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Join Us for Framework by Figma: Our Global Design Systems Event | Figma Blog (opens in new tab)

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Figma announced Framework, a global design systems event focused on new tools, best practices, and the future of design systems. The event aims to help teams manage increasingly complex systems while improving collaboration between designers and engineers. It also highlights Figma’s broader effort to connect design systems more closely with code and organizational adoption.

Event Focus and Agenda

  • Framework was scheduled as a half-day virtual event on April 16, 2024.
  • The program included:
    • Deep dives into new design system features
    • Best practices from companies such as Verizon
    • Product sessions about Figma’s future direction
    • A design-to-code roundtable with Bumble, GitHub, and Hewlett Packard
    • Expert Q&A sessions
  • The article also references features announced at Framework, including Code Connect, typography and gradient variables, and the Library Analytics API.

Building More Adaptable Design Systems

  • Design systems have evolved from basic style guides into foundations for product design and development.
  • Figma acknowledges that implementing and maintaining them can be complex.
  • Its approach aims to support both structured workflows and more flexible, freeform design.
  • Product sessions were intended to cover how teams can structure, maintain, and increase adoption of their systems.

Connecting Designers and Engineers

  • A central goal was to bring design systems practitioners from design and engineering together.
  • Sessions addressed both design principles and technical implementation.
  • Figma previewed capabilities intended to reduce the gap between design and development.
  • The event emphasized cross-functional collaboration as essential to successful design systems.

Global Design Systems Community

  • Framework was presented as a global community event, with virtual programming for broad access.
  • Additional events were planned for Asia on April 18 and Tokyo on April 23, alongside future meetups in London and other cities.
  • Participants could attend the main-stage announcements and sessions online regardless of location.

Figma positioned Framework as both a showcase of new capabilities and an opportunity to learn from the teams shaping modern design systems. Its practical recommendation was to participate in the event, explore the new design-to-code and analytics tools, and apply the shared practices to improve system adoption and collaboration.