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How Design Tools Like Figma and Canva Are Impacting Designers | Future

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Popular design software like Figma and Canva force experienced designers to adopt new roles: project manager, systems architect, and user advocate.

Over the past decade, an explosion of digital design tools and apps has made design more accessible than ever. Now anyone can build a website on Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, or Cargo and easily populate a pre-designed template with stock imagery and illustrations. Everyone can create a logo with Squarespace’s logo generator, then extend it to presentations, social media assets, and a slew of ephemera using Canva. They can prototype via Figma, Sketch, Invision, Origami, Framer, Principle, and Balsamiq; facilitate brainstorms with Figjam, Miro, and Mural; and share notes in Notion or record a walk

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