Master Figma Variables: From Prototyping to Design Systems
2.2万 次观看 · 2025-11-11
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Unlock the full potential of Figma variables and take your design workflow from simple prototyping to full-fledged, production-ready design systems. In this step-by-step session you’ll learn how to:
➡️ Define all the different types of Figma variables
➡️ Use variables within prototyping to rapidly iterate interactive flows
➡️ How to swap variants using variables
➡️ Define and manage variables for creating scaleable design systems
➡️ Best practices to structure your variables, maintain them over time, and avoid common pitfalls designers face
If you’re a UI/UX designer, design system owner, product designer or team lead looking for smarter ways to work in Figma, this is your deep dive into variables. You’ll walk away with concrete techniques you can apply today.
🔗 KEY LINKS
📣 JOIN THE COMMUNITY: https://uicollective.co/
❓ Why Join UI Collective Academy? Get access to premium courses, premium downloads, and so much more on the way (I am largely building this solo...trying to make design education available for all, support goes a long way!)
↪️ Need a design system? (also included in the academy): https://collectivekit.co/
🔗 OTHER VIDEOS
Build a Design System: https://youtu.be/opTANvl9G1g
Complex Design System Setup: https://youtu.be/L-tpK7Eeuow
🔗 MORE LINKS
📣 Let us build or fix your design system: https://designsystemlabs.co/
✉️ kirkland@uicollective.co
My LinkedIn (not accurate): https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirk-mcneill-km/
0:00 An Introduction
0:16 Is a Figma Variable a Design Token?
2:30 Boolean Variables Intro
5:50 Prototyping with Boolean Variables
11:00 Intro to Number Variables
13:29 Prototyping Using Number Variables
16:09 Doing Math Using Number Variables
20:11 Layering Figma Prototyping Logic
23:43 Intro to String Variables
30:03 Swapping Variables Using String Variables
36:24 Intro to Conditional Logic
37:16 Prototyping with Conditional Logic
43:36 Intro to Color Variables
44:29 Intro to Figma Modes
48:39 Intro to Design System Setup
50:58 Building the Brand Collection
57:39 Building the Alias Collection
1:04:40 Introduction to the Mapped Collection
1:06:31 Building Surface Colors
1:11:47 Building Border Colors
1:14:05 Building Text Colors
1:17:41 Building Icon Colors
1:19:19 Building a Dark Mode
1:22:01 Testing Our Modes
1:23:07 Type Variables
1:26:09 Border Radius & Border Width Variables
1:27:51 Building Responsive Designs with Variables
1:31:06 Jumper Variables Intro
1:34:20 Scoping Your Figma Variables
1:36:23 Outro
➡️ Define all the different types of Figma variables
➡️ Use variables within prototyping to rapidly iterate interactive flows
➡️ How to swap variants using variables
➡️ Define and manage variables for creating scaleable design systems
➡️ Best practices to structure your variables, maintain them over time, and avoid common pitfalls designers face
If you’re a UI/UX designer, design system owner, product designer or team lead looking for smarter ways to work in Figma, this is your deep dive into variables. You’ll walk away with concrete techniques you can apply today.
🔗 KEY LINKS
📣 JOIN THE COMMUNITY: https://uicollective.co/
❓ Why Join UI Collective Academy? Get access to premium courses, premium downloads, and so much more on the way (I am largely building this solo...trying to make design education available for all, support goes a long way!)
↪️ Need a design system? (also included in the academy): https://collectivekit.co/
🔗 OTHER VIDEOS
Build a Design System: https://youtu.be/opTANvl9G1g
Complex Design System Setup: https://youtu.be/L-tpK7Eeuow
🔗 MORE LINKS
📣 Let us build or fix your design system: https://designsystemlabs.co/
✉️ kirkland@uicollective.co
My LinkedIn (not accurate): https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirk-mcneill-km/
0:00 An Introduction
0:16 Is a Figma Variable a Design Token?
2:30 Boolean Variables Intro
5:50 Prototyping with Boolean Variables
11:00 Intro to Number Variables
13:29 Prototyping Using Number Variables
16:09 Doing Math Using Number Variables
20:11 Layering Figma Prototyping Logic
23:43 Intro to String Variables
30:03 Swapping Variables Using String Variables
36:24 Intro to Conditional Logic
37:16 Prototyping with Conditional Logic
43:36 Intro to Color Variables
44:29 Intro to Figma Modes
48:39 Intro to Design System Setup
50:58 Building the Brand Collection
57:39 Building the Alias Collection
1:04:40 Introduction to the Mapped Collection
1:06:31 Building Surface Colors
1:11:47 Building Border Colors
1:14:05 Building Text Colors
1:17:41 Building Icon Colors
1:19:19 Building a Dark Mode
1:22:01 Testing Our Modes
1:23:07 Type Variables
1:26:09 Border Radius & Border Width Variables
1:27:51 Building Responsive Designs with Variables
1:31:06 Jumper Variables Intro
1:34:20 Scoping Your Figma Variables
1:36:23 Outro