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Obra shadcn/ui kit: 1.0 released
We released the 1.0 version of our Obra shadcn/ui kit. You can find it on Figma community. Our kit was in public beta for 3 months. During these months,…
Obra shadcn/ui kit milestone: over 10,000 duplicates
We share the latest updates to our Obra shadcn/ui kit, including theming, dark mode, variables for consistent spacing and border radii, and more.
Meet Marina
Say hi to Marina, who will be helping with design work the coming months.
Design systems: not our first rodeo
We look back at two design systems we’ve built, sharing our experience and skills with design systems.
Shadcn/ui kit updates
We report on the progress of our shadcn/ui kit.
AI has flipped software development
What happens when developers can move faster than designers?
Apple Liquid Glass resources: update 2
A second set of resources and tips for using the Liquid Glass design language in design apps.
Official Apple Liquid Glass resources
Our collection of resources to learn about using Apple's new design language, Liquid Glass.
Choosing the right icon set for your project
We review five icon sets and their strengths.
Obra Icons is now open source
We explain the reasoning behind making our Obra Icons set open source.
Obra shadcn/ui kit public beta officially released
We released the public beta of our shadcn/ui kit, along with the two official colors and icons add-on.
The work behind designing the Obra shadcn/ui Figma library
We talk about some of the design decisions behind the Obra shadcn/ui library.
Why design a shadcn/ui Figma library?
We talk about why we're creating an open source and free shadcn/ui library for Figma.
What is shadcn/ui?
We'll be releasing a free and open source shadcn/ui kit for Figma soon. But... what is shadcn?
My top 7 Figma plugins
I love being able to design fast, and using the right Figma plugins is certainly a part of my process. With some Figma workshops planned, and Config…