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Beyond the Pixel: Building Products in the Age of AI What happens beyond the pixel? As AI continues to change how we design and build products, the role of a designer is expanding beyond interfaces and visual execution. Great products are shaped by the thinking that happens before the first frame is designed, understanding users, defining problems, making product decisions, designing systems, and collaborating across teams. Join Friends of Figma Lahore for a virtual community meetup with Senam Khan, Lead Product Manager at ML Arteka, Toronto , as we explore what it really takes to build products in the age of AI. We’ll go beyond UI and talk about: User research and understanding real problems Product thinking and making better decisions Systems design and designing for scale How AI is changing product development The evolving role of designers in product teams What it means to think beyond the pixel Whether you're a designer, product manager, developer, researcher, or simply curious about how modern products are built, this session will give you a broader perspective on the work behind the interface. Date: 14 September 2026 Time: 6:00 PM (Pakistan Time) Come with your questions, curiosity, and ideas. Let's explore what building great products looks like when the canvas is no longer limited to the screen. See you there!

A community meetup bringing together designers, creatives, and AI enthusiasts to explore how AI is changing the way we think, create, and design. Ideas • Inspiration • Experiments Connect with the community Discover what’s next in AI × Design More details coming soon!

Join us for an engaging workshop where you'll learn the essentials of creating motion design using Figma. Discover the basics of Figma Motion, its interface, and workflow. Dive into making animations feel more natural by mastering easing and timing, and explore how to build layered sequences, presentations, and complex compositions. Plus, we'll discuss where Figma Motion fits in comparison to After Effects. Don't miss this chance to elevate your design skills!

Design doesn't happen in isolation. The best work comes from teams that know how to collaborate, communicate and scale their impact across an organisation. The Hatch Mixer is a local satellite event ahead of the Hatch Conference , co-hosted by Friends of Figma Porto and Ladies That UX Porto . We're bringing the community together for an evening of conversation, connection and two talks on design, craft and collaboration. Whether you work in design systems, navigate cross-functional teams, or are thinking about how to grow your influence as a designer, this evening is for you. 🗓 Date: September 16, 2026 ⏰ Doors open: 6 PM 📍 Location: Xelerate.tech, R. António Nicolau D'Almeida 66, 4º drt, 4100-320 Porto 👉 Free entry, reserve your spot now! What to expect 🎤 Two talks on design, craft and collaboration ❓ Q&A session 🤝 Networking with Porto's creative community ✨ A welcoming space for designers at every stage of their career Why join us? As design teams grow, so does the complexity of the work. Scaling design means more than building components; it means building shared understanding, trust and influence across an entire organisation. This is an opportunity to learn, share experiences and meet people who care about the same things you do, in a relaxed and open environment. Speakers Sónia Gomes - Fractional Product Design Partner What makes a designer valuable now? Craft, judgement and influence in a changing profession Sónia Gomes is a Product Design Partner and Educator with 20+ years of experience across product design, design leadership, teaching and consulting. Having worked as both a design manager and an individual contributor, she helps designers develop the judgement, influence and clarity to shape better product decisions, and communicate the value they bring. Bruno Figueiredo - Creative Technologist & Community Builder The new design toolkits: Creative processes in the AI Era Bruno works at the intersection of craft, tooling and process. His talk explores how AI is reshaping the creative toolkit and what that means for the way designers work, experiment, and build with confidence. Co-hosted with Ladies That UX Porto

