CategoryFigma

August 15, 2022 — Christine highlights some of Figma’s features and possibilities to help you build a design that aligns with code as much as needed and improve your team work. Read more…

June 17, 2022 — In this article, Andrii shares his approach to managing tables in Figma in an easier, more streamlined way when there is a need to support different screen resolutions, change the order of columns, and use real-life content. Read more…

January 3, 2022 — Figma has advanced enough where it now supports some powerful concepts that can help with the flexibility and maintainability of a design system. In this article, Sasha explains why she finds the Systems Designer position so rewarding — and it’s not only because of how fast certain tools have developed to help her master challenges she faces in her work projects. Read more…

August 12, 2021 — Useful Figma plugins that will help you fix all the little slowdowns and boost your productivity. From color management and image assets to SVG shapes and animation. That’s our new guide to Figma. Read more…

July 7, 2021 — Interactive Components in Figma allows designers to create a component with states (hover, active, clicked, focus) and make it interactive so that every copy of the component will inherit those same interactions by default. Let’s explore how it can reduce the time and effort needed to create interactions for your mock-ups. Read more…

October 21, 2020 — There are hundreds of Figma plugins available as of today, yet the Figma plugin search functionality is pretty basic and at times it can be very difficult to find the right plugin for a certain task. This article will take an in-depth look at several plugins that can speed up your design workflow. Read more…

September 2, 2020 — Unlike most design software, Figma is free and browser-based so developers can easily access the full design files making the developer handoff process significantly smoother. This article explains everything they need to know to work with Figma. Read more…

September 25, 2019 — This is a detailed guide for those who are struggling with tables in Figma. We’ll create a table using components, so that later on you could save a lot of time on scalability and edits. Moreover, you’ll be able to easily integrate the table into your design system. Read more…

September 2, 2019 — Switching tools isn’t a decision to be taken lightly. Here’s a nuts-and-bolts and behind-the-scenes look at how Help Scout migrated design systems from Sketch to Figma — why we made the switch, a step-by-step walkthrough of what it entailed, and what we got out of it — a story that applies to any team considering a large-scale tool migration. Read more…

August 27, 2019 — In this article, let’s take a closer look at what Figma really has to offer. Here are 20 tips on how to work faster and better with this well-known and collaborative interface design tool. Read more…