Dribbble Scores with Live Design Collaboration for its Remote Team | Figma Blog (opens in new tab)
Dribbble adopted Figma to make collaboration feel more like working together in the same room despite its fully remote, globally distributed team. Figma replaced a fragmented collection of tools with a shared, real-time workspace and a single source of truth for designs. The result was faster iteration, clearer feedback, and less time spent managing files and communication. ## Remote Collaboration Challenges - Dribbble’s design team included seven product designers and developers working across multiple time zones. - Remote work helped attract talent and offered flexibility, but made spontaneous collaboration more difficult. - The team relied on video conferencing and several disconnected tools, without a seamless way to work together. - Designers lacked visibility into one another’s work, while file management and multiple feedback channels reduced time available for design. ## Figma as a Shared Design Workspace - Figma allowed multiple people to work in the same file simultaneously, recreating the experience of brainstorming in a room or on a whiteboard. - Online files were easier to find and access, eliminating the need to ask colleagues for the latest version. - Designers could stay within one tool instead of repeatedly switching between applications. - Figma’s handling of vectors, images, and copy-paste attributes also appealed to Dribbble’s designers. - The team eased adoption by importing existing design files and recreating familiar interface components in Figma. ## Faster Pairing and Feedback - Figma supported Dribbble’s practice of using design pairs to solve problems and deliver products quickly. - A single, current file reduced communication friction and kept designers aligned on the latest changes. - Multiplayer editing made it easier to hold frequent critiques, duplicate frames, explore alternatives, and comment in real time. - The team could solve design problems in minutes rather than days; in one example, five people collaboratively produced an approved profile design in about 20 minutes. ## Integration with Dribbble - Dribbble used Figma’s API to build an integration for publishing work directly to Dribbble. - Users can select a layer in Figma and choose **Integrations → Dribbble** to begin the Dribbble desktop upload flow. For fully remote design teams, a shared real-time workspace can replace fragmented collaboration processes. Dribbble’s experience suggests that adopting a single source of truth helps teams communicate more clearly, iterate faster, and spend more time designing.