The dirty little secrets designers will never tell you… Unless you follow them on Twitter, that is. — This article isn’t being written because I advocate or advise reckless design behavior, but let’s be honest, it happens, and we’re all guilty of it. I usually write articles about design best practices, so I thought it would be fun to share the opposite, the less advertised but common bad…

10 Rules & Best Practices when using Figma — Figma is used by most design teams today, but not all designers utilize it to the full capacity and get the most out of what the tool has to offer. In this article, I would like to share a few best practices I've learned over the years using Figma to…

Tips and best practices for components in Figma — Recommended: Follow Along in Figma

Take your knowledge of auto-layout to the next level — Follow along with the Figma Community file I created. 1. Auto-Layout Shortcuts

How I make $1,000+ per month writing on Medium — I published my first article on Medium on October 18th, 2017 — exactly four years ago today. In that time, I’ve learned a lot and watched the platform evolve into what it is today. After spending loads of time on Medium and paying attention to trends, writing, and reader behavior…

Figma is awesome, but you can’t rely on it for everything — I’ll be the first to say that Figma is a godsend for designers. It’s made my design process more efficient and made me a better designer. Figma has rocketed to its well-earned position of superiority in the design community not by accident. Still, though, we as designers can’t rely on…

Industry best practices to design like a senior designer. — 1. Use base components for variant sets Tutorial: https://youtu.be/vVPSYSziRFY

More Figma hacks you might not know yet. — After writing 10 Figma Tricks I Wish I Knew Earlier, and receiving such awesome feedback, I decided to take it a step further and share more ways that I’ve been using Figma and Figma plugins to design at warp speed. 1. Breakpoints

Figma hacks you might not have heard of. — I’m consistently impressed by all the useful features Figma has baked into their app. What used to be a workaround in Sketch is now a thought out feature in Figma — a breath of fresh air. I frequently stumble upon time-saving features that I wish I knew about sooner —…