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Harvard in Tech Spotlight: Yuhki Yamashita, VP of Product at Figma | by Jess Li | Harvard in Tech | Medium

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Earlier this year, I had the chance to speak with Yuhki Yamashita ’11 and VP of Product at Figma (the collaborative interface design tool), about a number of topics including leadership, creativity, and design. First, could you share how you came to design and Figma? Design has always been near and dear to my heart. In particular, I’ve loved publication design since I was young, whether it was designing greeting cards for my family, or working on school newspapers and yearbooks. When I arrived at Harvard, I immediately applied to be a design editor for the Crimson, and some of my most vivid memories from college are from the many late nights I spent wrestling with the layout of our printed publication or coming up with the perfect infographic once all the stories were written. After taking CS50 my freshman fall, I decided to concentrate in Computer Science, and I was excited to discover it to be a field where I could easily apply my interests in design by focusing on building great use

Harvard in Tech Spotlight: Yuhki Yamashita, VP of Product at Figma Jess Li 5 min read · Feb 2, 2021 -- Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size Yuhki Yamashita ’11 and VP of Product at Figma Earlier this year, I had the chance to speak with Yuhki Yamashita ’11 and VP of Product at Figma (the collaborative interface design tool), about a number of topics including leadership, creativity, and design. First, could you share how you came to design and Figma? Design has always been near and dear to my heart. In particular, I’ve loved publication design since I was young, whether

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