Think outside of the box—with Claude and FigJam
With the Figma MCP app in Claude, powered by Anthropic, designers, developers, and product managers can now create AI-generated FigJam diagrams.
Show don't tell: Embed Make prototypes everywhere you work in Figma
Today, we’re introducing the ability to embed Figma Make prototypes into Figma Design, FigJam, and Figma Slides, along with new editing tools.
The new business case for design systems
What you need to know about how to track and communicate the value of your design system
Meet the maker: Kelsey Fairhurst’s irresistibly bold flatware
Brooklyn-based designer Kelsey Fairhurst launched Forks Plus, a “softline brutalist” flatware brand, with the help of Figma.
Cooking with constraints: A designer’s framework for better AI prompts
Design and cooking share a truth: Preparation determines the outcome. Structured prompts turn AI from guesswork into a reliable design partner.
Hard problems are still hard: A story about the tools that change and the work that doesn't
Figma designer–turned–product manager Nikolas Klein worked on building prototyping tools for seven years. Then AI changed the game.
Turn your prompts into visual assets and slide decks with the Figma app in ChatGPT
We’re expanding the capabilities of the Figma app in ChatGPT, so you can turn your ideas into creative assets and presentations that you can polish in Figma Buzz and Figma Slides.
Figma Make is now available in Figma for Government
With Figma Make now available in Figma for Government, teams can prototype faster, collaborate securely, and accelerate progress on modernizing public services.
Updates to AI credits in Figma
We’re introducing new ways to track your AI credit usage in Figma, and soon you’ll have more ways to buy additional AI credits.
Figma expands support for India with local data hosting and new governance tools
Figma introduces new governance features for enterprise customers, with local data residency expected next quarter.
Version control: One founder’s mission to save local farms with Figma Make
Aaron Veale, the founder of the mission-driven marketplace startup Planet Food, turned to Figma Make to build a product within weeks.
Creativity meets precision with Google's Nano Banana Pro
Creativity meets precision with Gemini 3 Pro Image Pro
5 shifts redefining design systems in the AI era
We spoke with product leaders and practitioners about the shifts they’re seeing in how design systems are built, used, and maintained.
Gemini 3 Pro is now available in Figma Make
We ran Gemini 3 through a series of design exercises in Figma Make. Here’s what stood out.
Figma opens a new hub in India to support our growing community of builders
With our new hub in Bengaluru, we’re investing in India’s fast-growing product development community.
ServiceNow and Figma launch strategic collaboration to turn design vision into enterprise transformation
AI platform, ServiceNow, and Figma announced a strategic collaboration to turn design vision into enterprise transformation.
Issue no.13: All systems go
Figma’s editorial newsletter about how products take shape—and shape our world.
Introducing Figma Weave: The next generation of AI-native creation at Figma
Figma has acquired Weavy, a platform that brings generative AI and professional editing tools into the open canvas.
Schema 2025: Design systems for a new era
As AI accelerates product development, design systems keep the bar for craft and quality high. Here’s everything we announced at Schema to help teams design for the AI era.
Three new features to help build brand momentum with Figma Buzz
With marketing templates that are now connected to your design system, plugins that pull in your favorite apps, and video trimming, we're giving designers and marketers new tools in Figma Buzz.
Design systems: From the basics to big things ahead
To prepare for Schema 2025, we combed through Shortcut archives to pull together our design systems greatest hits.
15+ ways we’re improving accessibility in Figma
To make Figma easier to navigate for all, we’re launching dozens of keyboard-only controls and improving the screen reader experience.
4 ways for design teams to chart new territory with Figma Make
These ideas from Maven Clinic, Pendo, ServiceNow, and LinkedIn show how designers can prompt a path forward with Figma Make.
6 winning Figma Makes—and what you can learn from them
This year’s Make-a-thon winners offer insights on how to prototype smarter, structure products better, and push Figma Make further.
Turn your ChatGPT brainstorms into FigJam diagrams
With the new Figma app in ChatGPT, you can turn conversations into FigJam diagrams like flow charts, Gantt charts, and more.
Bringing Figma Make to the canvas
Now you can copy any design from a Figma Make preview to the design canvas, allowing you to edit, iterate, and take your ideas further.
Design context, everywhere you build
Our latest updates to the Figma MCP server and Code Connect bring Figma design context anywhere you work.
The branding for Intercom’s AI summit looks like an alien superbloom
For the customer service and AI event Pioneer, Intercom’s designers used Figma to create a visual language of surreal flowers and shape-shifting pollen.
Figma rendering: Powered by WebGPU
We’ve updated our renderer to use WebGPU, unlocking new performance optimization opportunities. Here’s how we did it.