Daan Leeuw   y   Carles Llavina , Design System Lead y Product Designer , se subirán al escenario de Friends of Figma Barcelona para contarnos algunos de los retos a los que se enfrentan en su día a día y cómo los resuelven a gran escala. ¿Cómo surgió el sistema de diseño de su equipo y hacia dónde se dirige? Únete a este evento donde compartiremos la evolución de un sistema de diseño que tiene la IA justa que necesita. Hablaremos de sus inicios hasta su transformación en una plataforma de IA lista para usar que está redefiniendo la forma en que diseñamos y construimos nuestros productos digitales. Exploraremos cómo están conectando el sistema de diseño con herramientas de IA, como Figma Make, Claude y Lovable; las lecciones que han aprendido; y las pruebas de concepto que están moldeando el futuro del diseño y el desarrollo. Entre ellas se incluyen la gestión de los desafíos de localización, el theming avanzado para más de 500 marcas , el soporte de self-service y el QA asistido, todo ello mediante IA. Más allá de la tecnología, hablaremos de por qué los sistemas de diseño son más importantes que nunca en la era de lo inteligente, de cómo evolucionan estas plataformas y de qué significa este cambio para las organizaciones empresariales. También descubrirás qué habilidades necesitan los diseñadores y desarrolladores para prosperar en un mundo centrado en la IA, y te llevarás ideas prácticas que podrás aplicar en tu propio camino con los sistemas de diseño. 🙋El evento será 100% presencial y esta vez NO lo grabaremos.  A las 18h abriremos puertas, el evento empezará a las 18:30h y cerraremos puertas a las 19h. Vente a aprender de procesos reales, resolver dudas y, como siempre, disfrutar del networking con la comunidad de Figma de Barcelona 🥳 === Fotos y vídeos durante el evento: 
En los eventos de Friends of Figma Barcelona solemos hacer fotos y vídeos para compartir la experiencia en nuestras redes y canales. Si prefieres no salir, solo tienes que decírnoslo en el momento. También puedes escribirnos después si quieres ejercer cualquier derecho relacionado con tus datos en figmabarcelona@gmail.com Accesibilidad Antiga Fabrica d'Estrella Damm: Si necesitas alguna adaptación o apoyo (por ejemplo, movilidad reducida), escríbenos antes del evento y lo preparamos contigo.

Friends of Figma Austin is back with new co-leads and new look, but the same love for good design and good company. Come celebrate the relaunch with us over drinks, swag, and creative folks from around Austin. What to expect Meet your new co-leads and hear where the chapter is headed Meet other Austin creatives and learn how to stay engaged with the Friends of Figma community A first look at our refreshed brand and new swag Space is limited, so RSVP to save your spot.

Join Friends of Figma Vancouver and LottieFiles at Vancouver Film School for a hands-on animation workshop led by a Lottie instructor. Learn how to bring your illustrations to life in Figma, animate them with Lottie, and export your work for use in digital products and code. You’ll be designing along throughout the workshop, so bring your laptop and get ready to make something move. No animation or illustration experience is needed - this workshop is beginner-friendly and open to all skill levels. Please bring a fully charged laptop , as access to power outlets will be limited. Snacks and drinks will be provided. RSVP to save your spot.

Figma Motion, Figma Weave, Shaders and more! In this meetup we'll explore how design teams are using the latest Figma releases in their workflows. Steven and Jessie will share hands-on demos of the Figma agent in action, including: using AI to add motion and expressivity to designs, working with design systems, leveraging skills, and automating tedious workflows. Join us at the beautiful offices of Studio 3 Marketing in Glendale. Building Access details: Enter on Brand Blvd • Door code: 2111 • Office: First door on the third floor (Suite 301) Parking: There’s a lot available, plus street parking nearby.

Figma 101 est une série de séances pratiques destinée principalement aux débutants et aux nouveaux utilisateurs de Figma. Pour cette troisième séance, nous découvrirons l’Auto Layout, une fonctionnalité essentielle pour organiser les éléments d’une interface et créer des compositions plus flexibles. Quand :  samedi 19 septembre 2026, de 10h à 13h GMT+1 Où :  en ligne, directement ici sur Bevy Format : atelier pratique en direct Niveau : débutant, avec un défi d’approfondissement Au programme Comprendre la relation entre les éléments parents et enfants Créer un Auto Layout horizontal ou vertical Régler la direction, l’alignement, les espacements et les marges internes Utiliser correctement Fixed, Hug contents et Fill container Imbriquer plusieurs Auto Layouts Adapter les éléments aux variations de contenu Utiliser la position absolue lorsque cela est nécessaire Distinguer les contraintes de redimensionnement de l’Auto Layout Identifier et corriger les erreurs fréquentes Ce que vous saurez faire après la séance À la fin de cet atelier, vous pourrez : construire un Auto Layout horizontal ou vertical ; régler le comportement du conteneur et de ses éléments ; combiner plusieurs Auto Layouts ; créer une interface qui s’adapte à son contenu ; corriger les principaux problèmes liés au redimensionnement. L’atelier pratique Nous construirons une carte d’événement comprenant une image, des informations, des tags et un bouton d’inscription. L’objectif sera de créer une carte capable de s’adapter lorsque son contenu ou sa largeur change. Le défi d’approfondissement Les participants plus expérimentés pourront transformer une composition rigide en un élément flexible acceptant des titres courts ou longs, plusieurs tags et différentes largeurs. À qui s’adresse cette séance ? Cette séance s’adresse aux personnes qui souhaitent mieux structurer leurs interfaces et éviter de repositionner manuellement chaque élément lorsque le contenu évolue. Il n’est pas nécessaire d’avoir participé aux précédents Figma 101. Chaque séance peut être suivie indépendamment. Informations pratiques Pour participer dans de bonnes conditions, prévoyez : un ordinateur ; une connexion Internet stable ; un compte Figma actif et accessible ; l’application Figma ou un navigateur compatible ; un casque ou des écouteurs, si votre environnement le nécessite. La séance se déroulera entièrement en ligne depuis cette page Bevy. Pensez à vous connecter quelques minutes avant le début pour vérifier vos accès. La séance pourrait être enregistrée et des captures d’écran pourraient être réalisées. En participant, vous acceptez que votre image, votre voix, vos interventions ou vos réalisations puissent apparaître dans des contenus partagés par Friends of Figma Cotonou ou Figma.

