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@zeroheight.com

zeroheight enables teams to document, deliver, track, and manage their design system all in one place. 🚀 We also host Converge, Design System Awards and Design Systems Report 🤓

@zeroheight.com Oct 9, 2026, 12:45 PM

AI is great at scaling whatever you give it – good or bad.

So, is your design system ready for AI?

Charlotte explores why AI exposes the design systems that were never really working, and how teams can strengthen theirs.

Read the full blog ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q04zhFCN0

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@zeroheight.com Oct 8, 2026, 12:33 PM

How mature is your design system, really?

It's a tricky question, so most teams end up guessing.🤯

Measuring Design System Maturity sets out six axes you can chart your system against, grounded in ten years of conversations with design system teams.

Get your copy ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q04zhDp10

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@zeroheight.com Oct 6, 2026, 12:06 PM

What should you automate in design systems?

On the latest DSWTF, Luke and Michelle share what's worth automating and what's better left to humans, from scripts to tools to AI.

Catch up on the podcast ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q04z0bZc0

@zeroheight.com Oct 5, 2026, 12:46 PM

Building AI-first doesn't mean starting from a blank page on design system best practice.

For @moodle.com, it meant taking practices they already believed in - and holding them to a higher standard.

Read the full story on how Moodle built an AI-first design system 👉 https://hubs.li/Q04yW6fG0

Moodle showcase quote card. Zoe Rippon, Director of Experience Design at Moodle: "We didn't have to abandon established design system practices to build AI-first; we had to apply them more consistently than we ever had before."

@zeroheight.com Oct 2, 2026, 12:31 PM

Undocumented decisions don't stay undecided. They get decided by whoever or whatever is building next.

Nathania explores why cognitive accessibility belongs in your design system, and why it's every role's responsibility 👇

https://hubs.li/Q04ydHVV0

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@zeroheight.com Oct 1, 2026, 12:33 PM

Design system docs are the source of truth for the people and AI agents building your products.

Keeping them current and governed matters more than ever.

See our new Drafts, Reviewing, and Compare Changes features in this week's Product Deep Dive ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q04yJ8_h0

Purple event graphic for zeroheight's Product Deep Dive webinar on demand, "Before You Hit Publish: Drafts, Diffs, and Better Governance," Black-and-white cutout-style headshots of speakers Rob Whitfield (Senior Product Designer), Tom Daly (Full Stack Product Engineer), and Luke Murphy (Head of Advocacy), with the zeroheight and Deep Dive logos in the bottom corners.

@zeroheight.com Sep 29, 2026, 12:16 PM

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨

There are LESS THAN 10 Converge tickets remaining before we sell out! 🥵

If you were planning on buying a ticket - now is the time. Seriously.

Go, go, go ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q04xMBG70

@zeroheight.com Sep 28, 2026, 11:51 AM

Have you signed up for tomorrow's webinar yet? 👀

@zeroheight.com Sep 25, 2026, 11:22 AM

Design systems exist to reduce decision-making.

But no system covers everything. 👀

So are your principles actually guiding your decisions?

Read more here ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q04xMJcZ0

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@zeroheight.com Sep 23, 2026, 12:31 PM

Duplicate pages, hidden pages, reviews scattered across Slack...

Sound familiar?

If you maintain design system documentation and want fewer workarounds, clearer reviews, and more confidence when you publish, our next Product Deep Dive webinar is for you.

Purple event graphic for zeroheight's Product Deep Dive webinar, "Before You Hit Publish: Drafts, Diffs, and Better Governance," Tuesday 29th September 2026, 4:00pm BST / 11:00am ET / 8:00am PT. Black-and-white cutout-style headshots of speakers Rob Whitfield (Senior Product Designer), Tom Daly (Full Stack Product Engineer), and Luke Murphy (Head of Advocacy), with the zeroheight and Deep Dive logos in the bottom corners.

@zeroheight.com Sep 22, 2026, 12:31 PM

The countdown is officially on. Today marks 1 month until Converge 2026! 🎉

Tickets are almost sold out so get your hands on the last few while you can - we’ve got a feeling this is going to be the biggest and best Converge yet 🥳

Get your tickets: https://hubs.li/Q04xMC7F0

@zeroheight.com Sep 22, 2026, 9:03 AM

Everyone talks about automating as much as possible in design systems. But what can you actually automate? 🤔

Join tomorrow's DSWTF as Luke and Michelle share what they have successfully automated, and what works better with a human touch.

Weds 23rd Sept, 4pm BST

@zeroheight.com Sep 21, 2026, 1:04 PM

Your design system has all the right artifacts. So why does it still feel immature? 😖

Measuring Design System Maturity makes the case that maturity isn't about what you can point to. It's about what your team actually does.

Learn more👇

https://hubs.li/Q04xMB0p0

@zeroheight.com Sep 18, 2026, 10:03 AM

Have you ever asked yourself if what you're designing still makes sense if you can't see it?

This article shares insights from an interview with a JAWS + Braille user, including design best practices and how to meet WCAG compliance in your design system.

Learn more 👉https://hubs.li/Q04x6wGS0

@zeroheight.com Sep 14, 2026, 11:03 AM

The Measuring Design System Maturity book.

A six-axis model for finding out where your design system really is - and what to do next.

Get your copy here ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q04x06lV0

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@zeroheight.com Sep 11, 2026, 1:25 PM

Most design systems are organised around what they produce: tokens, components, documentation.

This article dives into why that breaks down at scale, and the 6-pillar operating model that fixes it.

Check it out 👉 https://hubs.li/Q04w4rDL0

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@zeroheight.com Sep 10, 2026, 1:04 PM

@moodle.com LMS has 500M+ users and 23 years of community-driven growth - but no shared design language.

Building one from scratch, they made it AI-first and learned machines need a much higher bar for consistency than humans ever did.

Full story ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q04wRNwb0

@zeroheight.com Sep 8, 2026, 4:25 PM

Did someone say FREE BOOK?! 😲

We’re giving away a limited-edition physical copy of our new book Measuring Design System Maturity to 5 lucky winners.

Enter here ➡️ lnkd.in/p/e7JHvb8U

#designsystems

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@zeroheight.com Sep 8, 2026, 9:53 AM

Figma Motion was one of our favourite Config drops - a tool that finally talks to our design system AND does motion.

But are we covering it right? 🤔

Luke & Michelle discuss on this week's DSWTF.

9th Sept, 4pm BST.

watch.getcontrast.io/register/zer...

@zeroheight.com Sep 7, 2026, 11:46 AM

Introducing Measuring Design System Maturity - our new book on all things design system maturity. 📖

Read the book as we unpack the concept of our maturity model, walk through the axes and archetypes, and explore where the industry is heading.

Check it out 👉 https://hubs.li/Q04vy7Zq0

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