Luis
@discolu.bsky.social
Working @figma on ❖ and things. Opinions are late night Apple Notes.
The difference between a bet and a strategy is hindsight
June 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The difference between a bet and a strategy is hindsight
Has anyone figured out the ROI of liquid glass yet
June 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Has anyone figured out the ROI of liquid glass yet
I can’t stop thinking about how maybe semantic tokens should be a single mode
A codified name to consolidate a cascade of (aliased) decisions
- Light/dark are system changes
- Brand is a change at the primitive level
A codified name to consolidate a cascade of (aliased) decisions
- Light/dark are system changes
- Brand is a change at the primitive level
June 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I can’t stop thinking about how maybe semantic tokens should be a single mode
A codified name to consolidate a cascade of (aliased) decisions
- Light/dark are system changes
- Brand is a change at the primitive level
A codified name to consolidate a cascade of (aliased) decisions
- Light/dark are system changes
- Brand is a change at the primitive level
Published a new plugin 🤖
"Import CSS shadows, create Figma styles" allows you to do just that. You can create variables too
Recently I was building a UI kit from an existing website and rebuilding shadows from CSS was really slow, so built this!
www.figma.com/community/pl...
"Import CSS shadows, create Figma styles" allows you to do just that. You can create variables too
Recently I was building a UI kit from an existing website and rebuilding shadows from CSS was really slow, so built this!
www.figma.com/community/pl...
June 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Published a new plugin 🤖
"Import CSS shadows, create Figma styles" allows you to do just that. You can create variables too
Recently I was building a UI kit from an existing website and rebuilding shadows from CSS was really slow, so built this!
www.figma.com/community/pl...
"Import CSS shadows, create Figma styles" allows you to do just that. You can create variables too
Recently I was building a UI kit from an existing website and rebuilding shadows from CSS was really slow, so built this!
www.figma.com/community/pl...
New plugin published: batch rename variables
It allows you to rename by:
• Find & replace
• Add prefix
• Add suffix
• Change case
You can also revert any name changes.
Should hopefully save a tonne of time!
www.figma.com/community/pl...
It allows you to rename by:
• Find & replace
• Add prefix
• Add suffix
• Change case
You can also revert any name changes.
Should hopefully save a tonne of time!
www.figma.com/community/pl...
May 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New plugin published: batch rename variables
It allows you to rename by:
• Find & replace
• Add prefix
• Add suffix
• Change case
You can also revert any name changes.
Should hopefully save a tonne of time!
www.figma.com/community/pl...
It allows you to rename by:
• Find & replace
• Add prefix
• Add suffix
• Change case
You can also revert any name changes.
Should hopefully save a tonne of time!
www.figma.com/community/pl...
I've updated the CSS variables Figma plugin!
Noooow, you can export AND import CSS variables. Copy, paste, or upload a CSS file, and it will generate your variables including aliasing ◇
Hopefully makes variable migration a lot easier
www.figma.com/community/pl...
Noooow, you can export AND import CSS variables. Copy, paste, or upload a CSS file, and it will generate your variables including aliasing ◇
Hopefully makes variable migration a lot easier
www.figma.com/community/pl...
May 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I've updated the CSS variables Figma plugin!
Noooow, you can export AND import CSS variables. Copy, paste, or upload a CSS file, and it will generate your variables including aliasing ◇
Hopefully makes variable migration a lot easier
www.figma.com/community/pl...
Noooow, you can export AND import CSS variables. Copy, paste, or upload a CSS file, and it will generate your variables including aliasing ◇
Hopefully makes variable migration a lot easier
www.figma.com/community/pl...
Weirdly, I was thinking about "design systems limit my creativity" over the weekend and @donnie.damato.design drops this: blog.damato.design/posts/done-w...
Innovation requires deviation, and locking down experimentation is where alignment fails. Maybe we don't need component arbiters anymore?
Innovation requires deviation, and locking down experimentation is where alignment fails. Maybe we don't need component arbiters anymore?
Done with components
Component libraries aren't design systems until people start caring.
blog.damato.design
May 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Weirdly, I was thinking about "design systems limit my creativity" over the weekend and @donnie.damato.design drops this: blog.damato.design/posts/done-w...