Join us for a relaxed, open conversation about the tools, plugins, resources, and workflows we actually use. We’ll share practical discoveries, show a few favourites in action, compare notes, and learn from each other. No presentations. No pressure. No need to be an expert. Bring one tool, plugin, workflow, or tiny trick you genuinely find useful or simply come to listen, ask questions, and hang out with the local design community. What Can You Bring? Anything that makes your work easier, faster, or more enjoyable: — a Figma plugin you use all the time — a useful AI or design tool — a shortcut or workflow improvement — a resource, library, or community file — a recent discovery you want others to try — a question or problem the community might help you solve When & Where? 📍 Wagmi Coffee, Limassol 🗓 19 September ⏰ 5:00–6:30 PM What to Expect 💬 Open Discussion : share thoughts, doubts, and experiences 🎲 Fun Quiz : fun & interactive ☕ Community Vibes : relaxed networking with local designers 🎁 Figma Swag : hoodies, shoppers, and goodies for participants as always Stay Connected 👉 Telegram: https://t.me/friendsoffigma_cyprus 👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fof_cyprus/

Join us for a presentation led by Nishant Kelkar. Nishant will be presenting us an AI-powered app for songwriters, called Scribe. He will be providing an overview, how it was built, challenges faced and how he overcame them. He will be giving us a demo of the app and answer any questions regarding the journey of developing Scribe. 🎶 Audience participation is welcomed in improving the app and help shaping it into something more. Come ready to learn from one of our community members and come ready with questions. We’re excited for this presentation and collaboration! 🤩

For Friends of Figma Ottawa’s first ever event, come hangout with fellow Ottawa creatives! Grab some food, mingle, and get to know the community at this casual post-work kick-off. We look forward to seeing you there! Note: Event is FREE, however due to space limits event registration is required. Date & Time Monday, September 21st, 6-9pm Location RStudio 75D Colonnade Road, Nepean Event overview 6:00 Doors open 6:30 FoF Ottawa kick-off introduction 6:45-8pm Design activity (laptops optional) 8-9pm: Networking Getting there By car: Free parking is available on site just a little down the street at 121 Corinth Private Transit: RStudio is close to multiple bus stations on Colonnade: Prince of Wales / Colonnade & Colonnade /Ad.80 Bike: Bike parking available on site (limited) Accessibility: Please reach out to fof.ottawa@gmail.com for any accessibility needs and we will do our best to accommodate. Our venue is wheelchair accessible. What to bring Laptop is optional for the design activity. There will be analog materials as well!

(This is an OFFLINE event) Hey everyone 👋 Ever wondered how to create smooth and delightful animations in Figma? Join Karina and Marcel for a fun, hands-on session where you'll learn the basics of Figma Motion and build your own animations. No motion design experience required, just bring your laptop and curiosity! 🎬 Cheers, FoF Frankfurt About your facilitators: Karina is a Graphic Designer with 5+ years of experience driving branding, digital design, and visual communication across international agencies, startups, and IT environments. Her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karina-pecheniuk/ Marcel is a graphic designer specializing in screen design, UX, and motion design. His background includes creating broadcast graphics for television, combining After Effects and Blender to produce engaging on-air visuals. His LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelcarlberg/  

