made with Make • Figma Make tutorial figmalion.com/issue/224

Issue 223 • What is a color space? • Shape.fm podcast • Objects to instances workflow • From Figma to code • A technique to improve your vectors • Make-a-thon with Contra figmalion.com/issue/223

Issue 222 • Chief Design Officers of Figma & the US of A • Grug designer • Unicorn Studio • SF Symbols in page names • Figma Make course for beginners figmalion.com/issue/222

Issue 221 • More ways to edit images with AI • Ridd & James McDonald vibin’ on Inflight • Apple Glass icon sets • Building branded templates in Buzz figmalion.com/issue/221

Issue 220 • Figma’s IPO: Design is everyone’s business • Interfaces That Augment or Replace? • Draw: scatter brushes, offset paths, stroke updates • Dev Mode: Why MCP servers are the unlock • Dan Mall on Auto Layout • Why AI has changed prototyping forever figmalion.com/issue/220

Issue 219 • Glass effect • Official iOS and iPadOS 26 UI kits • Building with Claude Code & Figma MCP • Figma Make + Supabase • Untitled UI React • Essential Tokens plugin figmalion.com/issue/219

Issue 218 • Don’t trust the process • Grids: delete rows & columns and set min/max • Animated mockups using Midjourney • Kigen Color Generator • Animations on the Web figmalion.com/issue/218

Issue 217 • Form S-1 for Figma IPO • Theo on why Figma is going public now • Malleable software by Ink & Switch • Quality is a trap • Glass3D generator for CSS • Tweakcn for shadcn/ui figmalion.com/issue/217

Issue 216 • Friends of Figma World Tour • Annotations support in Figma MCP • Variable width strokes in Figma Draw • Design libraries and guidelines in Make • Building Figma’s code layers figmalion.com/issue/216

Issue 215 • Payload CMS is joining Figma • How I Built This with Dylan Field • Hardik Pandya on Liquid Glass • Code layers in Figma Sites • Browser notifications • MCP demo • Early days of Figma by Rasmus Andersson • Tailwind Tokens figmalion.com/issue/215

Issue 214 • Why I stopped prototyping in Figma • Build clickable prototypes with Figma MCP & Cursor • Code layers in Sites • Apple WWDC25 • Liquid Glass in Figma and code • Rethinking Color Theory figmalion.com/issue/214

Issue 213 • Introducing Figma Dev Mode MCP server • Apple fonts now available in Figma • Physicality: the new age of UI • Taste • Designing icons for blank states • Grade axis in variable fonts figmalion.com/issue/213

Big Post-Config Issue 210! • #Config2025 • Grids • Figma Draw, Sites, Make, and Buzz • @t3.gg on Figma Make • A conversation with Jony Ive • More designers should be founders by YC • Class Action • State Machines by @colebemis.com figmalion.com/issue/210

Issue 209 It’s the Config week! Come say hi! • From Reactive Graphics to the Agent Era by John Maeda • Aura to Figma by Meng To • Harmonizer by Evil Martians • OkColor v11 • Bottoms-up GTM • Prioritising craft figmalion.com/issue/209

Issue 208 • Edit Image & Make an Image • gpt-image‑1 model • Curved connectors in FigJam • Designing dystopia — the creative vision behind Severance • Saying bye to 4px spacing and hello to Fibonacci • How to streamline your design system workflow • Preline UI kit figmalion.com/issue/208

Issue 207 • Config 2025 Agenda Planner • Community events • Figma confidentially files for IPO • Figma tells Loveable to stop using the term ‘Dev Mode’ • 5 Figma updates @jesseshowalter.bsky.social loves • Magic Animator by @lottielab.bsky.social figmalion.com/issue/207

Issue 206 • Design System Quality Features • Connected projects are live • QR Code Generator • Design for the AI age at Linear • Reflexive AI usage at Shopify • 11 uses for variables • Superflex 2.0 figmalion.com/issue/206

Issue 205 • Reordering modes and collections • Annotations in Design Mode • Config after-parties • The Future Favors the Curious • AI and pixel-perfect designs • Why Is the World Losing Color? figmalion.com/issue/205

Issue 204 • Checking color contrast • Slides out of beta + 6 major updates • Config SF speakers & agenda • What makes designers happy at work? • AI is reshaping UI • Designing UI3 icons & UI w/ Tim Van Damme • Figma’s UI3 Kit • Figma’s design process & user feedback figmalion.com/issue/204

Issue 203 • Updates to pricing, seats, and billing experience • Smart symbols for all fonts • “Figma lost focus on designers” • The Future Of Design With Figma’s Dylan Field • Figma on Craft • Bolt × Figma • Herman Miller rebrand • Monotype on future typography figmalion.com/issue/203

Issue 202 • Connected projects • Figma IPO this year? • Too Many Cooks, Too Few Decisions • Making Figma plugins • Quantum Design System • Variable Visualizer figmalion.com/issue/202

Issue 201 • Plugins in Figma Slides • File View History • Collapsing the talent stack • Prototyping with variables • Deep Dive • Visual Electric Figma plugin • Build Wars Live figmalion.com/issue/201

Issue 200 (!) • New tags on Community resources • When coding becomes conversation • Designers: always read the comments • How to use AI to automate Figma workflows • Lovable.dev x Builder.io – Figma to Full-stack app • Keeyen’s portfolio Read issue: figmalion.com/issue/200

Issue 199 • Image sampling in exports • SVG export fixes • Variables and styles in Library Analytics • Config 2025 SF speakers • Rocket livestream • Animate It • Copy Figma variables to CSS figmalion.com/issue/199

Issue 198 • Aspect ratio • Diagramming in FigJam • “No reason to use Figma anymore” • Lewis Healey’s predictions for design systems • Solving problems with JS • Dotted pattern interaction • BeatSync Video Maker • WaveMaker AutoCode figmalion.com/issue/198

Issue 197 • New: Gradient variables binding in DevMode • New: Search through top Community files • New: Increase image resolution and clarity • #Figbruary • Figma and custom design systems in v0 • Transform Figma into shadcn/ui components with Anima figmalion.com/issue/197

Issue 196 • A first look at Config 2025 • Turn designs into apps with Lovable.dev & Builder.io • Finalizing work outside of Figma • Opacity in color scales • Goldfish bowl pill • FigUI3 components for plugins • Dylan Field on designing the future figmalion.com/issue/196

I tried cheating with the new ChatGPT Tasks, but it didn’t go as planned.

Issue 195 • Figma is being squeezed from both edges • Modern browsers vs. design tools • Smith & Diction’s 2025 Process deck • Pixel Point’s tutorials • Solving Problems with JS • Downsize plugin • Notes from Figma by Andrew Chan figmalion.com/issue/195

Issue #194 • Improvements to frame presets • AI for brand-aligned illustrations • P3 colors in Tailwind CSS • Text in dark UIs • shadcn Figma kit • Figma to shadcn/ui • Pinwheel app figmalion.com/issue/194

Issue #193 • Price increase on March 11th, 2025 • Andrei Herasimchuk, the 1st designer at Adobe/Figma • Design Systems Q&A w/ Brad Frost • Figma files at Figma • File organization matrix figmalion.com/issue/193

Issue #191 • Decorate underlines • Variables in Dev Mode • Rethinking design systems • 2024 Design Tools Survey • The making of the Figma Pattern Library • Component performance • Making plugins with AI • Photo Gradient figmalion.com/issue/191

Issue #190 • Config 2025 dates • New eyedropper • 7 updates to variables • Variables in component props • Using Auto Layout • Don’t trust the (design) process figmalion.com/issue/190