📣 Join Our Next IxDF Wellington Virtual Meetup - Beyond the Hype: What Did Figma Config Mean for Designers?

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IxDF Wellington Meetup July

IxDF Wellington Meetup about Config 2026

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Hello everyone,

I'd like to invite you to our next virtual IxDF Wellington meetup!

đź“… Friday, 17 July
đź•• 6:00 PM (Wellington time)
đź’» Online

For this meetup, we'll keep things relaxed, informal, and conversation-focused. There are no presentations and no preparation required—just bring your curiosity and your thoughts.

Topic

Beyond the Hype: What Did Figma Config Mean for Designers?

Figma Config introduced a range of exciting announcements—from AI-powered features to new ways of designing and collaborating. We'll use a few of these highlights as conversation starters and discuss what they might mean for our work as designers.

Whether you followed Config closely or only heard about it afterwards, you're very welcome to join. This is a great opportunity to exchange ideas, hear different perspectives, and get to know other members of the Wellington design community.

Agenda

  • đź‘‹ Welcome & introductions

  • 🎤 A quick look at some Config highlights

  • đź’¬ Open discussion and exchange of ideas

  • 🚀 Wrap-up and ideas for future meetups

I hope you can join us and look forward to seeing many familiar and new faces!

Best regards,

Daniel
IxDF Wellington Local Leader

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Wellington, New Zealand

Daniel Canis

Senior Service Designer and UX Strategist

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