Innovation requires deviation, and locking down experimentation is where alignment fails. Maybe we don't need component arbiters anymore?
Innovation requires deviation, and locking down experimentation is where alignment fails. Maybe we don't need component arbiters anymore?
Enjoying playing around with opacity layering to try and reduce the amount of variables you need to support
April 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Enjoying playing around with opacity layering to try and reduce the amount of variables you need to support
Google’s search results page is an obstacle course
April 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Google’s search results page is an obstacle course
Registration is one of the first user experience contact points of your software, but a really neglected opportunity for delight
April 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Registration is one of the first user experience contact points of your software, but a really neglected opportunity for delight
New cool color contrast picker on Figma
March 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New cool color contrast picker on Figma
March 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Performance is a feature
March 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Performance is a feature
You don’t need a “design system” if quality is a non-negotiable company value
March 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You don’t need a “design system” if quality is a non-negotiable company value
Sat down with the Figma team to talk about craft – what is it, how do we define it, and how can you get better at it?
This is part of a mini series called Blend Mode, with two other videos on the design process and users coming out in the next few weeks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXQZ...
This is part of a mini series called Blend Mode, with two other videos on the design process and users coming out in the next few weeks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXQZ...
Blend Mode: Craft | Figma
YouTube video by Figma
www.youtube.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Sat down with the Figma team to talk about craft – what is it, how do we define it, and how can you get better at it?
This is part of a mini series called Blend Mode, with two other videos on the design process and users coming out in the next few weeks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXQZ...
This is part of a mini series called Blend Mode, with two other videos on the design process and users coming out in the next few weeks
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXQZ...
Published a plugin!
It allows you to copy CSS variables from Figma in either design or dev mode 🧑💻
www.figma.com/community/pl...
It allows you to copy CSS variables from Figma in either design or dev mode 🧑💻
www.figma.com/community/pl...
February 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Published a plugin!
It allows you to copy CSS variables from Figma in either design or dev mode 🧑💻
www.figma.com/community/pl...
It allows you to copy CSS variables from Figma in either design or dev mode 🧑💻
www.figma.com/community/pl...
Aspect ratio is now live* on Figma 🙈
*rolling out today
*rolling out today
February 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Aspect ratio is now live* on Figma 🙈
*rolling out today
*rolling out today
What does the word "wireframe" mean to you?
What level of fidelity is it?
What level of fidelity is it?
February 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
What does the word "wireframe" mean to you?
What level of fidelity is it?
What level of fidelity is it?
Because Read.cv is shutting down, I'm moving all my blog posts (back) to Medium: medium.com/@disco_lu
January 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Because Read.cv is shutting down, I'm moving all my blog posts (back) to Medium: medium.com/@disco_lu
Are design systems just internal support with a different label
January 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Are design systems just internal support with a different label
The new Dropbox brand website is class 👏
Really like how it messes with conventional navigation patterns brand.dropbox.com
Really like how it messes with conventional navigation patterns brand.dropbox.com
Dropbox Brand Guidelines
At Dropbox, our Brand Guidelines help us infuse everything we make with identity. From icons to illustration, logos to language, this collection is the foundation for how Dropbox looks, feels, and sou...
brand.dropbox.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The new Dropbox brand website is class 👏
Really like how it messes with conventional navigation patterns brand.dropbox.com
Really like how it messes with conventional navigation patterns brand.dropbox.com
First blog of the year is about "staging component libraries" and how they can enable fast iteration of designs, prevent bottlenecks in design systems, and encourage experimentation read.cv/disco_lu/sta...
Loose thoughts: Staging component libraries
By Luis
read.cv
January 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
First blog of the year is about "staging component libraries" and how they can enable fast iteration of designs, prevent bottlenecks in design systems, and encourage experimentation read.cv/disco_lu/sta...
January 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Really like this spec for "Accessible cross-platform UI standards" by @iknowdavehouse.bsky.social 👏
dashouse.github.io/accessible-c...
dashouse.github.io/accessible-c...
January 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Really like this spec for "Accessible cross-platform UI standards" by @iknowdavehouse.bsky.social 👏
dashouse.github.io/accessible-c...
dashouse.github.io/accessible-c...