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6 designs that reimagine how we interact with software
April 1, 2026
By Emma Webster
From a multiplayer embroidery sampler to a photo booth that works across time zones, this year's Make-a-thon winners offer new ways to connect, reflect, and play through software.
Maker Stories
Design
Figma Make
Tips & inspiration
5 design skills to sharpen in the AI era
March 10, 2026
By Madeline Stafford
Our latest research highlights the skills designers need to meet the moment.
Insights
AI
Career & education
Design
Tips & inspiration
Research
Vishal Kapoor’s 10 rules for building honest products with AI
March 10, 2026
By Vishal Kapoor
Affirm SVP of Product Vishal Kapoor shares 10 non-negotiable rules for harnessing AI to build products that are clear, secure, and fundamentally honest.
Working Well
Product management
Tips & inspiration
AI
How to supercharge your design system with slots
March 5, 2026
By Zoë Adelman, Sarah Kelly
Slots give you the ability to customize components without breaking the system. We’re sharing five field-tested tips from early users to help you unlock more freedom without giving up control.
Inside Figma
Design
Design systems
Figma Design
News
Product updates
Productivity
Tips & inspiration
3 ways product teams are building conviction faster with Figma Make
March 4, 2026
By Emma Webster
From communicating complex behaviors to pushing the edges of an idea, product managers at ServiceNow, Ticketmaster, and Affirm are using Figma Make to prototype their way forward.
Maker Stories
AI
Figma Make
Product management
Tips & inspiration
Workflow lab: AI image tooling and interactive prototyping in Figma
February 27, 2026
By Mallory Dean
A workflow to try—bringing together precise image editing, Vectorize, and interactive prototypes to move from concept to crit to completion faster.
Working Well
AI
FigJam
Figma Design
Figma Make
Prototyping
Tips & inspiration
4 ways for design teams to chart new territory with Figma Make
October 8, 2025
By Jenny Xie
From redrawing product roadmaps to building starter templates, these Figma Make ideas from Maven Clinic, Pendo, ServiceNow, and LinkedIn show how designers can prompt a path forward.
Working Well
Figma Make
Design
Prototyping
Collaboration
Tips & inspiration
6 winning Figma Makes—and what you can learn from them
October 7, 2025
By Emma Webster
Winners from our first global Make-a-thon offer insights on how to prototype smarter, structure products better, and push Figma Make further.
Maker Stories
Design
Profiles & interviews
Tips & inspiration
Figma Make
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
6 skills every engineer needs for the AI era
June 26, 2025
By Jenny Xie
Beyond boosting efficiency, the strongest software developers use AI to explore the problem space and find more creative solutions. Figma’s Vice President of Software Engineering Marcel Weekes and Developer Advocate Jake Albaugh share the crucial skills engineers should learn to meet the moment.
Insights
Engineering
AI
Tips & inspiration
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