The announcement of Adobe’s acquisition of web design platform Figma made waves among the design community this year, with some designers concerned at how the platform might be transformed. At this year’s Adobe MAX conference in LA, Adobe shared some new details on the merge, and told Creative Bloq about some of the thinking behind the acquisition.
announcing that the first tangible change to Figma will be the much-requested addition of Adobe Fonts. Field also described how joining forces with Adobe will help the platform “build way more, faster,” and how Adobe’s expertise in areas like vector and video will help add lots more functionality to the web-based browser. Belsky added that while both brands are committed to making digital product design accessible to everyone, Figma will “retain autonomy.