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"01a08725-2c15-7134-ab23-e5726c7e03ee", "title": "11 uses for variables beyond light and dark mode", "url": "https://www.alicepackarddesign.com/blog/uses-for-variables-beyond-light-and-dark-mode", "published_at": "2026-05-11T12:47:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08725-2c15-7134-ab23-e5726cf69f61", "title": "Library file page-organization strategies (pros and cons)", "url": "https://www.alicepackarddesign.com/blog/component-organization-strategies-pros-and-cons", "published_at": "2026-05-09T01:03:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08725-2c15-7134-ab23-e5726d4f9ba2", "title": "Live strokes VS flattened filled paths for icons in Figma", "url": "https://www.alicepackarddesign.com/blog/live-strokes-vs-flattened-paths-for-figma-icons", "published_at": "2026-05-09T01:03:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08725-2c15-7134-ab23-e5726d59cc90", "title": "This is probably why your Figma variant's \"size\" property isn't working", "url": 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2026

My Figma wish-listoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2026
Managing icon component sizesoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
Why I don't use icon fonts in Figmaoriginal ↗
31 May 2026
10 common component architecture mistakes in Figma design systemsoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
12 ways to make your Figma components more delightful to useoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
When to use variants, component props, variables, or separate componentsoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
Figma web browser mockup resourceoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
Review: Kitchen Sink Figma component architectureoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
11 uses for variables beyond light and dark modeoriginal ↗
11 May 2026
Library file page-organization strategies (pros and cons)original ↗
9 May 2026
Live strokes VS flattened filled paths for icons in Figmaoriginal ↗
9 May 2026
This is probably why your Figma variant's "size" property isn't workingoriginal ↗
9 May 2026
I've stopped flattening icon layers, and my color overrides are working perfectlyoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2026

2025

✂ Placeholders are for people who know trying to predict the future is a losing gameoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2025
Remove the "direction" property on your arrow iconsoriginal ↗
17 May 2025
Prevent icons from cracking when outlining strokesoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2025
Preserve directional icons' orientation on swaporiginal ↗
15 Mar 2025
How to rescue your Figma file from the depths of hell and live to tell the taleoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2025

2024

Organize your variables in 3 levels of collectionsoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
Use branches to keep file memory loworiginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
Tutorial: build WORKING radio buttons, tabs, pagination, and breadcrumb sets in your Figma libraryoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
Yes, there actually IS a way to add layers to instances of Figma componentsoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
Edit the width of nested components using zero-frames as resizersoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
The 6 Auto Layout stumbling blocks you need to understand to master this feature once and for all.original ↗
27 Dec 2024
⍚ Base components are still useful, just not in your UI libraryoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
How to customize the size of Figma embed iframesoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
20+ FigJam cursor-chat trigger words and 5 secret emotesoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
I have beef with status emojis in component library Page namesoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
Config 2023 Reflectionsoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
Should library components come with prototyping interactions? Only sometimes...original ↗
27 Dec 2024
3 reasons to use variables for validation styling (instead of variants)original ↗
27 Dec 2024

2023

Teaching "Intro to graphic design" at American University, Fall 2023original ↗
11 Oct 2023
◈ Interface Representatives are the center of the Figma component universeoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2023
7 types of Figma components, named and explainedoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2023

2022

4 signals that something should definitely be a componentoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2022
I cleaned up my site stylesoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2022
What's the optimal level of detail for a wireframe?original ↗
10 Sept 2022
How I organized my job searching processoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2022
There are only 3 ways to build components in Figmaoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2022
Methods for building and managing your Figma componentsoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2022