The week of Config 2022. Resumes. Overnight success.
It’s the week of two-day Config 2022! What’s on your wishlist for product announcements? Is it dark mode? Long-promised font previews? Wrapping elements inside Auto Layout? Multi-page prototypes? Or maybe a new flavor of delicious prototype noodles? Whatever it is, I’ve never been disappointed by the keynote and really look forward to it!
— Eugene
App Updates
New Figma shortcuts
Six new shortcuts to change the view, navigate layers, and paste to replace.
What’s New
Config 2022 Name Badge
If you’re attending Config 2022 this week, introduce yourself with this year’s name card.
Vote for the Community Awards by May 10
The nomination process for the Community Awards is over, and now it’s time to vote for your favorite plugins and resources before Config on May 10th.
Using Figma
11 steps to keep Figma clean
Matthew Jedraszczyk shares a few solid recommendations on organizing your files and projects in Figma.
The power of emoji
A conversation with Jennifer Daniel, a creative director at Google and chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee of the Unicode Consortium, about the effect emoji had on our communication and the process for selecting new emojis.
In the file – Democratising the design process
Figma Designer Advocate Luis Ouriach talks to designers from Automattic about improving collaboration through inclusive workshops and processes.
Plugins
Memojis
“Select your shapes, and then run the plugin to automatically fill from over 100+ Memojis.”
Resources
Résumé Templates
Joey Banks published a community file with a few Auto Layout resume templates to remix, use, customize, and call your own.
Backstage
The crazy story of Dylan Field
Interesting thread on a path that Dylan Field took from an intern and college dropout to the CEO of the $10B company.
5 years to “overnight success”
An excerpt from Dylan’s talk on how it took five years from the moment they started working on Figma to the first paid customers.
Cool Job: I’m A UX Researcher At Figma — & A YouTube Creator
Nannearl Brown shows what it’s like to be a UX researcher at Figma who helps other UI/UX designers work efficiently, and what you need to know to get a job like this.