Creative coding is still a way of thinking with your hands
A new Figma profile of Zach Lieberman explores the relationship between drawing, computation, experimentation and creative practice.
The creative coder explains the throughline between drawing and computation.
Figma’s profile positions code not as a cold departure from making, but as another material for exploration.
The Story
Figma’s recent conversation with artist and educator Zach Lieberman looks at the connection between drawing and computation. The value is less in a new tool than in a renewed permission to experiment through systems.
For multidisciplinary designers, code can be approached like collage, mark-making or typography: a material with behaviours, constraints and surprises. The goal is not to become a software engineer before making anything interesting.
Try translating one visual rule into a tiny interactive sketch. A responsive grid, a shifting wordmark or a cursor-led composition can reveal possibilities that static ideation tends to hide.
Studio Wensday Angle
Use code as a sketchbook, not a gatekeeping discipline.