Neumorphism (or “New Skeuomorphism”) is a design trend that aimed to blend realism with minimalism. It gave UI elements a soft, extruded look, making them look dimensional and flat simultaneously.

The Figma team has introduced three updates to frame presets in UI3, designed to enhance your design efficiency:

I love talking to students for their refreshing ambition. I spoke recently at the UW HCI program (thanks to my friend and host Douglas Pyle) and their energy was delightful. They imagine great projects in their future and can’t wait to get started. Yet we all know after a few years in the workforce, that joy often fades. What can we do to bring it back? Here is one way.

In the world of User Experience (UX) design, Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design have long been the cornerstone for crafting intuitive, user-friendly digital interfaces.

We turned six big ideas percolating around the Figma office—written from the perspective of devs, designers, analysts, writers, PMs, card-carrying generalists—and put them on record. Here’s a look at what’s on our minds for 2025.

Product drops and sales are a great way to increase revenue, but these events can result in traffic spikes that affect a site’s availability and performance. To prevent website crashes, you’ll have to make sure that the sites you design can handle large numbers of server requests at once. Let’s discuss how!

Rudy Khaw, CEO at AirAsia brand co. – an entity dedicated to enhancing the reach and impact of the AirAsia brand through brand management, licensing, IP development and merchandising – has championed a vision where AI serves not as a replacement for human ingenuity, but as a powerful collaborator.

I came to realize that the most inspiring, authentic design on the internet today comes from niche places.

Industry leaders from companies like Ableton, Snapchat, and Coda set resolutions for managing teams, shipping products, and sparking great ideas in the year ahead.

Branding design is constantly changing these days. We see a new rebranding or logo remake at least every few weeks.