Jordan Singer - The future of AI in Figma

Live from Config, this episode with Jordan Singer follows his journey from the Diagram acquisition all the way to Figma’s 2024 AI release. We go deep into:

• What didn’t ship at Config and why
• How they navigated the early idea maze
• How the role of designer will be impacted by AI
• What it will be like designing dynamic interfaces
• What makes Jordan’s new role at Figma so unique
• Why renaming layers was such a big internal debate
• Why the sparkle icon will become the new floppy disk
• The surprising pivot that led to Jordan’s favorite AI feature
• How Jordan prototypes by hacking on top of the Figma code base

• The old Diagram website
• Figma’s new AI landing page
• Figma’s blog post introducing AI
• Figma’s 2024 Config Keynote