Your Figma files are slowing you down. We’ve all been there: 200 frames, sluggish load times, endless explorations, devs asking, “Which one’s the final version?” — and you’re just trying to ship. Chaos. Frustration. Productivity buried under a pile of pixels. No one hands us a manual on how to organize Figma like a pro. But here’s the scoop: messy files don’t just look bad—they kill your performance and slow your whole team down. Here’s the system I swear by as a founding designer: One project. Five files. (Add more if you really want to overachieve.) 1. Design System & Components (Published library, your single source of truth) 2. Icon Library (Because hunting for icons is a time sink) 3. Designs (Production-ready, dev-proofed magic) 4. Exploration (Wild ideas, rough sketches, the messy playground) 5. Archives (Old stuff you might actually need someday) 6. Marketing (Brand Identity, landing pages, email templates) As your team grows, this evolves into: Multiple projects (Web, Mobile, Ops) 1. Shared team libraries (components, tokens, icons)—so no one duplicates work 2. Clean archives (because yes, old designs deserve a retirement home) The payoff? 1. Snappy performance that doesn’t make you want to throw your laptop 2. Devs instantly find what they need (no more “which file?!” panic) 3. Exploration stays where it belongs—far away from production ready stuff 4. Your team moves faster and hands off like clockwork Because at the end of the day, clean organization don’t just look good—they save your most precious resource: time. And senior citizens folks know time is everything. #UIDesign #UXDesign #ProductDesign #VisualDesign #DesignThinking