Author Archives: Johan

Config 2024

- Posted in conference figma figma-plugins

Last week, after Config, I started writing this huge blog post, with all the different subjects that were going through my head. Too many to name, really. If I had over word for the conference, for me personally, it would be overwhelming. To make it more managable to publish my thoughts, a friend suggested to […]

San Francisco

- Posted in conference san-francisco

Ik wil iets kwijt over San Francisco. Ik was er recent voor de Config conferentie van Figma. Het is op sommige vlakken zo’n mooie stad als je het puur visueel bekijkt. Maar het valt me altijd op hoeveel daklozen daar niet zijn. En je moet weten dat ik in Mexico-Stad woon, niet meteen de meest […]

Conference season

- Posted in conference figma

I like June. There is always a lot of tech news: this week it was WWDC. Google I/O has been over for a few weeks and many videos were posted online. CSS day has passed, they put their videos on YouTube every week. And at the end of the month it is time for the […]

Join the Doccle design team as a UI/UX designer

- Posted in doccle hiring jobs

At Doccle, we are seeking a talented UI/UX designer with a passion for creating intuitive and engaging user interfaces. Who we are looking for exactly is listed on this job listing. In short, we are looking for a candidate with 2-5 years of experience, that is ready to join a product team focussed on quality. […]

How to build zero to one inside a company

- Posted in figma product

This video really spoke to me. Mihika’s product management style reminds me of how I work, a lot! I was nodding in agreement all the way. Must-watch if you are involved in product decisions in any way.

Feedback 🤝 Feedback

- Posted in development figma figma-plugins screenshot-to-layout

I am looking for people who want to test drive the new Screenshot to Layout plugin for Figma. I am specifically looking for people who want to jump on a short call, share their screen and share their experience. It would be awesome to do some usability testing after all these months of work. If […]

Type variables in Figma – variable font workaround

- Posted in figma typography

Having been released this week, type variables are the new hotness in Figma. If you want to know the details I recommend this excellent post by Joey Banks. While his post is a general overview, this blog post is more about solving a specific niche issue: the design system I work on uses variable fonts, […]

Overindexing on the system

- Posted in product - 1 comment

Have you ever seen the LEGO documentary on Disney+? It talks about the history of LEGO and if you’ve seen it, you might be familiar with a phrase that’s said many times in this documentary: new Lego products should be part of the system. The original LEGO designers envisioned a system, mostly based around the […]

Three types of product designs

- Posted in design product

In the previous post, I wrote: Designing gives you the chance to evaluate solutions before they have to be implemented. You diverge to converge. There is still a possibility space, but once you are in the implementation zone, that space changes to more of an impossibility space. Scope gets locked down and in order to […]

2 years of in-house product design

- Posted in blijvend-leren career design

A few days ago marked the day I’ve been working in-house for 2 years. I think overall I am very happy with my decision to go in-house as a product designer. I gained a new perspective by working on a product full-time for a longer time. The depth in which you can go as an […]