What’s next for Figma, senior in 2 years, UX designer guide to prompting

“Truly, the current dominant method of structuring the design system on the canvas is paradoxical. It may look beautifully organised like portraits, but could be downright messy, especially for new users, similar to post-its left on a wall. And when a new designer walks to an entire wall of documentation, they are left drowning, not knowing where to start or look.

Perhaps it’s time for figma to rethink the affordance of their design systems within its interface. If so, what could it be?”

What’s next on Figma’s mind? Redesigning design systems →

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Make me?think

• Forbes: the parasite SEO company → “Are you sick of Forbes appearing in search results? For topics that Forbes doesn’t have any expertise in? (…) None of these Google rankings are an accident. And I’m not cherry picking a few high ranking posts. Forbes completely dominates Google today.”
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• The roads not taken → “Design crits and stakeholder presentations are crucibles from which our work emerges battered and bruised, but stronger.”

Little gems this?week

Leveraging LLMs to uncover experience gaps at Nike Soho →

Design what makes us human →

Design system dilemmas: similar looks, different functions →

Tools and resources

• A UX designer guide to prompting → How humans and machines can understand each other.
• A guide to fighting → How to deal with professional challenges.
• A senior designer is not made in 2 years → Designers need time and experience to grow.

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