Issue 042 · Updated weekly
Stop watching
Figma tutorials.
Start finishing
them.
Eighteen hand-written guides on plugins, prototyping, design systems and the boring-but-essential stuff. No course funnels. No "ultimate" lists. Just the steps that actually work.
- Tutorials
- 74
- Topics
- 08
- Read time
- ~7m
Browse by hub
§ 01 — The latest
What we published recently.
Layout Jun 06, 2026
Figma dropdown menus and context menus: patterns, states, and handoff
Design dropdown, select, and context menus in Figma with menu item variants, keyboard focus specs, positioning rules, and Dev Mode notes engineers can implement.
6 min read Intermediate Read →
Layout 6m
Figma dropdown menus and context menus: patterns, states, and handoff
Jun 06, 2026 Read →
Guide 6m
Designing navigation and tabs in Figma: patterns, states, and handoff
Jun 05, 2026 Read →
N° Title Read Date
04 Figma tables and data UI: rows, columns, sorting, and handoff Guide 6m
Jun 05
05 Designing modals and dialogs in Figma: overlays, focus traps, and handoff Guide 6m
Jun 04
06 Figma boolean operations: unite, subtract, intersect, and exclude for icons and UI Guide 6m
Jun 04
07 Figma Gradients and Fills for UI: Linear, Radial, and Token-Safe Patterns Guide 6m
Jun 03
08 Figma Sections: Organize Pages, Prototype Flows, and Hand Off Without Chaos Prototyping 5m
Jun 03
09 Figma Effects for UI: Shadows, Blur, and Elevation Without Handoff Surprises Guide 6m
Jun 02
§ 02 — Pick a path
Where are you on the curve?
The same Figma file looks completely different depending on what you already know. Pick the level that's not a stretch — these reading lists are sequenced.