September book pick: Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All written by David Kelley and Tom Kelley Grab your favorite drink and join us for a chill evening discussing Creative Confidence — community-led, not recorded, just us figuring it out together. About the book: In a nutshell: A powerful case that creativity isn’t a talent reserved for “creative types” — it’s a human capacity we all have, and this book shows us how to unlock it. Here's the full description if you want to dive deeper: Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the “creative types.” But two of the leading experts in innovation, design, and creativity on the planet show us that each and every one of us is creative. In an incredibly entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their work at IDEO and with many of the world’s top companies, David and Tom Kelley identify the principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives and in our personal lives, and allow us to innovate in terms of how we approach and solve problems. It is a book that will help each of us be more productive and successful in our lives and in our careers. https://www.creativeconfidence.com/ About the authors: David Kelley is the founder of IDEO, one of the world’s most influential design and innovation firms, and the creator of the Stanford d.school (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design), where he continues to teach. He has been a leading figure in human-centered design for decades, working with companies around the world to build a culture of innovation. Tom Kelley is a partner at IDEO and the author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation . He has spent his career helping organisations build creative cultures and develop innovative products, services, and experiences. Together, David and Tom bring decades of hands-on experience in design, creativity, and innovation to this book. https://www.creativeconfidence.com/authors

Join us Tuesday, September 22, 5:00–6:30 PM in Sausalito for a chance to meet new people and reconnect with the SF Figma community. We’ll have Lappert’s Ice Cream and hang out in Gabrielson Park next to the ferry pier. Getting there: Ferry leaves the SF Ferry Building at 4:20 PM, arriving around 5:00. The last ferry back to SF is 6:30 PM. You can also take Golden Gate Transit Route 120 either way. No agenda, just good people and a little end-of-summer fun. Come enjoy the sunset, make a sundae (or two), and mingle with fellow creatives.

Join Friends of Figma Service Design , in collaboration with Good Karma Labs and Singapore Global Netwok, for an AI Demo Night , an evening of live demos, creative experiments, good conversations, and a look at how AI is changing the way we design. Expect real prompts, Figma experiments, AI tools, prototypes, plugins, unexpected workflows, and ideas you can take back to your own work. And the stage is not just for our speakers. We’ll also open things up to the community, so if you’ve built something interesting, discovered a clever workflow, or have an AI experiment you’ve been wanting to share, you’ll have the chance to demo it too. It doesn’t need to be polished. Curiosity is enough. AI is giving us new ways to think, make, prototype, and explore. Let’s see what everyone’s been building.

AI is changing the way we design, prototype, and build digital products. But what happens when we stop treating it as just an assistant and start giving it more and more responsibility? At this event, we’ll look at AI from a practical perspective — without the hype, but also without the doom. Our speakers will share real-world experiences of using AI across design, development, and product teams: from rapid prototyping and production code to experiments with autonomous agents. 👉 Free entry, reserve your spot now! 🗓 Date: September 23, 2026 ⏰ Doors open: 18:00 📍 Location: Sygic, Twin City C At the reception of Twin City C, ask for Sygic, then take the elevator to the 6th floor. 🎤 Timo — AI in the everyday work of a designer 🎤 Oliver — AI vs UX and the quest for the right symbiosis 🎤 Gorazd — From vibe-coded prototypes to an agentic designer at Flashscore

Portfolios à l'ère de l'IA Alors que l'IA brouille les frontières entre les disciplines, comment un portfolio de designer se distingue-t-il encore aujourd'hui ? Venez en discuter avec un panel de recruteurs et de responsables design, qui passeront aussi trois portfolios différents a la loupe. Un tour de table sur leurs attentes et leurs critères, suivi d'une revue de portfolios en direct devant public. → Aurélie Bosc , productrice associée UX, Ubisoft → Albéric Maillet , directeur de l'innovation d'affaires, Nurun → Fabien Laborie , designer principal, Shopify → Manuel Hernandez , responsable de la pratique UX, Datmos Vous pourrez poser vos questions en direct pour faire avancer la discussion ! Inscrivez-vous pour faire relire votre portfolio après la présentation : https://tally.so/r/VL6O4E Vous cherchez à peaufiner votre portfolio, vous recrutez, ou vous êtes simplement curieux·se de savoir ce qui fait mouche aujourd'hui ? Cet événement est pour vous. 📆 Mercredi 23 septembre ⏰ Ouverture des portes 17 h 30 · Début à 18 h 📍 Shopify, 490 rue De La Gauchetière Ouest, Montréal 🗣 Événement en français 🎟 Places limitées · Inscription requise On vous attend ! ⸻ Portfolios in the AI era: how do you stand out? As AI blurs the lines between disciplines, what still makes a designer's portfolio stand out today? Come discuss it with a panel of recruiters and design leaders, who will also break down three very different portfolios live. A roundtable on what they look for and their dealbreakers, followed by a live portfolio review in front of the audience. → Aurélie Bosc , UX Associate Producer, Ubisoft → Albéric Maillet , Director of Business Innovation, Nurun → Fabien Laborie , Staff Designer, Shopify → Manuel Hernandez , UX Practice Lead, Datmos You'll be able to ask questions live to move the discussion forward! Sign up to get your portfolio reviewed after the presentation: https://tally.so/r/VL6O4E Looking to sharpen your own portfolio, hiring, or just curious what stands out today? This event is for you too. 📆 Wednesday, September 23 ⏰ Doors open 5:30 PM · Starts at 6 PM 📍 Shopify, 490 De La Gauchetière St W, Montréal 🗣 Event held in French 🎟 Limited seats · RSVP required See you there!

