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carly ayres
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- — Jenny HolzerDO NOT RETALIATE AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED
- had a furniture teacher who said, “If you want to design a chair, don't look at other chairs.”something to keep in mind the next time you're about to hop on that design trend
- Ahead of #Config2023 (t-1 day!), we shipped a swanky new redesign for the Figma Blog.💖✨ A new home for all our stories about people, and the priorities, plans, and pivots they discover along the path of bringing new ideas to life: figma.com/blog/ 🥹🌈
00:00 - I spoke with 20+ people in tech about our relationship to it—what started as a light-hearted homage on NYT’s “The 36 Questions That Lead to Love” ended up being a heartfelt conversation about the role of tech in our lives and our hopes for the future: figma.com/blog/36-questi…
- Amidst the whirlwind of #Config2024 launches, I’m excited to share The Prompt, a zine from @figma exploring AI, design, and code. We chatted with Config speakers, @figma folks, and industry experts to capture where we’re headed…
- So many things bummed me out about this episode— Mike has spent years giving generously to the design community, sharing files, riffing on ideas, and cheering folks on. Defending a trademark isn’t gatekeeping. He put in the work to arrive at something original and chose toI will say this, being on the receiving end of design twitter groupthink is trash. I’m not without blame I’ve def unintentionally and intentionally caused drama on here in the past. I’ll def be more careful with calling people out and handle things more respectfully in DMs.
- If I get on a call to let you "pick my brain" and the first thing you say to me is: "WOW you look REALLY tired," I'm legally allowed to log off for the day, thanks
- If you nerd out on product roadmaps or review processes, you're probably already subscribed to @lennysan's newsletter. This week features @figma CPO @yuhkiyam, and includes some of our go-to templates for product dev planning: lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-figma-bu… (And more to come soon..!)
- Two design studios used AI to generate images at scale. One got praised, one got roasted. What made the difference in how @Smith_Diction and @pentagram approached AI last month, and other extremely online news →
