I am a physical product designer who is newly developing a design workflow system for my team on Figma. We previously use Google slides because our work is very visual based. the flexible commenting and image placement was very valuable. But, Figma will help us better organize and track a products conception and development, and why some didn't make the cut.
Let me be clear, these Figma design resources will never become actual user sites or interfaces, they are simply being used as a method of internal organization and record keeping for the design process. But, it also needs to have a presentable element for meetings for team feedback on designs in addition to the overall design development. I also have no prior Figma experience. I apologize for my poor explanations.
After watching the Figma Design for beginners 2025 course on Youtube, I have determined using components to create cards for the different elements in the design process is best. Card examples include: Collection origin, design genesis, design expansion, dimension development, design prototyping, design sampling. Some collections are vast and take months of development where some are small and only have a few final items, therefore components acting as building blocks make it ultra customizable depending on the collection at hand. I suspect it will flow left to right in collection development with offshoots up and down for dimension development or design expansion on specific concepts.
Then per google Geminis suggestion I can create a section that is my high level line up with a trailer component with a linking button to the design development of that product if needed. (this is how to provide that presentation element described above but I am unsure if these buttons or linking works just within the whiteboard as it grows.
What I am noticing overall about components is you have to double click a million times to edit the text box you actually want which is kind of annoying... This is a challenge I am facing. I am also struggling with autolayout. But the reason I am contacting this forum is this:
By my understanding of components, you cannot add layers to child components. But given our previous Google Sheets workflow, specific components need some kind of functional workspace for image collection - collage building, if you will. Just like a google slides sheet. Is there some way of accomplishing this to include those images in the layers accordingly?
Google Gemini has suggested image components, variables, and slots and I am struggling with all suggestions.
Maybe this is just a matter of changing team workflow overall, but I am curious if there are any workarounds or alternative solutions.
I know this is a lot of material but I wanted to provide as much context as possible in case any experts have better methods for what I am trying to accomplish or resources to consult with.
Thanks again!!
