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The great design system shrink is real. Now that we're through the halcyon days of endless budget and resource on the back of golden promises, it's time to show the results. In 2025, leaders are asking for proof of the value of design systems, while we all still feel under-resourced, and we're being told to do more with less.

Luke, our resident design advocate, and Alan Weibel, UX Architect at Salesforce on the Lightning Design System, will dive into the areas of proving out design systems to leadership, resourcing your team, and knowing what the break points are. How do we convince the business to invest? What roles are non-negotiable? And is it ever possible to do more with less?


Design Systems Report 2025 - Resourcing and convincing leadership

Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF, where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single question around design system troubles with a Q\&A from the live audience.

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As an apt way to end a very long season one of Design Systems WTF (don't worry, they'll be back later in the year), Michelle and Luke dive into the topic of when to quit. Is there a point where the uphill climb is too steep? Or should we keep on fighting the good fight forever?


Design Systems WTF #42 - When is it time to give up on your design system? (Season One Finale!)

While it seems that a lot of teams are still early in their automation journey, there is clearly a huge appetite for automating a load of what we do with our design systems. From automating the pipeline, to component creation, to creating docs, to docs retrieval, to automated agents, the possibilities are endless. Are they all good ideas, though?

Luke, our resident design advocate, and Farid Sabitov, designops consultant and community tsar, will dive into the good, the bad and the ugly of automation. What areas can we automate today? What tools are out there and what do we have to build ourselves? And in what areas do we need to suck it up and use the manual, human approach?


Design Systems Report 2025 - Automating our design systems

Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF, where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single question around design system troubles with a Q\&A from the live audience.

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Inspired by a suggested topic from Jeremy Keith - "What is a greater threat to designers - AI or Design Systems?" we thought we'd dive into the often touted myth that design systems are the death of true design. With tools coming out now that promise no more Figma, are traditional UI designers at danger? Or is it all just another arrow in our collective quivers as product people?


Design Systems WTF #41 - Will design systems replace designers?

Contribution often seems like the perfect solution for scaling design systems, but is it really? We'll weigh the tough realities of managing contributions and why a federated system might not suit everyone. We'll explore the hurdles of contribution and how to decide if it's the right path for your team.

A podcast from zeroheight. Let’s be honest, design systems are full of choice wtf moments. Michelle and Luke, two of our resident design advocates, are attempting to combat this with a new regular series, where they answer a single question about design system troubles every two weeks.

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Design Systems wtf #29: why isn't contribution the answer?

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Design Systems Report 2025 - Resourcing and convincing leadership

Design Systems WTF #42 - When is it time to give up on your design system? (Season One Finale!)