Dylan Field

Five-year-old Dylan was automatic sinks everywhere. It was a big deal. One clever importance is the ability to open a door with your foot. I mean, everyone's coming into the bathroom, going out of the bathroom, their hands may or may not be dirty coming in or coming out, and opening it with your foot is like a really good move. That should probably exist everywhere. Totos are great.

Five-year-old Dylan was automatic sinks everywhere. It was a big deal. One clever importance is the ability to open a door with your foot. I mean, everyone's coming into the bathroom, going out of the bathroom, their hands may or may not be dirty coming in or coming out, and opening it with your foot is like a really good move. That should probably exist everywhere. Totos are great.

I'll stop there.

I'll stop there.

Yeah, it's my responsibility to make sure that everything's going well over Figma. There are some areas I'm gonna bring zero level of expertise to. Our compliance function. Do I have any unique insight on compliance? No, just that it should be done and done well. When it comes to design or the way that our products are built, my level of insight might go up a bit.

Yeah, it's my responsibility to make sure that everything's going well over Figma. There are some areas I'm gonna bring zero level of expertise to. Our compliance function. Do I have any unique insight on compliance? No, just that it should be done and done well. When it comes to design or the way that our products are built, my level of insight might go up a bit.

I try to be self-aware of what I'm bringing to a conversation, but ultimately, yeah, I have to have ownership of everything. And some things you know you've got the right leaders and you check on them very infrequently. In other areas, whether you have very high confidence in your leaders or not, the stakes are so high that you have to be always involved.

I try to be self-aware of what I'm bringing to a conversation, but ultimately, yeah, I have to have ownership of everything. And some things you know you've got the right leaders and you check on them very infrequently. In other areas, whether you have very high confidence in your leaders or not, the stakes are so high that you have to be always involved.

And my point of view is design is like that for everyone across the board. If you're building software, you need to be deeply, intimately working with your design team or anyone doing design on your product, because otherwise you might lose the business. This is the way you'll win or lose. And certainly I'd treat it that way for Figma.

And my point of view is design is like that for everyone across the board. If you're building software, you need to be deeply, intimately working with your design team or anyone doing design on your product, because otherwise you might lose the business. This is the way you'll win or lose. And certainly I'd treat it that way for Figma.

I mean, look, it all comes back to people when you're talking about that. And I think when you maybe don't hire correctly or don't set the standard the right way and you have to reset a bit, that's always tough. But something you can work through. And I feel like as long as you hire people who have that self-awareness, they'll help you work through it. That's the positive part.

I mean, look, it all comes back to people when you're talking about that. And I think when you maybe don't hire correctly or don't set the standard the right way and you have to reset a bit, that's always tough. But something you can work through. And I feel like as long as you hire people who have that self-awareness, they'll help you work through it. That's the positive part.

It gives me like, make design bigger than design. How do you take it so that design is not thought of just as pixel pushing, but also is something that people are really considering and doing at all parts of the process of building a company? And how do you make it so that they have the tools to that and they're able to be intentional about that?

It gives me like, make design bigger than design. How do you take it so that design is not thought of just as pixel pushing, but also is something that people are really considering and doing at all parts of the process of building a company? And how do you make it so that they have the tools to that and they're able to be intentional about that?

I mean, I think that if you've got a point of view in the world and you're able to articulate it, how can we empower you with the tools so that you can create something? And then also, how do we empower you with the tools for you to make it great? That to me is super exciting.

I mean, I think that if you've got a point of view in the world and you're able to articulate it, how can we empower you with the tools so that you can create something? And then also, how do we empower you with the tools for you to make it great? That to me is super exciting.

And if you look at the number of people that use Figma and they're labeling themselves as designers today, I mean, it's like one third of the people that come into Figma label themselves as a designer. The other two thirds do not. But my belief is that those two thirds will get into the design process in various ways.

And if you look at the number of people that use Figma and they're labeling themselves as designers today, I mean, it's like one third of the people that come into Figma label themselves as a designer. The other two thirds do not. But my belief is that those two thirds will get into the design process in various ways.

I think that we're always curious by design systems. And the more that you've got people in the organization who are deeply thinking about user problems through the lens of design, you also have problem of consistency at scale. That's where design systems come in. How do you make sure that your product is speaking the same language as multiple people with multiple perspectives are working on it?

I think that we're always curious by design systems. And the more that you've got people in the organization who are deeply thinking about user problems through the lens of design, you also have problem of consistency at scale. That's where design systems come in. How do you make sure that your product is speaking the same language as multiple people with multiple perspectives are working on it?