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Michel Ferreira
Michel Ferreira is a Brazilian designer and Designer Advocate at Figma in Sydney. Over two decades and five countries, he’s worked with teams at Shopify, Booking.com, Atlassian, and Xero. Formerly a design manager, he has returned to hands-on product work—these days the only team he manages at home is three kids, a dog, a cat, and two fish. Through his Latins Who Design podcast, Michel advocates for diverse voices in design.
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Design systems aren't component libraries—they’re living languages. Rigid adherence to visual rules creates brittle systems that break under contextual pressure. Fluent systems bend without breaking.
