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Figma | Latest News & Updates - Dec 06, 2024 Release

Figma introduced updates to Plugin and REST APIs, including annotations, measurements, rich text formatting, and advanced prototyping, as well as a feature for Org Admins to view uncaptured users in their organization...

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Figma

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Figma is a leading collaborative design tool based in San Francisco, California, that enables teams to design, prototype, and gather feedback on products in a single platform. It aims to make design accessible to everyone and offers a suite of products including Figma Design, FigJam, and Figma Slides, facilitating collaboration among designers, developers, and product managers.

Figma - Latest News and Updates

  • Figma introduced updates to Plugin and REST APIs, including annotations, measurements, rich text formatting, and advanced prototyping, as well as a feature for Org Admins to view uncaptured users in their organization.
  • In 2024, Figma released 180 new features, hosted 10,000 attendees at their largest Config event in San Francisco, and launched Figma Slides.
  • Figma introduced a feature allowing users to import slides from Figma Design into a deck with one click and add new template styles from the styles overview modal.
  • Figma is rolling out horizontal scrolling in UI3 this week.
  • Kathrin Ivanovic Baeza has left Figma as Executive Assistant to the Chief Marketing Officer in the United States to join Atlassian as Senior Executive Assistant.
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  • Figma released 180 updates and hosted 10,000 attendees at Config in 2024, according to Chief Marketing Officer Sheila Joglekar Vashee.
  • Griffin Choe is leading AI security efforts at Figma.
  • Figma's Chief Product Officer Yuhki Yamashita discussed in a podcast how the company uses storytelling and simplicity to enhance product taste, highlighting the initial controversial idea of allowing non-designers to access work-in-progress files.
  • Emmanuel Cabane, Figma's first solution architect, joined the team in November 2022 and is based in Paris.
  • Figma hosted a successful Design System Meetup in Seoul last week, focusing on efficient design system deployment, Figma Variables, and developer-friendly management strategies.

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