Can Design Be Open Source?: A conversation with Dylan Field about Figma and collaborating on design

How Do We Move The Rectangle: It’s no secret that we think design is integral to engineering great products. This week Gina Trapani and Skyler Balbus are joined by Dylan Field, CEO of Figma, to talk about how Figma’s collaborative interface design tool came to be.

We talk about how diverse creative backgrounds are essential to building design teams, how browser-based tools leave designers at the mercy of the browser, and the ways in which constraint inspires creativity and partnerships.

Dylan also shares a tip for new designers: get into open-source projects.

• Figma
• Adobe Fireworks (RIP)
• Aviary
• WebGL
• Hacker News
• Made by Evan
• Screenflow
• Loom
• Notion
• Repl
• Airtable

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