SIX WINNING FIGMA MAKES—AND WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEM

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Figma's first global Make-a-thon attracted over 10,000 creators competing for $100,000 in prizes. Showcasing innovative projects, winners emphasized strategies such as defining clear structural requirements, refining designs before building, utilizing modular code organization, and leveraging shorter prompts for easier iteration. The competition demonstrated Figma Make's capability to bridge design and development, with projects ranging from custom font creators to weather-based synthesizers and AR package designers.