MASTERING Figma: The Complete Guide to Modern UI/UX Design, Design Systems, Auto Layout, Prototyping, Variables, Components, and AI-Powered Workflows by Ethan Mercer
English | July 15, 2026 | ASIN: B0H8ZKFW73 | 330 pages | EPUB | 1.11 Mb
Master Figma from the ground up and learn how professional product designers create beautiful, scalable, and developer-ready interfaces for websites, mobile apps, SaaS platforms, and enterprise products.
Through real-world projects, you will build complete design systems, interactive prototypes, responsive layouts, and production-ready UI designs while leveraging the latest AI-powered features to accelerate your workflow. This guide emphasizes practical, project-based learning and modern Figma capabilities such as Auto Layout, Components, Variables, and Dev Mode.
What You Will Learn
* Set up a professional Figma workspace optimized for team collaboration and individual productivity.
* Master the four core systems that every professional designer must internalize: vector editing, frames and Auto Layout, components, and variables.
* Build complete design systems with reusable components, design tokens, and theme switching.
* Design five real-world projects: a mobile food delivery app, a desktop project management dashboard, a corporate landing page, an e-commerce store, and an analytics platform.
* Create interactive prototypes with Smart Animate, conditional logic, and variable-driven state management.
* Conduct usability testing that produces actionable findings, not just opinions.
* Use Figma's AI features as a force multiplier - generating layouts, UI copy, and images - without compromising design judgment.
* Hand off designs to engineering with design tokens, W3C-compliant exports, and Dev Mode fluency.
* Construct a portfolio that opens doors, and prepare for the design interviews that follow.
Who This Book Is For
* Aspiring UI/UX designers who want to master Figma as their primary tool.
* Practicing designers transitioning from Sketch, Adobe XD, or Photoshop to Figma.
* Front-end developers who collaborate with designers and want to read, extract, and consume design files fluently.
* Product managers and founders who need to design their own interfaces without a dedicated designer.
* Design students and bootcamp graduates building a professional-grade portfolio.
* Senior designers and team leads implementing or scaling a design system.
What Makes This Book Different
Most Figma books introduce the tool feature by feature. This book teaches the underlying model - frames, Auto Layout, components, variables - and uses that model to make decisions that scale from a single screen to a multi-product design system. Every concept is grounded in real projects you will design, prototype, and ship. Every framework has been developed specifically for this book and is presented as a reusable tool you can apply to your own work.
Inside the Book
* 22 chapters across 6 parts: Getting Started, Core Tools, Building Professional Interfaces, Prototyping, Design Systems, and AI Meets Figma.
* 5 bonus sections: 50 complete Figma projects, 250 keyboard shortcuts, 100 UI design challenges, the ultimate UI component library, and 100 AI prompts for Figma designers.
* Professional callouts, comparison tables, and figure captions throughout.
* Review questions and practical exercises at the end of every chapter.
* A glossary of 47 essential design and Figma terms for quick reference.
Don't Just Learn Figma. Master It.
Whether you are designing your first frame or your thousandth, this book will sharpen your practice, expand your vocabulary, and elevate the quality of everything you design in Figma from this day forward. Scroll up, click Buy Now, and start mastering Figma today.
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