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UI/UX Design: Figma to be Acquired by Adobe
What’s going on with the acquisition, why it’s important, and what it could mean for every designer who uses Figma moving forward.
Overview
I’ve been doing this since the days that Flash and Dreamweaver were still owned by Macromedia, and since Paint Shop Pro was still owned by Jasc (not Corel).
It comes as no surprise then that Adobe has seen the absolute beaming success of Figma, and is now moving to aqcuire it as fast as humanly possible, because if you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em, right?
Today, we’ll be covering what’s going on with the acquisition, why it’s important, and what it could mean for every designer who uses Figma moving forward.
We knew this day would come
There’s not a single designer that I know out there that hasn’t the notion of Figma being bought out cross their mind.
Michal Malewicz and I were discussing this on LinkedIn, along with many other designers some time ago, and it would seem that Adobe has it in their plans to make Figma another asset in its massive portfolio.
To clarify this is NOT good news
I want to be very clear when I say that this particular piece I take no pleasure in writing because it is by no means good news, especially since this is not the first time Adobe has pulled this move.
Adobe was essentially first to market back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s in terms of digital content production, with their only real competition being Jasc and Macromedia.
Jasc was aquired by Corel, but Macromedia dominated the web space with Flash and Dreamweaver until Adobe realized that it couldn’t beat them…