Twenty slides. Twenty seconds each. The deck moves whether you're ready or not. That's Pecha Kucha, and it's landing at FoF Sydney for the first time on 24 September at Atlassian. And no, before you ask, this is not another AI talk. Just three leaders, one very unforgiving clock, and the oldest skill in the room: telling a story well. Sarah Stokes (Co-Founder and Coach, Humanify) brings The Creativity Muscle . The neuroscience of creativity, and why it behaves less like a talent and more like a muscle. Use it or lose it, and what that actually looks like for teams trying to stay sharp while everything else moves fast. Michel Ferreira (Designer Advocate, Figma) presents 5 Countries. 30 Years. 20 Slides. Thirty years of design across five countries, told as one story. Shifting technology, shifting cultures, shifting ideas of what design even is, and what comes next for the profession. Shruti Bansal (Senior CX & Product Designer, Zurich Insurance) unpacks The Art of Observation: What Are We Missing When We Think We're Looking? Art and theatre as the lens, the pause before someone answers and the workaround nobody mentions in the debrief as the subject. Aniruddha Kadam (UX & Web Design Manager, UNSW) shares Rearranging the Layout of My Design Life . Mumbai to San Francisco to Sydney, a career that never went in a straight line, and what it actually takes to keep adapting, rebuilding and growing every time the map changes. You'll leave with two things. A handful of ideas worth sitting with, and a masterclass in saying more with less, watched live, three times in a row, with nowhere to hide behind a slide. Bring your own take on the night's stories and find the people worth swapping them with. Product, design, engineering and AI leaders from across Sydney will be in that room, all with an opinion. Agenda 5:00PM: Doors open    5:00PM - 6:00PM: Arrival, registration, food & drinks    6:00PM - 7:30PM: Talks & Q&A    7:30PM - 9:00PM: Networking 9:00PM: Event ends ⚠️ Registration Notice We'll be placing you on a waitlist before approving registrations based on capacity.  Please arrive on time. After 6pm, there may be no one at door to let you in. Be ready to present your ID and ticket at the entrance, as attendee identities will be verified against their tickets. If you can’t attend, please cancel your spot as soon as possible. Cancellations made less than 48 hours before the event will not be valid.

Hello friends! Friends of Figma Singapore is bringing you outside to touch grass for our first run club* – Pace & Pair at Marina Bay. No presentations, no demos, just a chill run (or walk – you decide your pace) and yap sesh around the Bay with other friends from the community. (*we say run club but we don't know if we'll do this again 😬) 🎟️ Registration open on Thursday, 3 September at 12 noon.    How it works The run will be split into four legs Run/walk/yap in small groups to the next checkpoint We'll wait for everyone to gather at each checkpoint and then split into different groups before starting on the next leg At every checkpoint, you'll be given a prompt/topic to discuss (but feel free to talk about anything during your next leg) We'll finish at the MBS Event Plaza, hopefully in time for a sunset Feel free to join us for dinner afterwards for more conversations! Lace up your shoes and engage in meaningful design discussions while enjoying the beautiful surroundings.   More details 📍 Distance: Marina Bay loop, ~3.5km 🏃 Pace: All paces welcome, we'll have regular checkpoints for everyone to gather before the next leg (this will be a very chill run, don't expect to break any PBs) 🎽 Attire: Come dressed comfortably for a run (or walk), sports attire and running/walking shoes 💧 Hydration: There will be no provided water points, please bring your own bottle if you need to 🎒 Bag check: Someone will be looking after your bag if you come with one, but you leave your bags with us at your own risk