"Hey, do you have the source file for that 'add members' icon?" This can be a scary question for designers. Is it on your laptop? Your old laptop? Is it in "icons_latest_jw_jan17.sketch" or "icons_final_FINAL.sketch"? Does Angela know? Does Angela know someone who knows?

In my last post I described the concept of navigation trails as an evolution of the standard tabbed browsing model. As a part of the Browser.html project, I'm working on a spatial model through various user interactions and animations. This should help users better understand what's going on and how to navigate the web most effectively.

Figma's New Icon Figma has grown a lot since we launched to the public five months ago, and as we've matured we've continued to evolve our marketing design. Doing this from within the organization, instead of with an agency, has allowed us to iterate in a way natural to digital design.

So about a year ago, we first launched Glitch (then known as HyperDev) in beta, as a cool way to write a real web-app. It's been almost two years since DanielX and I first presented the idea to Fog Creek in 2015.

The logo we designed for Hillary Clinton wasn't clever or artful. I didn't care about that. I wanted something that you didn't need a software tutorial to create, something as simple as a peace sign or a smiley face. I wanted a logo that a five-year-old could make with construction paper and kindergarten scissors.