Chris Lee

Designing at Perplexity so far, in numbers

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Designers need to know how to hand off to engineers. This is how I do it: 1. I think most use Figma dev mode for handovers. Another option is Zeplin. You can upload your designs onto Zeplin, and it does pretty much everything Figma dev mode does (: 2. For bigger projects with tons of screens, documenting how your components should be used is a game-changer. Your engineers will love you for it. 3. Get the designs in front of your developers early! even just your thinking. You never know what's technically feasible or not. Collaborate as much as you can so there's no 'shock' when you send them the designs. 4. Coming back to the documentation, don't create too many! Use a single design guide as a source of truth. Your engineers will stop asking you things like "should the button text be 15px or 16px" 5. MOST importantly, be there to support them whenever they need. You have to remember that your designs only matter if they can be built. Learn how to do it properly.