Design has come a long way since 1993. From product and graphic design to service, policy, legal, and even design for sustainability, it's now everywhere. The future? Even more specialized, strategic, and impactful. Read Cooper's discussion here: doi.org/10.1080/146069…

👩‍⚕️🤝🧑‍🎨 What roles do healthcare professionals really play in designing medical devices? In this article, Kaygan and Kaygan investigate Turkey's resource-constrained SMEs, 4 key roles emerge, from expert user to business partner. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/146069…

Figma 's Config in London delivered—talks, people, energy, all of it. Such a fun day full of inspiring releases and great convos. Big thanks to Figma , and to Jitter & Raycast for an awesome after party! 😎 #figma #Config2025 #London

Fresh off the chaos, coffee, and conversations from Config London. This issue of Product Disrupt is coming to you from a cozy garden stay in London. Still buzzing from all the design energy – a proper Config download will soon follow.

Really enjoyed the talks at Figma's first London Config, Dan Hollick's 'Color Palettes' and timothy's 'Gateway to Physical Design' were my favs ❤️

Had an epic design day at Figma config in London 🇬🇧. - Getting deeply inspired with my boy Jack Vaughan - Chatting with the legend ˗ˏˋ rogie xcx ˎˊ˗ Also super happy to say hi (IRL) to Liam McCabe Mitul Shah James McDonald Alessia Sannazzaro Daniel Hermoso and many others. Design rules!

Had a great time at Config and walked the most in the past few months. Thank you London 🙌

Kevin Twohy Figma Really enjoyed going through this on the train home from config London yesterday 👏

Just got back from Figma config London. Pros: Meet many cool people. Got to see designers I've only known online. Talks Swag Cons: Way too many people for the size of the venue. Not many interactive experiences. Only the figjam wall and the poster personalization. All areas

I just had lunch with a director of a 70 person design org who found me via Deep Research while planning a trip to Config here in London because of something I said in a talk I gave recently. I'm going to guess that's going to happen a few more times at least

I talked to a lot of designers at Config London and there’s a clear trend emerging… More designers are having backend engineers scaffold a UI before the design is "figured out" and then the designer lands the plane in Cursor as the next step Yesterday I interviewed the full

Config London >>> Config SF Way more intimate! Got to meet a lot of online friends in person!!

The first ever Config London was insightful Figma

Back in 🇿🇦 after a whirlwind @Figma Config week in London. Bit overwhelmed by how many ppl I met IRL after chatting to them online for YEARS. Took maybe 3 photos. Fail. But memories are thick and friendships strengthened (old and new). I must shout-out Figma, I was lucky

A brand for today, built for tomorrow. 🐎 At Figma Config London our brilliant partners at Lloyds shared the story of its digital-first rebrand, created in collaboration with Wolff Olins. 🤝 Watch the full talk here. 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=EwFvMA… #Config2025 #Design #Brand

Had a great chat with Gary Hustwit last week on stage at Config London! We talked about Eno, the world’s first generative documentary, and Gary’s process dynamically sequencing scenes making it different at every screening (over a billion permutations) 👇youtube.com/watch?v=GoIhob…

had a blast speaking at Config London last week. massive thank you to everyone, and especially Figma for inviting me to face my fear of public speaking (and talk about something I'm very passionate about) the recording is now available on youtube. link in thread ↓

Just back from Config 2025—hosted in London for the first time! Loved connecting with the design community and getting a glimpse of what’s next for Figma. Tools like Make, Draw & Sites show how AI is quietly reshaping the way we work. Inspired and excited. #Config2025

🚨 Deadline extended! You now have 2 more weeks to submit — new deadline is June 2! Don’t miss it — spread the word! 📢 CfP: tominhai-cui2025.github.io/about/

The Design Journal Read the most downloaded dissertation from Aalto University on #ServiceDesign and #AI aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/7f98cb0e…