Interplay

What Is Interplay?

Interplay is a design tool in the design-tools category that unifies design and code workflows for cohesive product development. Operating on a freemium pricing model, Interplay enables teams to bridge the gap between designers and developers by automating connections between design artifacts and code implementation. It fits into design workflows where maintaining consistency across design systems is essential, particularly in stages involving component creation, review, and handoff.

What Interplay Does

• Captures rich metadata within design components to store notes on intent and usage directly in code.
• Synchronizes metadata from code back to design tools like Figma, ensuring designs reflect code-based updates.
• Automates workflows between design ideation, stakeholder review, refinement, implementation scoping, and development builds.
• Supports a code-as-source-of-truth approach, reducing reliance on disposable artifacts such as Figma files or spreadsheets.
• Facilitates consistency in design systems by aligning intermediary design outputs with live code implementations.
• Enables product teams to maintain updated documentation of component evolution without manual synchronization.

How Interplay Can Be Used

• Designers export component metadata from Figma to code repositories, allowing developers to build implementations informed by original design intent.
• Developers update code with new usage notes or changes, which propagate back to design files for ongoing refinement in new projects.
• Teams conduct stakeholder reviews using shared artifacts that stay in sync with code, minimizing discrepancies during implementation scoping.
• Product teams manage evolving design systems by tracking real-world deviations from initial designs directly in the code base.
• In multi-disciplinary workflows, Interplay integrates with existing tools to automate handoffs, such as from ideation spreadsheets to production code.

Who Is Interplay For?

Interplay serves designers, developers, and product teams working on design systems where alignment between visual designs and code is critical. It suits roles involved in component libraries, UI development, and cross-functional collaboration, particularly for projects requiring consistent handoffs and metadata management across tools like Figma and code repositories. Experience levels range from mid-level practitioners handling iterative workflows to senior teams maintaining large-scale design systems. Visit Interplay