Emily Brody

Aug 21, 2024 | figma.com | Emily Brody |Alia Fite |Annie Berrones

When Figma announced , I was intrigued but skeptical. On one hand, as an engineering manager at Decathlon, the outdoor and sporting goods retailer, I’m an advocate for trying new tools. On the other I’ve seen many promising tools fall short of truly aligning design and development workflows. However, after a year of hands-on experience, I’ve found Dev Mode to be transformative for our team. The standout feature has been Code Connect, which has significantly elevated our design system workflow.

Apr 11, 2024 | figma.com | Emil Sjölander |Jake Albaugh |Emily Brody

Codegen is the process of generating code automatically, based on a defined set of rules or specifications. When we first set out to build Dev Mode, streamlining design implementation was our North Star. As we thought about how to incorporate codegen into the design-to-code process, we realized that codegen is not a hands-off replacement for translating design to code. Rather, it provides a jumping off point, so you don’t have to start from scratch every time.

Apr 10, 2024 | figma.com | Jenny Xie |Emily Brody

At The Washington Post, wehelp readers understand the rapidly evolving events shaping their world. In order to deliver the news quickly, reliably, and at a high quality, we need tools and processes that accelerate collaboration. So, in 2019, we embarked on an ambitious journey to craft The Washington Post Design System (WPDS). Building a rich library of interactive components hasn’t been easy.

Feb 13, 2024 | figma.com | Emily Brody |Jenny Xie |Suzanne LaBarre

There are two sides to Duo, the bespectacled owl mascot of the learning app Duolingo: wholesome and “unhinged,” as the internet describes him. If you caught the Super Bowl, you may have seen unhinged Duo star in his own five-second ad. In it, Duo sits in a white frame with a sheepish expression.

Jan 25, 2024 | figma.com | Kris Rasmussen |Emily Brody |Alia Fite

Today, we’re introducing annotations to Dev Mode, along with improvements to compare changes, plugins, and the Figma for VS Code extension. Dev Mode will move out of free beta on January 31. From the moment we asked, “How can a design tool work better for developers?”, we’ve heard from our growing community of Dev Mode users about what front-end developers and design systems engineers really need from Figma.