Figma Creator Micro simplifies designers’ work

Figma is launching its first piece of hardware under the name Figma Creator Micro. This colorful mechanical keyboard simplifies designers’ work with quick access to Figma tools and shortcuts.

Figma launches its first device, the Figma Creator Micro. It is a mechanical keyboard, also called Macropad, which will make the work of designers easier. Creator Micro distinguishes itself from other macro platforms with its ready-to-use configuration with Figma design software.

Collaborate with louder action

Realizing Creator Micro is not only a Figma feature. The company has teamed up with Work Louder, a technology company specializing in macro platforms. The big difference from other traditional macro platforms is that it is already configured using Figma software, which saves users a lot of work.

Rob Bye, product manager at Figma, emphasizes that the company did everything it could to make this configuration possible. This way the company differentiates itself from other macro platforms and the thing becomes more than just a device that exists in Figma form.

Functionality and design

The Creator Micro is equipped with twelve keys, each supporting up to four different functions, depending on which layer you have set the peripheral to. This gives you access to 48 different shortcuts. However, this is not enough to cover all 150 keyboard shortcuts in Figma, but it provides enough space to add the most frequently used functions.

In addition to these important functions, Figma also paid a lot of attention to design. With the Creator Micro you get three kits Keycaps Which can be installed on mechanical keyboards. These three sets include a black set, one with colors, and a third with Figma icons. Since the keys are highly customizable, it can be difficult (especially at first) to remember exactly what they do. Color and symbol combinations can help with this.

The idea of ​​launching a MacroPad has been around in Figma for some time. The Creator Micro is available for pre-order now for $139, and is expected to ship in the first half of next year. We don’t yet know the price in euros.

With the Creator Micro, Figma is once again in the news on its own. After all, reports about the company these days are dominated by Adobe’s takeover attempt, which the EU is certainly not keen on.