How To Optimize Large and Slow Figma Files, a practical case study by Doctolib on how they reduced heavy Figma files by 83% — with private nested components, auto-layout, helper components and properties standardization. Kindly shared by Jérôme Benoit and shared by Jackie Torizani.
If you run into heavy and slow files, cascade your libraries down. Split your library files … Read the rest
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AI-Powered Figma Plugins
Top 22 AI-Powered Figma Plugins 👇
A transformative toolkit designed to amplify the capabilities of designers. This curated collection of plugins leverages artificial intelligence to redefine the creative process, enabling designers to work smarter and more intuitively. Dive into a world where automation meets innovation, streamlining tasks and unlocking unprecedented efficiencies.
All these plugins have free plans and you can … Read the rest
UX Design Challenges
A UX challenge is a task that prompts designers to design a solution to a problem or scenario. UX design challenges are great for practicing UX design skills, design thinking, and whiteboarding.
Learning design theory is a good step towards becoming a better designer, but it is also important to put the things you’ve learned into practice. UX Challenges and … Read the rest
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UX Storytelling
“No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Mr. Keating
In UX, user stories build empathy by putting the audience in the users’ shoes. They also establish a common vocabulary and, because they emotionally involve the audience, they are memorable and often get audience members to buy in the UX endeavors behind the … Read the rest
Empathy and a leadership.
89% of workers agree:
Empathy is a leadership superpower.
And it’s not just a nice trait to have in a leader.
Empathy is essential for leaders to be at their peak.
It transforms the way you connect with your team,
so you can bring out the best in everyone.
Employee studies by EY show the impact of empathy:
• 89% … Read the rest
User Journey Map
Journey maps help us better understand how users interact with our product. We can use them to identify unnecessary complexity but also opportunities in the user experience. The Journey Map Figma template by Notably makes it easy to create journey maps for ideation. It includes an example and an empty journey map to create your own.
If you’re new … Read the rest
Deliveroo – Figma File Management UI Library
If you and your team want to capture and communicate thoughts and design changes directly in your Figma files, the File Management UI Library might be just what you’ve been looking for. Created by the Experience team at Deliveroo, it includes file management goodies that help you bring more context to your designs. Inside the library, you’ll find banners to separate flows … Read the rest
Figma – Design Specs Plugins
Preparing a design for developer handoff is usually a time-consuming task. Luckily, there are some Figma plugins out there to speed things up. One of them is EightShapes Specs. The plugin automatically produces page and component design specifications of selected components, instances, and frames for you. This not only comes in handy for design-dev handoffs but also for auditing … Read the rest
Using ChatGPT as a Designer
ChatGPT for the UX
There are a plethora of ways we can use ChatGPT as designers – there are almost endless ways of using it. But after two months of using it regularly, we have found a handful of tasks we find are the most useful, and efficient use of time.
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We have found that ChatGPT has been most … Read the rest