Proof
Numbers, publications, launches and credentials. Each one dated, each one linked.
In short
Jinson Johny's work has reached 160,000+ designers through Deck, launched on Product Hunt four times since 2018, and been published by HackerNoon and Bootcamp on Medium. He maintains .gui, an open-source file format for interfaces.
By the numbers
163kDeck installs · deck.is4.2klikes on Figma Community
1M+presentations converted
65GitHub stars on dotgui/coreFigures as of October 2026.
Recognition
- 2014Certiport · India's Design Talent finalist (all-India level)External
Published in
- HackerNoon · AI Is Changing How We Ideate, Design, and Build User InterfacesRead in HackerNoon
- Bootcamp · We're still figuring out what an AI-native UI artifact looks likeRead in Bootcamp
- HackerNoon · Design Engineering is the New Product DesignRead in HackerNoon
- Bootcamp · Making Figma Components Smart: Why Design Systems Need a "Logic Layer"Read in Bootcamp
- Medium · Your Year in Pixels: Get your Figma Playback for 2025Read in Medium
- Bootcamp · Color formula: A practical framework for UI designers and developers working with dynamic colorsRead in Bootcamp
- Sketch App Sources · Introducing Deck 1.0 — The Sketch to PowerPoint converterRead in Sketch App Sources
- Barrel · Meet Compiler for Sketch, the sassy plugin to manage your exportsRead in Barrel
- Barrel · Time to design presentations right in Sketch and convert them to .ppt or .keyRead in Barrel
Launches
- Product Hunt · Figma PlaybackSeeFigma Playback on Product Hunt
- Product Hunt · DeckSeeDeck on Product Hunt
- Product Hunt · Compiler for SketchSeeCompiler for Sketch on Product Hunt
- Product Hunt · Barrel Herd (Sketch to PPT, what became Deck)SeeBarrel Herd (Sketch to PPT, what became Deck) on Product Hunt
Featured and mentioned
- Jul 2026Penpot community · The first public mention of .gui: in a thread on open design formats, a Penpot ambassador shared it, and Penpot's CEO, Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz, reviewed the spec and said Penpot could export to it in future.(.gui)Thread on Penpot community
- Jan 2026Product Disrupt · Featured in issue 198 of the Product Disrupt design newsletter, as Figma Year in Review.(Playback)Newsletter on Product Disrupt
- Jan 2026Figmalion · Featured in issue 237 of the Figmalion newsletter, as Playback for Figma: a fun way to look back at a year in your busiest Figma files.(Playback)Newsletter on Figmalion
- Dec 2025TPIsoftware blog · A Traditional Chinese how-to by a TPIsoftware writer on turning Figma designs into PowerPoint with Deck, comparing its output with Figma Slides' export.(Deck)Article on TPIsoftware blog
- Oct 2025Friends of Figma Dubai · Named one of four finalists in the Friends of Figma Dubai Figma Make showcase, as Figma Rewind, and shown to the Figma team.(Playback)Showcase on Friends of Figma Dubai
- Aug 2024Ahmad Merheb's blog · A personal blog post listing Deck among the best Figma plugins.(Deck)Article on Ahmad Merheb's blog
- Feb 2024Figma Forum · Figma's Community Support team pointed to Deck in a feature-request thread on exporting Figma to editable PowerPoint.(Deck)Thread on Figma Forum
- Jan 2024SitePoint · Included Deck 2.0 in SitePoint's roundup of Figma plugins, for converting designs into editable PowerPoint.(Deck)Article on SitePoint
- Dec 2023iPixel Creative blog · A Singapore web agency's blog put Deck 2.0 first in a list of 15 UX/UI productivity tools.(Deck)Article on iPixel Creative blog
- Dec 2023Figmapedia · A community-written Korean Figma glossary entry that recommends Deck for exporting to PowerPoint.(Deck)Entry on Figmapedia
- Sept 2023WPS Office blog · WPS Office's own blog covered Deck as one of three ways to export presentations from Figma to PowerPoint, with a step-by-step guide.(Deck)Article on WPS Office blog
- Jun 2023LinkedIn · A designer's LinkedIn article listing Deck 2.0 among 15 essential Figma plugins.(Deck)Article on LinkedIn
- Jan 2023Bootcamp (Medium) · A contributor to Bootcamp, a community publication on Medium, listed Deck among new Figma plugins to try in 2023.(Deck)Article on Bootcamp (Medium)
- Dec 2022UX Planet (Medium) · A contributor to UX Planet, a community publication on Medium, listed Deck among 10 Figma plugins to try in 2023.(Deck)Article on UX Planet (Medium)
- Dec 2022Medium · A designer's Medium post listing Deck among six Figma plugins that deserve attention.(Deck)Article on Medium
- Sept 2020Sketch · Featured in Sketch's official newsletter.(Deck)
- Jan 2018Sidebar · Sidebar, a curated daily design-links site, featured Barrel's announcement of the Sketch-to-PowerPoint plugin that became Deck.(Deck)Link on Sidebar
- Infourok · A Russian online course lesson on editable materials that has students install Deck.(Deck)Lesson on Infourok
Open source
- 2026.gui · spec, Rust renderer and npm packages (@dotgui/cli, kit, embed)GitHub for .gui
Credentials
All badges on Credly- UX CertificationNielsen Norman Group · 2024
- Adobe Certified Associate, PhotoshopAdobe · 2014
- Generative & Agentic AI Expert, Designer (Advanced)IBM · 2026
- IBM Garage EssentialsIBM · 2023
- Design & User Experience (D&UX) EssentialsIBM · 2021
- Enterprise Design Thinking – Team Essentials for AIIBM · 2021
- Enterprise Design Thinking PractitionerIBM · 2021