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From quick style variations to precise edits, Nano Banana Pro helps teams stay creative without losing context or brand integrity.

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Gemini 3 Pro is now available in Figma Make

November 18, 2025

By Loredana Crisan

We ran Gemini 3 Pro through a series of design exercises in Figma Make. Here’s what stood out.

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Version control: One founder’s mission to save local farms with Figma Make

November 26, 2025

By Matt Alagiah

Factory farms and rising costs are putting British Columbia’s small growers out of business at an alarming rate. To fight back, entrepreneur Aaron Veale used Figma Make to build a marketplace app that helps farmers sell their produce—all in a matter of weeks.

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4 ways for design teams to chart new territory with Figma Make

October 8, 2025

By Jenny Xie

From redrawing product roadmaps to building starter templates, these Figma Make ideas from Maven Clinic, Pendo, ServiceNow, and LinkedIn show how designers can prompt a path forward.

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8 essential tips for using Figma Make

June 10, 2025

By Alexia Danton

Here, we share our team’s favorite prompts, pro tips, and best practices for using Figma Make to help you get the most out of our recently launched prompt-to-code feature.

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Bringing Figma Make to the canvas

September 25, 2025

By Nikolas Klein

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.

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Design context, everywhere you build

September 23, 2025

By Kris Rasmussen

Our latest updates to the Figma MCP server and Code Connect bring Figma design context anywhere you work.

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Are roles and responsibilities a thing of the past?

September 10, 2025

By Andrew Hogan, Matt Walker

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.

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Is the app layer where AI proves its value?
September 12, 2025
By Andrew Hogan
The next leap in AI won’t come from new models alone—the app layer will be what makes new technology stick.
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How to harness skills that AI can’t automate
September 9, 2025
By Emma Webster
With more teams moving faster than ever, the real differentiator is craft—the curiosity, intuition, taste, and intention behind every detail.
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Figma's 2025 AI report: Perspectives from designers and developers
April 24, 2025
By Andrew Hogan
Figma’s AI report tells us how designers and developers are navigating the changing landscape.
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Config 2025: Pushing design further

In the era of AI, design will be what separates good from great. But design is more than just pushing pixels. Design is about solving problems artfully.

Dylan Field, Co-founder and CEO, Figma

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Design systems and AI: Why MCP servers are the unlock
August 6, 2025
By Ana Boyer
Paired with MCP servers, design systems become a productivity coefficient for AI-powered workflows, ensuring that AI agents produce output that’s relevant and on brand.
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Why you should care about design context
September 24, 2025
By Thomas Lowry
As developers increasingly use agentic coding tools, the structure and clarity of design files matters more than ever. By thoughtfully organizing your work, you can help your developer counterparts build more efficiently and accurately.
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September 23, 2025
By Kris Rasmussen
Our latest updates to the Figma MCP server and Code Connect bring Figma design context anywhere you work.
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Version control: One founder’s mission to save local farms with Figma Make
November 26, 2025
By Matt Alagiah
Factory farms and rising costs are putting British Columbia’s small growers out of business at an alarming rate. To fight back, entrepreneur Aaron Veale used Figma Make to build a marketplace app that helps farmers sell their produce—all in a matter of weeks.
Maker Stories
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Creativity meets precision with Google's Nano Banana Pro
November 20, 2025
By Noah Levin
From quick style variations to precise edits, Nano Banana Pro helps teams stay creative without losing context or brand integrity.
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5 shifts redefining design systems in the AI era
November 19, 2025
By Emma Webster
As AI reshapes how we make products, design systems are evolving from libraries of reusable parts into living frameworks that scale taste and craft. We spoke with product leaders and practitioners about the shifts they’re seeing in how design systems are built, used, and maintained.
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Gemini 3 Pro is now available in Figma Make
November 18, 2025
By Loredana Crisan
We ran Gemini 3 Pro through a series of design exercises in Figma Make. Here’s what stood out.
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Figma opens a new hub in India to support our growing community of builders
November 12, 2025
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With our new hub in Bengaluru, we’re investing in India’s fast-growing product development community.
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ServiceNow and Figma launch strategic collaboration to turn design vision into enterprise transformation
November 6, 2025
By Figma
Today, ServiceNow, the AI platform for business transformation, and Figma announced a strategic collaboration to turn design vision into enterprise transformation.
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Issue no.13: All systems go
November 6, 2025
By Figma
When things move fast, foundations matter more than ever.
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Introducing Figma Weave: The next generation of AI-native creation at Figma
October 30, 2025
By Dylan Field
Figma has acquired Weavy, a platform that brings generative AI and professional editing tools into the open canvas. As Figma Weave, the company will help build out image, video, animation, motion design, and VFX media generation and editing capability on the Figma platform.
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Schema 2025: Design systems for a new era
October 28, 2025
By Paige Costello
Design systems help teams push what’s possible while maintaining a high level of craft, polish, and performance. Here’s everything we announced at Schema by Figma to help teams design for the AI era.
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Three new features to help build brand momentum with Figma Buzz
October 23, 2025
By Jasmine Stoy
With marketing templates that are now connected to your design system, plugins that pull in your favorite apps, and video trimming in Figma Buzz, we’re giving designers and marketers new tools to create branded assets that speak volumes.
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Visibility at scale: How Figma detects sensitive data exposure
October 23, 2025
By Dave Martin
Solving security challenges at scale requires creativity as much as rigor. To reduce the risk of sensitive data exposure, we built Response Sampling: a lightweight, real-time control that watches outbound responses, validates access, and provides an early warning system across our products.
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Design systems: From the basics to big things ahead
October 21, 2025
By Madeline Stafford
To prepare for Schema 2025, we combed through Shortcut archives to pull together our design systems greatest hits.
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Creativity meets precision with Google's Nano Banana Pro

