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8 tips for designers building branded templates in Figma Buzz
August 12, 2025
By Mallory Dean
To create self-serve templates that bend—but don’t break—brand designers need to consider work through a marketing lens. Here’s how to set up editing guardrails and design layouts that flex and scale.
Working Well
Figma Buzz
Tips & inspiration
Branding
Marketing
Design
Getting into the groove: How music shaped the scatter brushes in Figma Draw
August 7, 2025
By Jenny Xie
Today, we’re adding 10 new scatter brushes to push the creative possibilities in Figma Draw. Here’s how the team drew inspiration from Doo-wop, Vaporwave, and other music genres to design them.
Inside Figma
Figma Draw
Product updates
Behind the scenes
Design
Who says design needs a mouse?
August 4, 2025
By Sarah Kelly
Figma's new accessibility features bring better keyboard support to all creators.
Inside Figma
Product updates
Accessibility
Design
The making of a product icon
July 25, 2025
By Emma Webster
Creating product icons at Figma involves dozens—sometimes hundreds—of iterations. Product Designer Tim Van Damme shares his thoughtful approach to icon design and the creative exploration that shapes each final result.
Inside Figma
Figma Design
Design
Design thinking
Behind the scenes
Prompt, prototype, perfect: Figma Make is now available to all users
July 24, 2025
By David Kossnick
Today, all Figma AI features and products are moving out of beta, including Figma Make—which is now available for everyone to try. Here’s how teams are using the prompt-to-app tool to dream bigger, move faster, and work better together.
Inside Figma
Figma Make
Product updates
AI
Prototyping
Design
News
In good company: How retailers use Figma to elevate e-commerce
July 11, 2025
By Diana Budds
Brands like Nuuly, Ruggable, and GitHub are designing multidimensional experiences that build customer trust, serve employee needs, and uphold core values.
Maker Stories
Design
Design systems
UI/UX
Branding
How we shaped the visual identity for Config 2025
July 3, 2025
By Matt Alagiah
From giant inflatable glyphs to welcoming soundscapes, Figma’s Brand Studio designed an immersive conference that celebrated the spirit of makership at every turn.
Inside Figma
Branding
Design
Motion
Config
Behind the scenes
Events
In good company: How agencies are transforming client collaboration
June 24, 2025
By Diana Budds
To take creativity to new heights, agencies and freelancers are breaking down traditional boundaries and using tools like Figma to partner with their clients every step of the way.
Maker Stories
Design
Branding
Collaboration
Design systems
UI/UX
Make your site interactive with code layers
June 17, 2025
By Alex Mullans
Today we’re launching code layers—a new way to build custom interactions in Figma Sites.
Inside Figma
Product updates
Prototyping
Design
Motion
Tips & inspiration
AI
News
Figma Sites
What they’re not teaching in design class—and what you can do about it
June 12, 2025
By Michelle Liu, Valerie Wong
Designers don’t just shape experiences—they shape businesses. But with so many design programs lacking in business fundamentals, these Figma Campus Leaders argue that students should go extracurricular.
Working Well
Career & education
Tips & inspiration
Design
8 essential tips for using Figma Make
June 10, 2025
By Alexia Danton
Here, we share our team’s favorite prompts, pro tips, and best practices for using Figma Make to help you get the most out of our recently launched prompt-to-code feature.
Inside Figma
Design
AI
Tips & inspiration
Productivity
UI/UX
Figma Make
Bill Atkinson’s 10 rules for making interfaces more human
June 9, 2025
By Figma
We commemorate the Apple pioneer whose QuickDraw and HyperCard programs made the Macintosh intuitive enough for nearly anyone to use.
Maker Stories
Design
Thought leadership
Profiles & interviews
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