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What we launched at Framework

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Jacob Miller

We announced Code Connect for developers, typography and gradient variables, and our Library Analytics API to help you drive design system adoption across your entire organization.

Inside FigmaDesign systemsProduct updates

The right code for your design system

By 
Emil Sjölander

Today, we’re announcing beta for Code Connect, a feature built to improve design system adoption by making code more accessible and useful for developers.

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Design systems 102: How to build your design system

By 
Chad Bergman

It’s time to build your design system! We’ll walk you through the basics of creating a system tailored to your unique goals and challenges, whether building from scratch or starting with existing pieces.

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Building with AI

AI + design: Figma users tell us what’s coming next

By 
Andrew Hogan

What do designers, developers, and executives really think about the promise of AI? Our new survey aims to find out.

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Shipping hype: PMs on what it takes to bring AI features to market

By 
Suzanne LaBarre

How do you build AI features people want and trust? Product Managers at Figma, Duolingo, Asana, and LinkedIn share their tips.

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The anatomy of a component sprint

By 
Brian Alfaro, 
Victor Alejandro Aguilar

The Washington Post’s inclusive process for creating new design system components bridges the gap between design and development to make features that help navigate the news online.

Maker StoriesDesign systemsBrainstorming
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Meet the maker: Nicole Boettcher’s Figma-designed quilts

By 
Jenny Xie

A former product designer now crafts quilts using the design tool she knows best—giving whole new meaning to moving rectangles in Figma.

Maker StoriesDesignProfiles & interviews
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The anatomy of a Super Bowl ad

By 
Jenny Xie

How learning app Duolingo’s cheeky five-second spot beat the odds in a crowded field.

Maker StoriesBehind the scenesBranding
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Figma’s 2023 Handoff

Making work more like play has a way of smoothing the edges, and eroding boundaries.
Amber Bravo, Director of Content & Editorial, Figma
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Issue no.4: Find your framework

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Figma

What happens when a bunch of design systems diehards get together to talk shop?

Inside FigmaThe Long & Short of It

What we launched at Framework

By 
Jacob Miller

We announced Code Connect for developers, typography and gradient variables, and our Library Analytics API to help you drive design system adoption across your entire organization.

Inside FigmaDesign systemsProduct updates

The right code for your design system

By 
Emil Sjölander

Today, we’re announcing beta for Code Connect, a feature built to improve design system adoption by making code more accessible and useful for developers.

Inside FigmaProduct updatesEngineering

The future of design systems is marketing

By 
Ana Boyer

Design systems promise consistency, efficiency, and scalability, but realizing these benefits hinges on widespread usage. To get your entire team on board, you’ll need to tap into your inner marketer and craft a compelling adoption strategy.

InsightsDesign systemsDesign
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The anatomy of a component sprint

By 
Brian Alfaro, 
Victor Alejandro Aguilar

The Washington Post’s inclusive process for creating new design system components bridges the gap between design and development to make features that help navigate the news online.

Maker StoriesDesign systemsBrainstorming
Geometric art with parallel lines, circles, and waves in yellow, green, orange, and blue.Geometric art with parallel lines, circles, and waves in yellow, green, orange, and blue.

Design systems 102: How to build your design system

By 
Chad Bergman

It’s time to build your design system! We’ll walk you through the basics of creating a system tailored to your unique goals and challenges, whether building from scratch or starting with existing pieces.

InsightsDesign systemsCareer & education

Surf the web like it’s 1999 with these old-school cursors

By 
Jenny Xie

404 isn’t just an error code—this year it’s our annual April Fun Day. We’re throwing it back to our favorite digital design eras, from the days of DOS to Y2K, and from skeuomorphism to Windows Vista.

Inside FigmaBehind the scenesCulture
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Join us for Framework by Figma: Our global design systems event

By 
Chris Felix

We’re bringing together the design systems community on April 16 to share new features, best practices, and a peek into what’s coming next.

Inside FigmaDesign systemsEngineering

AI + design: Figma users tell us what’s coming next

By 
Andrew Hogan

What do designers, developers, and executives really think about the promise of AI? Our new survey aims to find out.

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