A Figma prototyping masterclass from the team who designed it (Dive Club S3 | E9)

This Deep Dive is a special one because we get to hear from Niko Klein and Garrett Miller from the prototyping team at Figma.

We get a behind-the-scenes look at everything that led up to the advanced prototyping release at Config 2023 as well as:

How Niko collaborates with engineering
The prototyping feature they didn’t think they would release
How they balanced power and simplicity while designing the expression builder
Traits of a prototyping culture
Strategies for prototype fidelity
The future of prototyping in Figma

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0:00 Intro
1:00 Backstory to Config 2023
4:50 Building on top of variables work
6:07 How the design team collaborated
7:56 Garrett joining Figma
11:05 The design process for text variables in prototypes
14:20 How Figma beta tests new features
19:06 How Figma keeps track of edge cases
20:45 How Niko collaborates with engineers
22:10 Designing a powerful expression builder (while keeping it simple)
25:02 A surprise addition to the project
29:17 Figma's vision for prototyping
32:19 Traits of the best prototyping cultures
36:50 Strategies for fidelity levels in prototyping
41:56 How to build scrappy prototypes with variables and local components
44:31 The potential future of prototyping in Figma

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[benilsonrui]

Amazing stuff here, Ridd. So many valuable and helpful feedbacks.

[AjonaM]

very misleading titile.I was expecting a lesson showing how to prototype vs people talking about concets like variables and tokens ie Show dont tell! Wasted 30 min of my time.