Figmas new community profiles let users view and remix design files

Figma, the browser-based UI design and prototyping tool, is giving users public profiles to share design files and works in progress. It’s part of a multimonth beta test of the new Community platform that’s launching today. Figma Community is meant to be a supplement rather than a replacement for portfolio sites like Behance or Dribbble as the point is for users to share files to their profiles and show the design process like layers and vector paths that make up a piece of work. Users can choose which files they want to be published to their profiles, which can be accessible for others to view, remix, and learn from.

The announcement blog post highlights companies that are part of the closed beta launch, like Slack and Dropbox. Slack...

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