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Fabio Staiano
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Fabio Staiano

Fabio Staiano is an experienced interface designer and Figma Community Advocate from Italy. After having been part of the creative agency Geko for several years, he later became a partner, creating digital products for well-known brands and running local events for the creative community. He then began his career in education in 2016, at The Guru Lab, teaching students about user interface and web design. In 2019, he decided to face new challenges by deepening his development skills at the Apple Developer Academy, where he specializes in frontend development and publishes various apps and boilerplate. Currently, he works as a consultant for IT projects and teaches at private design schools.
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Resizing and constraints

In this section, you will learn about the resizing and constraint features, which, like auto layout, are used to create responsive designs. If there was only one screen resolution in the world, everything would be incredibly simple, and there would be no need to implement anything further. However, in the real digital world, things are different, and you should consider all resolutions, if possible, as well as the cases of switching from portrait to landscape mode with devices, or even from a mobile phone to a tablet or a desktop. Fortunately, modern design tools aim to help designers with this problem by providing incredible features for creating responsive interfaces that can automatically adjust based on resolution and screen size. Later in this book, you will dive deeper into the process of converting mobile interfaces to tablets and desktops, but it's important to start with a foundation and structure to get your design ready for future adaptation...

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Fabio Staiano

Fabio Staiano is an experienced interface designer and Figma Community Advocate from Italy. After having been part of the creative agency Geko for several years, he later became a partner, creating digital products for well-known brands and running local events for the creative community. He then began his career in education in 2016, at The Guru Lab, teaching students about user interface and web design. In 2019, he decided to face new challenges by deepening his development skills at the Apple Developer Academy, where he specializes in frontend development and publishes various apps and boilerplate. Currently, he works as a consultant for IT projects and teaches at private design schools.
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