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The Making of Practice, a Book on Design and Craft by Figma | Figma Blog

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The print edition, which launched at Config 2025, was designed by design studio Other Means, in collaboration with type designer Kia Tasbihgou. Read our previous issues: The Prompt (2024) and The Playbook (2023). Figma Co-founder and CEO Dylan Field sat down with Garry Tan to chat about the idea maze, vibe coding, and preserving craft even when the models are “cooking.” Read more Creating something of value takes practice. It takes reps. It requires starting somewhere and working your way through it. Trying and failing. Learning from someone better than you. Taking risks. It’s in this spirit that we chose the theme of craft—what it means to make with intention—as the third installment of our annual Config magazine. As Figma Co-founder and CEO Dylan Field explains, “The question is not just, can you make it work? It’s how it works that actually matters.” The team at Other Means was inspired by Arts and Crafts pioneer William Morris' anti-industrialist approach to bookmaking. Kelmscott P

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