Is Figma holding design systems back?

About this episode

The episode discusses whether Figma is helping or hindering design systems.

Is Figma holding design systems back? Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single question around design system troubles with a Q&A from the live audience. It's the month before Config! So we're diving into a spicy topic - is Figma helping or hindering design systems? Is the future of design systems a world where Figma...

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Murphy, Michelle Chin

Topics covered

• design systems
• Figma
• technology
• entrepreneurship
• live podcast
• Q&A

Keywords

• design systems
• Figma
• technology
• podcast
• live recording
• Q&A
• Config

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Figma

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