Frames

Every Figma project begins as frames: rectangles of possibility waiting to become screens. The frame is the first act of composition — it decides what the work will contain and at what size the conversation will happen.

Start loose. Early frames should hold more than they resolve: rough layouts, borrowed type, placeholder imagery. The frame is not the design; it is the container that lets the design emerge through iteration. Over-specifying a frame too early freezes the thinking before it has moved.

Frames are also the unit of collaboration. A frame is something others can open, comment on, and respond to. Naming frames and arranging them in a deliberate order turns the file into a shared surface where the conversation has a place to happen.

Move from loose to structured deliberately. A frame graduates when its contents have earned their place — when the layout is repeatable and the idea is ready to become a component.