Hi! I’m Joey and I’ve been a Product Designer for about 8 years now. I’m humbled to have recently joined the talented team at Webflow, where I work as a designer on Design Systems. Before coming to Webflow, I spent time at Twitter, Figma, and in healthcare with Virta Health.  I truly love helping to make the things that make it easier for others to do their thing and I’m happy to share all I can about the experiences I’ve had as a designer in my career so far.

Get mentored by Joey Banks on ADPList

https://adplist.org/mentors/joey-banks?session=17395-general-mentorship

A photo of Figma with several dark and light gradient mobile wallpapers.

Posts

https://twitter.com/read_cv/status/1655599212854407172

Well wouldn't you know it, it's the digital home of the one and only, darn tootin-est, people-centered software designer, Kyle Turman.

You're Telling Me Designers Should Business? ~ Kyle Turman

https://turman.co/articles/should-designers-business

…and everything else that’s new from Figma’s Framework event

Baseline #17 – Typography Variables in Figma Are Here

https://buttondown.email/joeyabanks/archive/baseline-17-typography-variables-in-figma-are-here/

Everything to Know About Multi-editing in Figma

https://medium.com/@joeyabanks/everything-to-know-about-multi-editing-in-figma-edd58369fd20

A serif-based typographic logo that reads "Baseline".

A Figma file that reads “Community / iOS 17 UI Kit for Figma”

A blank Figma frame on the canvas titled "Frame 1".

This interaction and animation are just fantastic.

I am so sorry to have to be the one to share this with you today.

Ahh, it felt so good to write and share a long-form post again today to try and help explain something that feels like a lot at first. Excited to dive back into creating more of these!

I've been looking everywhere for this since we moved a few years ago, and I'm so relieved that I finally found it. Without a doubt, this was the best iPhone I've owned: iPhone 4S. 😍📱

Excited to be back on ADPList! If there's anything I can help you with, from design systems to portfolios and career help or Figma, I'd love to meet and say hi. 👋😊
https://adplist.org/mentors/joey-banks?session=17395-general-mentorship

Listening to Blade Runner 2049's soundtrack and jamming away on all I can for the upcoming iOS 17 UI kit for Figma. My happy place. 🎧

"Dream in years. Plan in months. Evaluate in weeks. Ship daily." -DJ Patil

Thinking about this note a lot lately. 🙏

Making a few new wallpapers for fun this afternoon. 🧘‍♂️☕️

Met with a designer earlier this week who had applied to nearly 500 jobs and finally got their first yes back today. Keep hanging in there.

Working on so many iOS UI kits for Figma through the years has been the highlight of my career. So much of myself went into these files, & it's hard to put down something I deeply love, but now the best design team in the world stepped up filled the gap my work was there for. ❤️

We're live! Just shared posts.cv on Twitter, thanks everyone for being here 😌

https://twitter.com/read_cv/status/1655599212854407172

Sometimes I think the best design skill I have is being able to make a decent spreadsheet.

I really miss hanging out with this community on Posts—going to start sharing more over here this year! 👋😊

It's been six months and I still can't believe I'm independent and have the chance to work on growing my company and working with the best clients each and every day. 🙏

I’ve been hearing a lot about how designers should be learning business, especially in this current economic environment, so wrote some thoughts about that here https://turman.co/articles/should-designers-business

There is nothing more helpful than using a Finder window to make sure elements within a design are correctly aligned.

Two of my absolute favorite icons for the Mac: internal drive & Xserve. 😍

Easy choice! 💛 I love this little space on the internet

Me: I'm not writing all of that.
*Uses AI to write and send an email.*

Recipient: I'm not reading all of that.
*Uses AI to summarize and reply.*

Me: I'm not reading all of that.
*Uses AI to summarize and reply.*

🔁

I think one of the best things about design is how you can go to bed not knowing how to solve a problem you're working on and then wake up with an idea that just may work. ✨

I sincerely miss posting and sharing about design systems and Figma on Twitter, but being there just feels terrible. Struggling to find that same sense of connection and community lately. 😔💛

Earlier this week, Figma released a feature I was almost sure we wouldn't see until this year's Config: typography variables! 🎉🔤 Excited to hit publish on this post.

https://buttondown.email/joeyabanks/archive/baseline-17-typography-variables-in-figma-are-here/

Designing and building a few things in Framer for the first time! 🤓

Going into week two of being an indie! So scary to begin to figure this new world out, but I'm also feeling so much more like myself and couldn't feel more energized about what's ahead!

Multi-edit from @figma is one of those rare features in software design that makes you feel like, at least for a brief moment, you’ve just gained a new superpower. Here's what's new!
https://medium.com/@joeyabanks/everything-to-know-about-multi-editing-in-figma-edd58369fd20

For the past few days, I've been working non-stop within 
Figma to help a large brand create their first component library and eventual design system while listening to podcasts and music. So far, I couldn't be happier with how the independent life is shaping up! 😊🙏

Apparently my Saturday nights are for organizing Notion and Obsidian. 🧹✨

Feeling all sorts of excited and energized about a few upcoming changes in life. Excited to share more sooooon! ✨

A few months ago, I didn’t believe that I could create and teach my own course. Yesterday, the reviews came in and it’s meant everything to read through the positive feedback. 🥺 I’m so excited to continue down this path of teaching, and to help others learn Figma! 🙏

Accidentally sent an email broadcast this morning that contained nothing but lorem ipsum. Life is good. 🥲

Learned a new tool and launched a new site for Baseline today! ✨ Couldn't be more excited for the year ahead of helping teams and companies with design systems and Figma.
http://baselinedesign.io

Excited to be working on something new for Baseline! ✨

This was the first frame from an Apple Vision Pro review that made me believe we’re all going to be using and leaning into spacial computing soon enough. It always comes back to timers.

For any friends in NYC, I’ll be there next week and would love to say hi/grab a coffee! 👋😊

One of those mornings where I just absolutely love being a designer.

Just noticed that the original iPad wallpaper made its way into iPadOS 17. So great.

SF's Muni logo is easily one of my absolute favorites.

Whenever I need a bit of visual inspiration, I always love looking at futuristic interface designs. I recently saw Top Gun: Maverick and am completely in love with what GMUNK, Jayse Hansen, and others created. 😍

Beginning the first draft for a newsletter post focused on the tools I'm using and what I've learned running Baseline full-time so far. I've been wanting to share this for a while and can't wait to hit publish in the next few weeks! 📝

Phew, first day scaries as the Figma course I created kicks off today! Excited about this new challenge and to meet so many new designers, though! 🙏

Getting started on something new today. 😊

The toughest and best moment for any new project: