# The future of design is code and canvas

DevFeed: [The future of design is code and canvas](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-future-of-design-is-code-and-canvas-10112.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/the-future-of-design-is-code-and-canvas/>)

Author: Dylan Field

Published: 2026-02-17T16:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol-mcp.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

Figma argues that modern product-building workflows should combine code and visual canvas exploration rather than follow a strictly linear design-to-development process. The article highlights bringing work from Claude Code into Figma, exploring alternatives visually, and using Figma MCP to bring design changes back into code.

## Source excerpt

There isn't just one way to build. For the best ideas to move forward, we need the power of code and the canvas. Claude Code to Figma is just one way we're giving builders more choice.