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I built Chirp, a temporary shared room for small moments — 10-second sounds, photos, doodles, and stickers that disappear after 24 hours.
Most online spaces today feel public, permanent, and performative. I wanted to make the opposite: a private, playful, low-pressure room where people can leave tiny traces together without creating another profile, feed, or archive.
Anyone can create a room without logging in, share a unique link, and invite others to record short sounds, reply with audio, add photos, place stickers, or doodle on the canvas.
Chirp may look like a playful canvas, but it is not a productivity board or a persistent workspace. The 24-hour expiration is part of the design: because everything fades away, people can post more casually and treat the room like a shared moment, not a social feed.
I built Chirp with Figma Make to explore how Figma can be used to create an interactive, expressive, and temporary web experience.
Note: Chirp is an experimental prototype built for Config Makeathon. Rooms and uploaded content are temporary, so please don’t use it for sensitive information.
Live project:
https://chirp.figma.site/
The 24-hour expiration being a deliberate design choice rather than a limitation is a great frame. Removes the pressure to post something "worth keeping." Did you find the no-login flow created any friction during testing?
Thanks! I guess the friction is that the URL is the only way to return to the room. But since Chirp is designed to be temporary, I think that tradeoff fits the concept.
This is so great
Thank you!
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#FigmaMakeathon #Figma #DesignWithPurpose #ASCIIArt #PrivacyFirst #WebDesign
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Here is my submission for the #makeathon
FocusDock is a calming focus timer designed for work, study, reading, and deep focus sessions.
https://detach-lime-09329627.figma.site/
The idea started from a simple problem: most focus timers are functional, but they don’t feel personal or emotionally engaging. I wanted to create a timer that feels more like a small ritual, choosing your environment, placing your clock, setting the mood, and starting a focused session with intention.
With FocusDock, users can:
Choose a focus duration
Pick from different illustrated desk, shelf, and table backgrounds
Select a clock style
Place the clock naturally inside the scene
Start a clean, distraction-free focus session
Use ambient sounds or music to support concentration
The design direction is soft, calm, and minimal, using 2D illustrated backgrounds with clear surfaces where the clock can sit naturally. The goal is to make the clock feel like an object inside the workspace, not just a floating timer UI.
I’m using Figma’s suite of tools to explore the visual system, generate the interface direction, and build the interactive prototype with Figma Make. A big part of the challenge is making the experience feel polished: smooth transitions, thoughtful placement, responsive layouts, and a focus flow that feels simple but meaningful.
For me, this project is about turning time management into a calmer, more intentional experience.
social post: https://x.com/sir_hsn/status/2063623301201858694?s=20
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