Feeling like your @figma account could use some tidying? I know, I've been there.

Here are the 8 steps I follow to build a file thumbnail component that's minimal, consistent, and scales: 1. Make a Frame that's the right size (1600x960 suggested)

Name it 'File Thumbnail'

I bet you recognize this emoji: 🎸

But have you ever wondered why the @Fender #Stratocaster became so iconic?

Here are three reasons it's a timeless design:

itspatmorgan.substack.com/p/design-grati… @Fender Rams Principle #1: It’s innovative

The #Strat has many little innovations, but a big one is the tremolo.

#Fender’s unique design opened up a new level of expression for the instrument.

That expressiveness became an iconic, sonic building block for Clapton, Hendrix and more!

I asked designers for their favorite @figma keyboard shortcuts.

220+ responses and hours of synthesis later...

Here are the top 10 keyboard shortcuts to supercharge your workflow: @figma #10: Copy properties → ⌥ ⌘ C

Easily transfer styles from one shape to the next. Amazing!

via @ImAndrewPons

Once you craft a presentation in @figma, traditional slide tools just feel... insufficient.

But to unlock that power, I needed to set guardrails to give structure to the blank canvas.

7 small enhancements made all the difference: @figma 1. Keep it to one presentation per file

I set that limit because I found it became hard to find old presentations if I tucked them away in multiple pages of one file.

File level separation resolves that issue.

For those interested in my @figma project cover organization and workflow, here’s a quick intro to the library I maintain for my team to make designing in Figma even easier.🧵 The Project Thumbnail - I use it across my files for organization. I have a primary light variant for most projects and a secondary dark variant for libraries. I nest a Status component in each alongside the @jupiterone logo which comes from our logo library.