Joel Miller

Nov 11, 2024 | azbigmedia.com | Joel Miller

Independent music labels have carved out a distinctive niche. Over the decades, they have evolved from small, underground entities to influential players that compete with major record labels. Benjy Rostrum says this evolution reflects broader technology, culture, and economic trends within the music industry.

Oct 1, 2024 | figma.com | Ryhan Hassan |Joel Miller |KC Oh |Carly Ayres

Our goal with UI3, our latest interface for Figma, is to keep designers in the flow by minimizing distractions and placing their work center stage. With that north star in mind, our team worked for over two years, iterating on myriad approaches—even reversing some core design decisions, like the floating navigation and properties panels, after launch. It’s all been in service of delivering the next generation of Figma UI to the millions of people who use it everyday.

Sep 19, 2024 | azbigmedia.com | Joel Miller

In today’s fast-paced manufacturing industry, minimizing downtime and maximizing equipment efficiency are crucial. AI solutions for manufacturing quality control are at the forefront of this transformation, offering predictive maintenance and AI visual inspection to help businesses stay competitive. Let’s explore how these advanced technologies reshape manufacturing, providing practical insights and real-world examples to illustrate their impact.

Sep 5, 2024 | figma.com | Jessica Svendsen |Chad Colby |Ryhan Hassan |Joel Miller

Developing a brand refresh means rethinking its very foundations. As we charted an evolution of image, color, pattern, and motion, we treated our typeface as a crucial counterpart—a way to punctuate a heightened visual language. In the first article in our series on Figma’s brand evolution, we’re taking you behind the scenes of our new custom typeface, Figma Sans, designed by Swiss and American type foundry Grilli Type.

Jun 26, 2024 | figma.com | Dylan Field |Ryhan Hassan |Joel Miller |KC Oh

Since we first brought AI features into FigJam, we’ve been thinking about how to harness the power of AI in Figma. As with everything we do at Figma, our main goal is to give you the tools you need to do your best work—to look beyond the hype and find real solutions to real user problems. Through that lens, we’re excited to introduce Figma AI, a collection of features designed to help you work more efficiently and creatively.