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Figma × Marcin

@figmadesign

20 May

This is a story of a Figma bug that wasn’t a bug at all.

In November of 2019, one of our users reported this: ⁝ MW

In short, pressing Shift+2 using one key worked, but pressing Shift+2 using the numeric keypad key didn’t.

Curiously, the bug only happened on Windows, and not on a Mac.

Turns out this bug goes back all the way to… 1977.

This was the time when IBM, the #1 computer maker of that time, continued their attempts to conquer the burgeoning small, personal computer market. (Before, most of their computers looked like the one below.)

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Figma × Marcin

@figmadesign

20 May

It’s the coldest of takes that as a designer you have to learn to constantly switch between thinking of big things and considering details. ⁝ MW

The former is crucial, but the details can make or break a product. On the other hand, details can also suffocate you – there are endless small fixes, torrents of bugs, and infinite polish that could be applied to anything… but there is never infinite time.

As a result, you need to develop a sense of which details matter, and which not… and constantly seek input on your calibration.

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Figma × Marcin

@figmadesign

20 May

Hi! This is Marcin.

For the last year or so, I have been obsessed with Sutro Tower, a TV and radio tower that’s almost exactly in the center of San Francisco. It’s 300m in height, and sitting on a hill that’s just as tall itself. ⁝ MW

The tower has been there since 1973, and it’s become a weird icon – a thing you must acknowledge is not beautiful in any traditional sense, but you grow to like over time as an almost-constant skyline companion in SF.

I am still figuring out why I love it so much. Partly, I think, it’s because it is so weird and technical… or, perhaps, that its beauty is not the kind of traditional designed beauty I’m supposed to love and promote as a designer.

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Figma × Marcin

@figmadesign

18 May

@nannearl_

What’s up people!? It’s @nannearl_ 👋🏾🙂 I do research for the growth team here at Figma & they’re tossing the keys my way to run this thing for the day… so I guess that’s what’s happening. 😅 brb *googles “how to tweet professionally”*

-Nannearl

Gonna use this thread to share 3 things about me (because, why not?), starting with:

1. I’m very good at answering questions with questions (which is why research is right up my alley, I guess). Ask me anything & I’ll have a question ready for you. 😎

-Nannearl

2. I believe NY-style strawberry cheesecake reigns supreme over all desserts and will fight anyone over this. 😐

-Nannearl

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Figma × Marcin

@figmadesign

17 May

@byalicelee

That was SO fun! Thanks for joining our last Twitter Space, but hayooo, we're not done. In our next Twitter space jam, we're going to be talking to a few of our artists for stickers of FigJam — @byalicelee, @alanady and @Jabronus.

Join our space! twitter.com/i/spaces/1YpKk…

🧵

@Jabronus

The lickable, Candy Bytes by @Jabronus

https://twitter.com/jabronus/status/1384906183690031107?s=21

@byalicelee

The totally adorbs, Cat Cafe by @byalicelee

https://twitter.com/byalicelee/status/1384923953781694466?s=21

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Figma × Marcin

@figmadesign

17 May

@pablostanley

I'm amazed at what our customers have built in Figma. I've asked a few designers to share just a teensy peek of what they've built. Figma, under the covers as I like to call it.

Join our space where @pablostanley and I talk shop: twitter.com/i/spaces/1vAxR…

🧵 Some examples:

https://twitter.com/figmadesign/status/1394337259726331910

@JustinMezzell

In @JustinMezzell's "Project Terrarium", he's taking illustration systems to a whole new level. Quickly change up colors using selection colors & color styles.

There's colors for shadows (w/ blending modes) as well as objects in the terrarium are swappable components.

@pablostanley

With @pablostanley's @blushdesignapp, your illustrations are super-powered with a plugin. You can create own compositions with different stickers, like this living room scene with plants, sofas, and cats...all of the cats!

Try it yourself: bit.ly/3uWxm63