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Now that @figma #config2022 is a wrap, I wanted to briefly share how the branding came together. It was the 4th Config—my first—however I’m not a stranger to design conference branding (hello Schema and 7 @GoogleDesign SPAN events).
The prompt is largely the same: extend an events sub-brand (Config) that feels related to the core brand (Figma), but presents as a distinct installment (2022). Develop something new, with a few pieces of something known. 
One consistent element has been the logo. And consistent is a funny word to use here, because the logo’s construction is varied and designed to continuously transform. It’s a mutable mark confident in its incongruity.
Wow, instance swapping is about to blow the roof off of what we can do with components 🤯
Here's how 👇 #config2022
Here's how 👇 #config2022
Yesterday, many people would have said they prefer to avoid nested components...
Why?
Because it's not always clear what is "swappable".
You can use emojis like in the layer list below, but it'll always be a bit confusing when you can edit a component at many different levels.
Why?
Because it's not always clear what is "swappable".
You can use emojis like in the layer list below, but it'll always be a bit confusing when you can edit a component at many different levels.
As a result, people often prefer to expose EVERY variant option at the parent level.
This is super convenient for the design system consumer because all configurations are available at a glance.
But it leads to these massive variant matrixes which are such a pain to manage...
This is super convenient for the design system consumer because all configurations are available at a glance.
But it leads to these massive variant matrixes which are such a pain to manage...
Big launch day 🎉
A million thank you's are in order. As we've grown I can't quite keep up with every contributor with these props posts, but at the very least I wanted to share the product designers and ux writers who worked on SO many (15!) launches at #Config2022 today 👇
A million thank you's are in order. As we've grown I can't quite keep up with every contributor with these props posts, but at the very least I wanted to share the product designers and ux writers who worked on SO many (15!) launches at #Config2022 today 👇
1) Dark mode: @ryhanhassan did an incredible job here. Did you know he manually had to map ~500+ semantic tokens, define several new accessible color ramps, and thoroughly update pretty much every single component in our design system? 🤯
2) Auto layout: @oscrse and @joeltalksdesign partnered up here on perhaps one of the most challenging parts of our product. To keep this both simple yet powerful is no easy feat, and this version is the best and clearest yet!
Dylan talking about auto layout as if we're paying attention to anything other than dark mode lol #Config2022
Death to the 0px frame! Absolute positioning is here 🙌
Negative spacing??