Free association: Production designer Jeremy Hindle on building Severance
After the Severance Emmy win, designer Jeremy Hindle traces the ideas and images that shaped Lumon’s uncanny world.
Is the app layer where AI proves its value?
The next leap in AI won’t come from new models, but from an app layer that makes the technology more intuitive and useful for everyone.
Issue no.12: New roles, new rules
Figma’s editorial newsletter about how products take shape—and shape our world.
Are roles and responsibilities a thing of the past?
For years, the boundaries between product development roles have become less defined. Our latest report quantifies this shift and explores what it means for you and your team.
The anatomy of a summer campaign: How Instacart staged a sick ’90s throwback
Instacart’s creative studio and marketing teams pulled off a nostalgic summer campaign featuring our favorite snacks from 1999.
How to harness skills that AI can’t automate
With more teams moving faster than ever, the real differentiator is craft—the curiosity, intuition, taste, and intention behind every detail.
Why is corpcore suddenly such a thing?
Software swag has upped its swag factor. Here’s why wearing your app on your sleeve has gone from cringeworthy to cool.
IDC study says the global workforce engaged in software design is expanding
IDC forecasts that the number of people involved in software design will increase from 2025 to 2029—signaling the rising importance of design as a competitive differentiator.
Version control: How Figma Make helped us figure out video playback
To get videos working just right in Figma Buzz, Product Designer Natasha Tenggoro used Figma Make to prototype complex ideas when words fell short. We show three of them here, prompts and all.
The anatomy of an activation: How Figma Commons brought design to the public
As Figma stepped into its next chapter, we wanted to celebrate in a way that kept that idea front and center.
8 tips for designers building branded templates in Figma Buzz
To create self-serve templates that bend—but don’t break—brand designers need to consider work through a marketing lens.
Getting into the groove: How music shaped the scatter brushes in Figma Draw
Today, we’re adding 10 new scatter brushes to push the creative possibilities in Figma Draw. Here’s how the team drew inspiration from Doo-wop, Vaporwave, and other music genres to design them.
Design systems and AI: Why MCP servers are the unlock
How design systems can be a productivity coefficient for AI powered workflows
Who says design needs a mouse?
Figma's new accessibility features bring better keyboard and screen reader support to all creators.
The Duolingo method: Collaboration as a core practice
Duolingo’s Math team ditches traditional handoff in favor of co-creation, scrappy prototypes, and constant experimentation.
Figma Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Tomorrow, July 31, 2025, Figma plans to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FIG.”
A tale of two parameter architectures—and how we unified them
After launching variables and component properties in quick succession, we were left with two different underlying architectures for parametrization. Here’s how we unified them.
Figma Announces Increase in Initial Public Offering Price Range
Following the launch of Figma’s roadshow last week, we’re announcing an increased price range for our proposed IPO.
The making of a product icon
Product Designer Tim Van Damme shares his thoughtful approach to Figma icon design and the creative exploration that shapes each final result.
Prompt, prototype, perfect: Figma Make is now available to all users
Today, all Figma AI features and products are moving out of beta, including Figma Make—which is now available for everyone to try.
Figma deepens roots in Australia with local data hosting and more
Figma introduces new governance features for enterprise customers, with local data residency expected later this year.
Mike Krieger and Luis von Ahn join Figma’s Board of Directors
Mike Krieger, CPO of Anthropic, and Luis von Anh, co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, are joining Figma’s Board of Directors.
Figma Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering Roadshow
Today, we’re announcing the launch of the roadshow for Figma’s proposed initial public offering of Class A common stock.
In good company: How retailers use Figma to elevate e-commerce
Brands like Nuuly, Ruggable, and GitHub are designing multidimensional experiences that build customer trust, serve employee needs, and uphold core values.
How we shaped the visual identity for Config 2025
Figma’s Brand Studio designed an immersive conference that celebrated the spirit of makership at every turn.
Rolling out Santa without freezing productivity: Tips from securing Figma’s fleet
Here's how we scaled Santa, an open-source binary authorization tool, across all Figmates’ laptops to boost endpoint security while keeping workflows seamless.
Figma moves closer to its community with Latin American Spanish localization
Latin American Spanish becomes Figma’s latest language for product and support localization.
Figma Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
An update on Figma's path to becoming a publicly traded company: our S-1 is now public.
Bill McDermott joins Figma’s Board of Directors
Bill McDermott, the Chairman and CEO of ServiceNow, is joining Figma’s Board of Directors.
6 skills every engineer needs for the AI era
Figma’s Vice President of Software Engineering Marcel Weekes and Developer Advocate Jake Albaugh share the crucial skills engineers should learn to meet the moment.
Canvas, meet code: Building Figma’s code layers
What if you could design and build on the same canvas? Here's how we created code layers to bring design and code together.