Figma Education
Researched and prototyped innovative Figma tools for students, culminating in an AI-driven design tutor with on-demand, auto-generated exercises to enhance design skills.
INDUSTRY
Design Tools
Education
DURATION
6 weeks
ROLE
UX Designer
Developer
Prototyper
TEAM
Elise Kim
Rohina Ghandi
Michael Zaslavaskiy
Figma Education
Figma Education
A travel app built around planning your trips through your saved social media content. This is the product of our 30 day start-up validation project
INDUSTRY
Design Tools
Education
DURATION
DURATION
6 week
ROLE
UX Designer
Developer
Prototyper
TEAM
Rohina Ghandi
Elise Kim
Michael Zaslavaskiy
Figma Education
Figma Education
A travel app built around planning your trips through your saved social media content. This is the product of our 30 day start-up validation project
INDUSTRY
Travel
DURATION
6 weeks
ROLE
UX Designer
TEAM
Rohina Ghandi
Figma Education
A travel app built around planning your trips through your saved social media content. This is the product of our 30 day start-up validation project
INDUSTRY
Travel
DURATION
6 weeks
ROLE
UX Designer
TEAM
Rohina Ghandi
Figma Education
A travel app built around planning your trips through your saved social media content. This is the product of our 30 day start-up validation project
INDUSTRY
Travel
DURATION
6 weeks
ROLE
UX Designer
TEAM
Rohina Ghandi
Figma Education
A travel app built around planning your trips through your saved social media content. This is the product of our 30 day start-up validation project
INDUSTRY
Travel
DURATION
6 weeks
ROLE
UX Designer
TEAM
Rohina Ghandi
INDUSTRY
Design Tools
Education
DURATION
6 weeks
ROLE
UX Designer
Developer
Prototyper
TEAM
Rohina Ghandi
Elise Kim
Michael Zaslavaskiy
PROMPT
Right now, Figma Education is a free student plan and marketing tactics. It doesn’t actually have features catered towards educators or students.
USER RESEARCH
Identifying the Problem
Identifying the Problem
We interviewed a range of professors and students to understand pain points they were experiencing in the classroom and with Figma.
IDEATION
Rapid Prototyping
Rapid Prototyping
Analyzed Figma's surfaces and prototyped ways we could address pain points in Figma's ecosystem.
SOLUTION
Design Drills: Unlimited Design Practice with an AI Teacher's Assitant
Design Drills: Unlimited Design Practice with an AI Teacher's Assitant
Drill Generator
Drill Generator
Design Drills will generate a bad frame for you to redesign. You can choose between different design principles, level, and exercises.
Parents aren't tech savvy, so keeping this feature in messages ensures they're in an environment they are comfortable and already connected with their kids.
Parents aren't tech savvy, so keeping this feature in messages ensures they're in an environment they are comfortable and already connected with their kids.
AI Communicaion Modalities
AI Communicaion Modalities
How we can guide users to improve their designs? We took Figma's surfaces and attached an AI teacher's assistant to make it feel like you're working with a teammate.
AI Cursor
AI Cursor
Meant for quick questions with quick responses, the AI cursor gives contextual replies by selecting elements on your frames.
AI Comments
AI Comments
With AI Comments you can select content to contextualize your ask and use a surface that can generate inspiration and other references.
AI Voice Call
AI Voice Call
We learn best when we see a pro go through the process and explain their reasoning. The AI call portrays that experience and lets you to stop and pause along the way, helping users learn at their own pace.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.
AI History Log
AI History Log
We don't learn in the moment. People learn through repetition and reflecting on past experiences. The AI log lets you review all your past conversations with Figma AI.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.
KEY QUESTIONS
How the AI Should Act?
How the AI Should Act?
To align this tool with education, we designed it to guide learning and support self-paced progress, rather than just spit out answers.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.
HOW DO WE GIVE DESIGN FEEDBACK?
Rejecting solutions that hint to one answer
Rejecting solutions that hint to one answer
Design is not black and white. We were ideating design feedback solutions that hinted at one answer. We needed to pivot to using AI in order to provide flexibility in response.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.
MVP
We Launched a Figma Plugin!
We Launched a Figma Plugin!
With Cursor AI I created this plugin that simulates Design Drills and generates bad frames for users to re-design.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.
Your care pack updates automatically with app stats, so parents can reference it without daily prompts.