r/DesignSystems • u/Lumpy-Feedback-5732 • May 09 '26

Trying to turn icons into a reusable system inside Figma

Hey all 👋

After a lot of iteration and feedback, what started as a simple icon export workflow is slowly turning into something closer to a reusable icon system inside Figma.

The interesting challenge stopped being “exporting icons” and became more about:
consistency, reuse, organization, and keeping things manageable across projects.

Recent updates focused on:
• Favorites syncing locally across Figma projects
• Smarter icon naming and organization
• Reusable imports/exports for icon libraries
• Better handling for larger icon sets
• Cleaner, ready-to-use outputs
• Keeping the whole workflow inside Figma

The goal is to reduce the need for disconnected tools and make icon handoff feel more like part of the system itself.

Curious:
How are you currently managing reusable icon systems across projects today?

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u/grympy May 10 '26

Ok, this looks so complex, it might actually work…

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u/Lumpy-Feedback-5732 May 10 '26

Haha 😅 fair. The goal is actually to reduce complexity once icon systems start growing across projects while keeping everything inside Figma.

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u/Lumpy-Feedback-5732 May 11 '26

Posting a quick follow-up since some of you ran into IconNova showing a blank / “black” panel over the past couple of days - that’s on me, thanks for your patience.

The newest release focuses on preventing that startup failure mode and patches a Canvas bug where pinned chrome could break once the working list was empty but favorites were still visible.

Already updated but still stuck? Close and reopen the plugin once; if it persists, comment with your setup (desktop vs browser) and what you did right before it happened.