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Curated weekly newsletter about Figma
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
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Issue #238: Animating icons. Designer’s toolkit. Model designer. | Figmalion
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6 days ago
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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
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Issue #237: New navigation. Tahoe icons. Vector tools. | Figmalion
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13 days ago
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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
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Issue #236: Precise image editing. Design debate. Shadcn/create. | Figmalion
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about 1 month ago
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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
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Issue #234: Nano Banana Pro & Gemini 3 Pro. Connectors. Design Credits. | Figmalion
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2 months ago
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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
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Issue #233: Schema recordings. Config early bird. The future of design. | Figmalion
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2 months ago
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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
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Issue #231: Figma workflow. Linear glass. Buzz updates. | Figmalion
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3 months ago
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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
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Issue #230: Schema. Dylan at Lenny’s Podcast. Components spec. | Figmalion
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3 months ago
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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
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Issue #229: Config 2026 Dates. ChatGPT App. Connectors. | Figmalion
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3 months ago
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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
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Issue #228: Sonnet 4.5. The Cut tool. Purple problem. | Figmalion
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4 months ago
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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
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Issue #227: MCP Server. From Make to layers. Cursor. | Figmalion
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4 months ago
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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
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Issue #226: Prompt to edit. Sites updates. Paper + Tailwind. | Figmalion
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4 months ago
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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
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Issue #225: Paper. Reshaped. Make templates. | Figmalion
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4 months ago
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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
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Issue #224: MCP. Resilient teams. iMac G3. | Figmalion
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5 months ago
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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
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Issue #223: Color space. Shape.fm. Make-a-thon. | Figmalion
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5 months ago
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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
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Issue #222: CDO. Grug. Unicorn. | Figmalion
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5 months ago
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Issue 221 • More ways to edit images with AI • Ridd & James McDonald vibin’ on Inflight • Apple Glass icon sets • Building branded templates in Buzz
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Issue #221: Figma turns 13. Inflight vibing. Glass icons. | Figmalion
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5 months ago
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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
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Issue #220: IPO. Draw updates. Make and AI out of beta. | Figmalion
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6 months ago
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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
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Issue #219: Touch Glass. iOS 26 UI Kit. Supabase in Figma Make. | Figmalion
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6 months ago
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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
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Issue #218: Grid updates. Domains in Sites. Don’t trust the process. | Figmalion
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6 months ago
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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
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Issue #217: Form S-1. Malleable software. Config identity. | Figmalion
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7 months ago
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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
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Issue #216: FoF World Tour. Variable width stroke. Design libraries in Make. | Figmalion
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7 months ago
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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
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Issue #215: Payload. Code Layers. How I Built This. | Figmalion
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7 months ago
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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
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Issue #214: WWDC24. Liquid Glass. Code layers. | Figmalion
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7 months ago
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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
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Issue #213: MCP Server. Taste. Physicality. | Figmalion
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8 months ago
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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
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Issue #210: Config 2025. Grids. Sites. Draw. Make. Buzz. | Figmalion
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9 months ago
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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
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Issue #209: Aura to Figma. Harmonizer. Bottoms-up GTM. | Figmalion
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9 months ago
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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
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Issue #208: GPT-image-1. Designing dystopia. 4px grids. | Figmalion
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9 months ago
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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
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Issue #207: Config Agenda Planner. Figma IPO. Dev Mode™ | Figmalion
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9 months ago
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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
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Issue #206: Design System Updates. 11 Uses for Variables. AI at Shopify. | Figmalion
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10 months ago
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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?
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Issue #205: April Updates. Config Events. The Future Favors the Curious. | Figmalion
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10 months ago
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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
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Issue #204: Config agenda. Slides out of beta. UI3 Library. | Figmalion
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10 months ago
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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
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Issue #203: Smart symbols. “Lost focus.” The future of design. | Figmalion
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10 months ago
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Issue 202 • Connected projects • Figma IPO this year? • Too Many Cooks, Too Few Decisions • Making Figma plugins • Quantum Design System • Variable Visualizer
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Issue #202: Connected projects. Variable Visualizer. IPO. | Figmalion
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11 months ago
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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
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Issue #201: Plugins in Slides. Deep Dive. Build Wars. | Figmalion
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11 months ago
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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
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Builder.io
– Figma to Full-stack app • Keeyen’s portfolio Read issue:
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Issue #200: Vibe coding. Always read comments. Figma to full-stack app. | Figmalion
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11 months ago
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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
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Issue #199: Exports. Library Analytics. Config speakers. | Figmalion
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11 months ago
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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
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Issue #198: Aspect ratio. Diagramming. BeatSync Video Maker. | Figmalion
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12 months ago
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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
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Issue #197: Figbruary. Boost resolution. Anima and v0. | Figmalion
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12 months ago
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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
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Issue #196: Config details. Lovable + Builder.io. Figma as a draft. | Figmalion
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12 months ago
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I tried cheating with the new ChatGPT Tasks, but it didn’t go as planned.
12 months ago
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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
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Issue #195: JS in Figma. Pixel Point. Downsize. | Figmalion
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about 1 year ago
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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
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Issue #194: Frames. P3 colors in Tailwind. From shadcn/ui Figma kit to code. | Figmalion
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about 1 year ago
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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
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Issue #193: Price increase. Figma’s first designer. Design systems Q&A. | Figmalion
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about 1 year ago
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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
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Issue #191: Underlines. Variables in Dev Mode. Rethinking design systems. | Figmalion
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about 1 year ago
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Issue #190 • Config 2025 dates • New eyedropper • 7 updates to variables • Variables in component props • Using Auto Layout • Don’t trust the (design) process
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Issue #190: Eyedropper. Variables. Config 2025. | Figmalion
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about 1 year ago
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