Design Systems Report 2026: The Findings
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Our annual Design Systems Report 2026 goes live on 17 March, offering a deep dive into the current state of design systems. It highlights key trends, themes, and year-on-year comparisons. With the rapid advances in AI, this is our most interesting report to date — and there’s a lot to share.
Join Luke Murphy, Principal Design Advocate at zeroheight, as they talk you through the most compelling findings from this year’s report, including:
- The resource crisis is accelerating
- Adoption remains the existential challenge
- AI is here, but expectations are grounded
- Documentation is both the biggest pain point and the clearest opportunity
Speaker
Luke Murphy
Principal Design Advocate, zeroheight
Luke is the Principal Design Advocate at zeroheight. They host the DesignOps Island Discs podcast, host the WDC conference in Bristol and help organizations worldwide with their design system via their work with zeroheight and DesignOps Assembly. They've worked as a design leader across enterprise and startups, and have a passion for good org design and creating community. When they're not enthusing about designops and design systems, they sing in a queer punk band and make zines.
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM