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Making Space for a Handmade Web

Jan 11, 2025 | figma.com | Andrew Hogan |Jake Albaugh |Jenny Xie

I make art using the internet as a medium. From unearthing YouTube comments left under love songs to turning my desktop into a landscape full of browser windows, I work to reimagine what the internet can be. When I share websites I’ve made, people often respond with comments like “I wish the web were like this.” These reactions confuse me: I just made this website, and the web still is very muchlike this: personal, poetic, expressive. That is, if you know where to look.
When To Off-Road the Product Roadmap

Jan 9, 2025 | figma.com | Peter Yang |Andrew Hogan |Yuhki Yamashita

As we enter the new year, you’re probably already in execution mode, working through carefully plotted 6-to-12 month roadmaps. Your team has done the heavy lifting of synthesizing research and user feedback, aligning with other teams, and ensuring that your plan is adequately resourced. Now, it’s time to go from scoping to shipping. There are Gantt charts to make, kickoffs to have, and launch strategies to create. But before you get consumed by the tactics and to-dos, take a step back.
Navigating the Promise and Pitfalls of AI

Jun 18, 2024 | figma.com | Andrew Hogan

While there are no doubt exciting things to discover with AI—it’s worth saying that there is something to all the hype—many of us are also still figuring out how it can actually be useful. It’s not easy to stay focused, keep iterating, and try to answer difficult product questions when it seems like companies release a new app, feature, or research paper every day. But that’s exactly why it’s the perfect time to embrace the uncertainty and figure out what sticks.
AI + Design: Figma Users Tell Us What’s Coming Next

Mar 20, 2024 | figma.com | Andrew Hogan |Suzanne LaBarre

Generative AI has been compared to the internet, electricity, and even fire. Despite these seismic expectations, most teams working on AI-powered products and features say that their innovations aren’t yet breaking new ground. This may owe to the fact that while developers are at the forefront of this technology, it’s designers who are trying to keep pace translating the capability into intuitive, useful experiences.
Report | Figma Blog

Jan 25, 2024 | figma.com | Paul Trotter |Andrew Hogan |Alia Fite |Wendy Lu
Events | Figma Blog

Jan 25, 2024 | figma.com | Azra Daniels |Herbert Lui |Jenny Xie |Andrew Hogan
Social impact | Figma Blog

Jan 24, 2024 | figma.com | Jenny Xie |Rebecca Ackermann |Andrew Hogan |Miguel “Miggi” Cardona

For companies of a certain size, carbon neutrality in the here and now isn’t out of reach—it’s just short-sighted. With our $500,000 investment in carbon removal via Watershed, the enterprise climate platform and marketplace, Figma ensures that vanguard technologies the future depends on will continue to scale.
Insights: Opinions from Industry Leaders

Jan 24, 2024 | figma.com | Kris Rasmussen |Yuhki Yamashita |Carly Ayres |Andrew Hogan

Design systems are going to go through a big shift over the next few years, and I think the best way to predict the future is to create it.
Research | Figma Blog

Jan 24, 2024 | figma.com | Jenny Xie |John Maeda |Andrew Hogan |Max Burkhardt
What’s Happening at Config 2023?

Jun 19, 2023 | figma.com | Andrew Hogan |Ted Brown |Dylan Field

That’s all, folks. We’re basking in the afterglow and already experiencing Config withdrawals. Good thing the party doesn’t have to stop here: There are plenty of inspiring talks to catch up on and endless hot takes and #confits to scroll on Twitter. Is it too soon to start planning for next year? After an action-packed day of hearing from the smartest folks in tech and design, running into old friends, and making new ones, we’re back for more. Here’s a running log of what we’re up to in Config-land.