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Figma Community Awards 2022 | Figma Blog (opens in new tab)

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Figma introduced its first-ever Community Awards to recognize the plugins, widgets, templates, UI kits, and other resources that help designers collaborate and work more efficiently. With more than 1,600 resources published daily, the awards highlight how the community builds practical and creative tools for Figma and FigJam. Winners were selected through community nominations and voting, then announced at Config.

Purpose of the Awards

  • The awards celebrate community members who “imagine, design, and build” together.
  • Recognized resources support workflows ranging from accessibility and UI design to workshops, ideation, and team bonding.
  • The program included ten award categories.

2022 Award Winners

  • Plugin for extending Figma’s utility: Similayer by Dave Williames, for selecting similar layers using multiple properties.
  • Plugin for adding content: Content Reel by Eugene Gavriloff and Microsoft, offering reusable text, images, and icons.
  • Widget for teams: FigJenda by PG Gonni, an interactive workshop and meeting agenda compatible with the FigJam timer.
  • Widget for utility or fun: Rock Paper Scissors by Alex Einarsson.
  • Team bonding template: Remote Design Sprint by Miranda Mazzara, Danila Gallardo, and Aerolab.
  • Ideation template: Customer Journey Map by Fuad Aslan.
  • UI kit: Ant Design Open Source by Mr Biscuit and Vinh Bui, an open-source design system.
  • Icon set: css.gg by Lona and Astrit, containing more than 700 CSS, SVG, and Figma icons.
  • Educational resource: Micro interactions - Prototyping by Rusmir Arnautovic.
  • Graphic resource: Sketch Elements Brushes Set by Streamline.

How the Awards Worked

  • Community members could nominate resources through Figma Community profiles.
  • Nominations were open from April 14–22, followed by finalist announcements on May 2.
  • Voting took place from May 2–10.
  • Each resource could be nominated only once, but users could nominate as many different files, plugins, or widgets as they wished.
  • Nomination totals were kept private to preserve fairness.

Recognition for Creators

  • Winners were honored during the awards ceremony at Config on May 11.
  • They received a physical Figma Community Award and Figma merchandise.
  • Creators were encouraged to promote their resources and use #FigmaCommunityAwards.

The awards demonstrate how central community-created resources are to the Figma ecosystem. Designers were encouraged both to recognize tools that improve their work and to publish their own resources for others to discover and use.