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Design & UX Lesson 4 of 5

Prototyping & Micro-Interactions in Figma

25:30 Designing Your First Digital Product

Turn static wireframes into living, interactive prototypes. Learn smart animations, hover states, and smooth modal transitions.

Lesson notes

A prototype bridges the gap between imagination and reality. Showing an interactive prototype to stakeholders or users yields 10x more valuable feedback than presenting static slides.

What you'll learn

  • Connect screens with intuitive triggers (on click, while hovering, drag)
  • Use Smart Animate for seamless screen transitions
  • Build reusable UI components with variants and auto-layout

1. Figma Auto-Layout Fundamentals

Auto-layout mirrors CSS Flexbox. By mastering vertical and horizontal auto-layout frames, your designs automatically adapt when text strings grow or screen sizes shrink.

2. Micro-Interactions that Delight

Micro-interactions provide feedback: a button depressing on click, a subtle toast notification sliding into view, or a progress bar updating. They reassure the user that their action was registered.