Figma Config, SF Design Week & WWDC25 official & unofficial events list
(Please reach out if you would like your event listed in this article)
Last Updated: 5.6.2025 (3:38pm)
It’s an exciting time in Silicon Valley and SF right now.
Much of the venture capital that was once being poured into the type of crypto scams that bankrupted Silicon Valley Bank is carefully being put back into projects with actual use cases.
The weekly SF AI Events Calendar says it all.
Investors are reinvesting into the fabric of the startup market at alarming rates for AI software which introduces its own ethical and human factors challenges (like every movement always does).
It's nice to see people building and investing in real product again with real use cases that aren't based on academic whitepapers and utopian pipedreams that someone conjured up while they were smoking peyote at burning man. As a former photographer for burning man project, I can assure you that I’ve heard and seen it all.
A few things to get excited about come early May & June…
Pre-Config
A conference dedicated to Apple Vision Pro creators? Count me in.
CoCreate Conference (by Design Buddies and UXGO) - May 4 - 10AM – 5PM PDT
Promo code: MICHAEL -(for 25% off)
the intersection of art & technology #11 @ Internet Archive - May 4 - 7PM - 8PM PDT
May 5
Spline & Contra Config Pre-party - May 5 - 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Japan x Global Design & Tech Networking: A Pre-Config Event Downtown SF - May 5 - 5:00PM – 7:45PM PDT
Figma Config (May 6-8) is the conference for platform agnostic product builders and design systems teams to attend who work on remote teams that want to make sure AI isn't hallucinating all over their projects. The conference is already sold out but I recommend attending day 2 with virtual registration here.
https://config.figma.com/san-francisco/
Go create your own virtual #Config25 badge here: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1499851906249976466
May 6
Config Warm-Up 8:00AM PDT
Before diving into the world of design and the latest updates at Config, why not start your day with an easy run and great conversations? Config Warm-Up is a meetup for designers who also love to run. No matter your pace – the goal is to connect with fellow designers, get ready for an intense day of learning, and start the event full of energy!📍 Location: Ferry Building
🏃♂️ Lace up your running shoes (8 km)Climb + Design - 4:00PM – 6:00PM PDT
Boba and Builders - 4:30PM – 6:00PM PDT
Config Commons - 12PM – 9PM PDT - Howard Street
GitHub x Figma Dev community event - 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
Out Of Scope 2025 @ Freepik - 6PM - 9PM PDT
"Out of Scope" is an event that features a candid design panel—created to spark real, unfiltered conversations about the state of the industry, the hiring landscape, and what it truly takes to stand out. We’re bringing together top designers and recruiters to unpack industry trends, hiring disconnects, and career strategies that actually make a difference.
May 7
Suceava Config Watch Party - 8:30AM – 10:30AM PDT
UXplore Figma Watchparty - 9:00AM – 11:00AM PDT
Config speed meeting - 12:00PM – 2:00PM PDT
Config Product Clubhouse - 9:00AM – 1:00PM PDTboba + yap config design meetup - 12:30PM – 2:00PM PDT
Strella's Happy Hour - AI in User Research - 5:00PM – 7:00PM PDT
Design Engineering Meet-Up: San Francisco - 5:30PM – 8:00PM PDT
Vercel Design Happy Hour - 5:30PM - 8:30PM PDT
Config Afterparty: Design Tools in the age of AI | Ecru Dot x Punchcut - 5:30PM – 9:00PM PDT
Pour Toi: Mystery Paint + Sip - 6:00PM – 9:00PM PDT
Config Afters: SF edition - 6:00PM – 11:00PM PDT
Config After Party — Hosted by Pave - 7:00PM – 11:00PM PDT
Early bird invites to the Config unofficial config afterparty at the Press Club are officially closed. I’ll be there getting ready for WWDC25 and crossing paths with Jesse Showalter, Tommy Geoco, Femke van Schoonhoven and Soren Iverson
Detach 2025: The Unofficial Config After Party @ PressClub- 7:00PM – 12:00AM PDT
May 8
Creative Career Futures: A workshop to design what’s next, on your terms
Running Research SF - 6:30AM – 8:00AM PDT
Figma for CILs and Nonprofits: Open Forum — 12:00PM – 3:00PM PDT
SF UXD Config After Party- 6:30PM – 10:00PM PDT
HCII Happy Hour - 7:00PM – 9:00PM PDT
Designer Founder Night - 5:30PM - 8:30PM PDT
Art on the Rocks: Paradigm Design @ MoMA + HH - 3:30PM -7PM PDT
Join Paradigm Design for a post-Config winddown with great art and even better company. Hosted at SFMOMA for a private, curated tour of San Francisco’s iconic modern and contemporary art museum, followed by happy hour nearby.
May 9
Design Debrief at Dolores Park - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
🍕 Design Chats. Drinks. And all things nice. Come join for a chill park hang and catch-up with fellow design nerds!
San Francisco Design Week - (June 2–10)
Reshaping outcomes with conscious design
June 2–June 10, 2025
Don't delay in getting your OnePass to begin registering for events
Here are a few call outs for events where seats will book up fast.
June 2: Mini Retreat: Recharge. Refocus. Redesign Your Creative Career With Intent at St. Joseph’s Art Society led by Claudia Fulgas (this event has an additional fee)
June 2: Windy Chien Open Studio
June 2: Phone a (AI) Friend with Anthropic
June 2: Fireside Chat with Ian Yang of Gantri and Robert Brunner of Ammunition
June 3: More than a Box - How Packaging Has Become the Product with Whipsaw and Zenpack
June 3: Official Opening Night Party with Rivian X Design Bay Area
June 5: Reform Cafe at Fellow Flagship
June 6: Tools for After - a Traveling Exhibition from Rome Opening Reception
June 6: Designing from the Land: Fire Resilience Through Architecture and Landscape
June 6: Sound Memories at Swissnex
June 7: TikTok Designing AI Ads hosted at Bytedance/TikTok (this event is in San Jose)
June 8: Case Study House #26 Home Tour
June 9: Pinterest: Design for Wellbeing
June 10: AI Design at Google
June 10: Adobe Creative Cafe Portfolio Reviews and Create Now
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WWDC25 - (June 9-13)
The conference for product builders to attend who haven't completely abandoned centralised design processes and want to make sure the platform decisions they are making aren't going to be made obsolete in one night.
I’m collecting an official (and unofficial) events list for both Figma Config and WWDC25 this year and will be keeping this article updated.
Be sure to get in touch if you’d like your event mentioned.
https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/
Please get in touch if you have an upcoming event you’d like to make sure skeuomorphic design readers know about in time for Config or WWDC25 this year.
Years ago, you had to be at in person sessions to benefit from session content but recent years international teams have been able to enjoy having access to sessions content right from the Apple Developer app.
You will need to be registered as an Apple developer (at $99/year) which gives you early access to OS builds, Test Flight and early insights around the latest platform decisions being made at Apple.
Events will be listed below (and not blasted out) so you’ll want to bookmark this article link as the events approach:
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WWDC25 events list (Last Updated: 5.6.2025 — 3:38pm)
NEW: Half-day workshops the weekend before WWDC, June 7 - 8
One More Thing Conference (June 9-12) — RSVP to join the world's largest IRL gathering of Apple developers alongside Apple's WWDC in Cupertino, CA.
One More Thing is the community-run neighbor conference to WWDC. We’ll be gathering for talks, for workshops, for WWDC-labs-inspired experiences enabled by community experts, and to meet fellow developers in a shared space.
One More Thing is born out of gratitude and passion for our wonderful community and is inspired in large part by the conferences we know and love from 2019 and earlier.
