I Built a Mac OS–Style Portfolio in Figma Make
By Nishit on VibeLab
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This is an experimental portfolio where I explored what happens when a personal website behaves like an operating system.
Instead of a traditional layout, the entire experience is designed to feel like macOS, with a desktop, dock, Finder-style navigation, and app-like interactions. Every element is focused on presenting work, but through a system-level interface that designers already find familiar ✨
The goal was simple, can a portfolio feel less like a page and more like an environment?
Everything you see here is built entirely using Figma Make 🚀
Most portfolios today follow predictable patterns — scroll, sections, case studies.
But as designers, we spend most of our time building systems, not just screens.
So I wanted to explore what happens when you apply that same thinking to a portfolio. Instead of scrolling, you open things. Instead of navigating pages, you interact with a system. The OS metaphor makes the experience feel more natural, more immersive, and a bit more fun to explore 🧠
This project was also an exploration of how far Figma Make can be pushed.
Rather than using it like a typical website builder, I treated it as a space to build interactions, structure, and storytelling. The idea was to see how tools like this can unlock more expressive ways for designers to present themselves and their work 💡
If you have thoughts, ideas, or ways this could go further, I’d genuinely love to hear them 🙌
Built with Figma Make · Tags: Portfolio, macos
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