Marcin Wichary

Marcin Wichary

Design director in San Francisco, Calif., he/him

Work Experience

2018 — Now
Design director at Figma
2014 — 2016
Designer at Medium
2013 — 2013
Fellow at Code for America
2006 — 2012
Designer at Google

Writing

2021

On a mindblowing image repair technique that predates ML

2020

On chasing the author or a very specific photograph for my book

2020

On the most poignant phone conversation I had in the process of working on my book

2018

A photo essay about ghost stations in San Francisco

2016

In which I stumble upon a secret typewriter museum in Catalonia

2016

How I repaired a broken CRT monitor with software

Side Projects

2022

An upcoming book about the history of keyboards

2021

A looping video about looping videos

2015

I translated Stanisław Lem’s sci-fi story from Polish into English

2015

I edited, translated, and subtitled the 1980s Polish TV show

Projects

2022
Variable fonts/OpenType support at Figma
2020
Auto Layout (first versions) at Figma

Volunteering

2007 — 2010
Docent/Photographer/Designer at Computer History Museum

Contact

LinkedIn
Twitter

Teams

Current
Figma Design