448: News Desk, Vol. 5

This week, we break down new Figma features, dissect the Live Activities HIG, and share our cool-takes on the Adobe + Figma acquisition.The Sidebar:The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at patreon.com/designdetails.Latest VIP Patrons:Catherine McConalogueWillMartin ChudobaShelaTim JohnsenNick AngiolilloChariton ShumwayOleg FrolovMark StephensonBryn JacksonNancy TranMain Topic:This week, we break down new Figma features, dissect the Live Activities HIG, and share our cool-takes on the Adobe + Figma acquisition.Component properties, select featuresSho Kuwamotoxkcd: Two Key SystemHuman Interface Guidelines for Live ActivitiesAdobe to acquire FigmaPenpotJob Board:We're curating the best product design roles from the world's most design-forward companies.👉 Design Details Job BoardGlow is building the most elegant, powerful, and reliable crypto wallet. To do this, they need great designs — ones that are simple, familiar, and smart. Their small team is growing, and you’ll work closely with the team to craft new user experience patterns for interacting with crypto that will become the new normal for millions of people in the future.Mercury — Mercury is hiring product designers! Mercury powers the banking stack for companies like Linear, Maven & Mighty. Join them to build beautiful software for founders. Learn about the remote-friendly team & roles at https://mercury.design — disclaimer: Mercury is a financial technology company that works with banks.Cool Things:Brian shared Barbarian: A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.Marshall shared Everything Everywhere All at Once: An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, in which she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.Design Details on the Web:📻 We are @designdetailsfm🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock 🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :)⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes.Subscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe on SpotifyByeee!