Michel Ferreira

Designer Advocate at Figma APAC 🇧🇷🇦🇺 - previously Design at Atlassian, Shopify, Booking

[Michel Ferreira @multimichel]

Who’s going to @the_design_conf in Brisbane today? I’m flying out now and excited to see you

[Michel Ferreira @multimichel]

@amylimabean how about shouting GOOOOOL for Brazil during config? :D

[Manish Kumar @Manishalexin]

So excited for this! 🫶🏻🎉

[Dylan Field @zoink]

For years, the design industry has talked about "design vs code"

And tools (including Figma!) have forced a choice.

But this is a false debate. Code isn't the opposite of design. Code is a material for design.

So we're bringing code to the Figma canvas with Code Layers.

[Figma @figma]

Screaming crying exporting

[luis. @disco_lu]

Slots are so much better for Figma performance

Here's my recommendation for the iOS 26 kit, reducing the Segmented Control down from a 14 component variant set, down to a single component with two sub components!

(Note: this is a breaking change)

[Figma @figma]

Imagine a world where you could copy/paste websites into editable Figma layers (jk you don’t have to imagine you can do this now with our Chrome extension)

[Michel Ferreira @multimichel]

Everyone says taste is what separates designers in the age of AI.
I don’t buy it. Taste is just recognizing what already looks good — it excludes anyone without the “right” exposure.

Taste, used that way, is just a bouncer at the door.

Fast ≠ Good → https://t.co/7dEJcFskLc

[jonathan warrecker @jonfromsb]

@multimichel Was inspired by your Medium article...

[Michel Ferreira @multimichel]

@jonfromsb I NEED THAT HAT NOW :)

[Michel Ferreira @multimichel]

Rest In Pixels

[Michel Ferreira @multimichel]

@LC_Finch For me the key idea is: fidelity should match confidence. When everything starts polished, we lose the visible signs that something is still WIP.

Writing helps because it keeps the work in the realm of understanding before we turn it into output. Speed is useful, but only later.

[Michel Ferreira @multimichel]

@LC_Finch Strongly agree. I wrote about this recently too — the danger is that AI makes work look resolved before the thinking has actually happened.
https://t.co/S9tkuHvOjS

[Dylan Field @zoink]

Honored to have Figma mentioned in @tim_cook's last #WWDC as Apple CEO. Legendary run!

[DANN© @DannPetty]

This is becoming the best time ever to be a designer.

[Figma @figma]

Now presenting...

your Config 2026 agenda

[Michel Ferreira @multimichel]

@mrblackstudio @figma Very cool effect!

[Michel Ferreira @multimichel]

@davidhoang Would love to join :)