Molly Hellmuth - Building design systems with variables in Figma
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In this episode we’re talking with Molly Hellmuth who is the creator of UI Prep where she has an incredible newsletter, design system, and course where she’s taught hundreds of designers all over the world. This discussion gets into the nerdier side of Figma 🤓 We talk all about:
- When it does and doesn’t make sense to adopt variables
- How to make sure you don’t invest in a Figma strategy that you later regret
- Molly’s favorite Figma plugins for design systems
- How she’s building components differently in V8 of her UI Prep design system
- Her journey as an independent creator
- + a lot more
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