Gemini 3 Pro is now available in Figma Make

Version control: One founder’s mission to save local farms with Figma Make

Push what's possible with Figma Make

4 ways for design teams to chart new territory with Figma Make

8 essential tips for using Figma Make

Bringing Figma Make to the canvas

Design context, everywhere you build

Are roles and responsibilities a thing of the past?

Perspectives on AI

Is the app layer where AI proves its value?

How to harness skills that AI can’t automate

Figma's 2025 AI report: Perspectives from designers and developers

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Design systems and AI: Why MCP servers are the unlock

Why you should care about design context

Design context, everywhere you build

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Version control: One founder’s mission to save local farms with Figma Make

Creativity meets precision with Google's Nano Banana Pro

5 shifts redefining design systems in the AI era

Gemini 3 Pro is now available in Figma Make

Figma opens a new hub in India to support our growing community of builders

ServiceNow and Figma launch strategic collaboration to turn design vision into enterprise transformation

Issue no.13: All systems go

Introducing Figma Weave: The next generation of AI-native creation at Figma

Schema 2025: Design systems for a new era

Three new features to help build brand momentum with Figma Buzz

Visibility at scale: How Figma detects sensitive data exposure

Design systems: From the basics to big things ahead

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Creativity meets precision with Google's Nano Banana Pro

Gemini 3 Pro is now available in Figma Make

Version control: One founder’s mission to save local farms with Figma Make

4 ways for design teams to chart new territory with Figma Make

Are roles and responsibilities a thing of the past?

Is the app layer where AI proves its value?

How to harness skills that AI can’t automate

Figma's 2025 AI report: Perspectives from designers and developers

Design systems and AI: Why MCP servers are the unlock

Why you should care about design context

Design context, everywhere you build

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Version control: One founder’s mission to save local farms with Figma Make

Creativity meets precision with Google's Nano Banana Pro

5 shifts redefining design systems in the AI era

Gemini 3 Pro is now available in Figma Make

Figma opens a new hub in India to support our growing community of builders

ServiceNow and Figma launch strategic collaboration to turn design vision into enterprise transformation

Issue no.13: All systems go

Introducing Figma Weave: The next generation of AI-native creation at Figma

Schema 2025: Design systems for a new era

Three new features to help build brand momentum with Figma Buzz

Visibility at scale: How Figma detects sensitive data exposure

Design systems: From the basics to big things ahead

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