The Impact of Figma on Design Practices
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bravomartin
10mo ago· 4 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article reflects on the impact of Figma on the field of design over the past decade, highlighting its role in enabling remote design practices. The author expresses concerns about how Figma is shaping the design industry.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledA decade later, Figma is a core part of our creative process, and without it, we wouldn't have been able to build a fully remote design practice.
However, over the course of the last five years, I’ve grown increasingly worried about what Figma is doing to the field of design.
I first encountered Figma in 2013, when Dylan Field demoed an early prototype to me at O’Reilly’s Foo Camp.
The subtle ways in which design tools shape how we think and what we make
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