Heading to Config’24?

Here's a little something cool we put together.

TL;DR: A bunch of Figma lovers from all over the world recorded our journeys from all across the globe heading into San Francisco. Out of that comes this Mini Documentary.

DISCLAIMER: This is a community project, led by Bruno Figueiredo. We are in no way directly associated with the Figma team and/or brand, outside of the fact we're all heading to Config.

About me and the project

Portrait of Bruno Figueiredo wearing a Figma hat.

My name is Bruno and I'm a Brand Designer based in Lisbon, Portugal. I'm also one of the Community Advocates running Friends of Figma's Global Discord and the Friends of Figma Portugal chapter.

I'm a creative and love to play around with more than just digital design, so I create content. From my podcast called Design is for Everyone, to some educational content for TikTok and other platforms, I've been doing video since my early career and I love the medium to share cool messages and stories.

Fast forward to 2022 and I was heading to Config in San Francisco when I had the idea of registering my trip from Portugal to SF, but ended up with a much more ambitious project.

"What if we gather videos from all across the globe of people flying in to SF to attend Config? Why not register and share a collective journey, ending on the kickstart moment of the conference."

Unfortunately, not many people joined my efforts and the idea fell through. But I know this community never fails to amaze me and this year I want to try and do the same project but with all of you

Here's how we asked fo help

The original idea was to record a handful of clips, be it with a phone or camera, registering our trip into SF and Config.

It didn't had to be perfect, or look cinematic. Everyone just grabbed their phone or camera and recorded the fun moments, the packing, the ride to the airport or the flight, the registration,… all the little bits up until the moment the conference was about to start.

Here are some shots I made back then for reference and bellow is a FigJam with notes and some images used to inspire the community.

Meet the featured participants

or see where they come from
Annapurna Dave
Annapurna Dave
London
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United Kingdom
@annaadesigner
Ardaas Hora
Ardaas Hora
Sacramento
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USA
@ardaas
Bruno Figueiredo
Bruno Figueiredo
Lisbon
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Portugal
@bfigas
Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes
Victoria
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Canada
@figma
Gavin McFarland
Gavin McFarland
London
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United Kingdom
@gavinmcfarland
Hugo Raymond
Hugo Raymond
London
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United Kingdom
@_hraymond
Korey Clements
Korey Clements
Fishers
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USA
@KoreyClements
Laura Escobar
Laura Escobar
San Salvador
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El Salvador
@laurie
Maggie Mesel
Maggie Mesel
Campinas
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Brazil
@maira
Masha
Masha
Providence
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USA
@masha
Matt Costa
Matt Costa
Auckland
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New Zealand
@matheusbaumgart
Muskan Bhargava
Muskan Bhargava
Jaipur
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India
@muskanbhargava
Olivia Yang
Olivia Yang
Santa Clara
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USA
Pravallika Navuluru
Pravallika Navuluru
Indianapolis
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USA
@pravallikanavul
Rusmir Arnautovic
Rusmir Arnautovic
Sarajevo
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
@ideaisall
Saleena Beharry
Saleena Beharry
Charlotte
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USA
@barihari
Salomé Reis
Salomé Reis
Lisbon
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Portugal
Socrates Charisis
Socrates Charisis
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Greece
@sochar3
Stephen Samraj E
Stephen Samraj E
Bloomington
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USA
@stephensam
Verónica Gómez
Verónica Gómez
Mexico City
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Mexico
@veronicagomez
Yash Banka
Yash Banka
Pittsburgh
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USA
@yashbanka

And thank you to everyone else who applied

Adria Meira
Adria Meira
Campinas
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Brazi
@adriameira
Akshay Bakshi
Akshay Bakshi
Vancouver
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Canada
@agentakki
Alexis Muller
Alexis Muller
San Jose
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USA
@alexismuller
Bharat Kashyap
Bharat Kashyap
Delhi
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India
Cloe Coupris
Cloe Coupris
Paris
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France
@Cloe_design
Generous Yeh
Generous Yeh
Seattle
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USA
@generous
Hanna Kunka
Hanna Kunka
New York
|
USA
Jasmine Hentschel
Jasmine Hentschel
Atlanta
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USA
@jasmineshuree
Kelsey Lawrence
Kelsey Lawrence
Memphis
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USA
Kendell Warner
Kendell Warner
Seattle
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USA
@kendellw
Luke Wojcik
Luke Wojcik
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Poland
@lukewojcik
Mia Bromige
Mia Bromige
Sussex
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United Kingdom
@miabromige
Minal Chatbar
Minal Chatbar
Ottawa
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Canada
@minalc
Natalie Oh
Natalie Oh
Singapore
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@natnatoh
Nicole Kwan
Nicole Kwan
Vancouver
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Canada
@nicolekwan
Parmita Gurung
Parmita Gurung
Boston
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USA
@pgtamu
Robin Staley
Robin Staley
Pennsylvania
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USA
Umair Ali
Umair Ali
Karachi
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Pakistan
Vaishnavi Dwivedi
Vaishnavi Dwivedi
Austin
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USA
@dwvicy
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