UI design for beginners with Figma
Figma and FigJam Basics 2
A course by Daniele Buffa , Visual and product designer
About the video: Figma and FigJam Basics 2
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll design a 16:9 presentation artboard in Figma, working with grids, columns, and plugins like Unsplash and Better Font Picker. You'll practice text adjustment, image masking, and layout hierarchy to create a balanced design, adding finishing touches like noise textures for cohesion. This exercise strengthens your understanding of Figma’s tools and design constraints, preparing you for more advanced UI design lessons.”
In this video lesson Daniele Buffa addresses the topic: Figma and FigJam Basics 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: UI design for beginners with Figma. Discover the basic principles of UI design and use them with Figma to develop attractive visual elements that attract potential customers..
Partial transcription of the video
“Now, the first step is to create an artwork, which is where our presentation will be. You can do it from here with the frame, with pressing F on your keyboard, but you can also do it by pressing A on your keyboard, which is for Artboard. And on the right side, you can see all the different templates. You know, if you're working on a mobile app, you can add a phone, a tablet, a desktop, a presentation, watch, paper, social media. You can basically add a template for whatever you're working on. Now we need a classic 16 by 9 Artboard, so I'm going to just create this one within presentation. T...”
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Course summary for: UI design for beginners with Figma
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Category
Design, Web & App Design -
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Figma -
Areas
Digital Design, Digital Product Design, Graphic Design, Web Design
Daniele Buffa
A course by Daniele Buffa
Daniele Buffa is an Italian visual and product designer based in London. He grew up in a family of creatives with an interest in art and design, and began experimenting with tools like Photoshop as a young teenager. He later went on to study design and art direction in Rome before discovering a passion for digital and motion. After another three years of studying, Daniele worked in a small digital agency and later moved to London to work for the Google Creative Lab.
He currently works as a principal designer at the Canadian design firm Metalab with clients like Headspace, Insider, and more. Daniele has also won awards at The Cannes Lion Awards and D&AD Pencil.
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