zeroheight is the design system management platform used by companies across the globe. From documentation to measurement to automation, zeroheight acts as a central place for you to take your design system from zero to hero.

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Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), 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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Design systems folks seem to be prone to burnout, arguments, and generally feeling hard done by within their organizations. What makes design systems folks so prone to being loaded with additional weight? We talk about why this happens, as well as some tactics to get around it.


Design Systems WTF #46 - What's with the emotional baggage with design systems?

Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), 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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Time to get spicy... One of the big promises of the hype of design systems was that it would reduce organizational and product complexity by providing efficient, replicable ways of doing things. Now that we've bedded in, its time to ask - how much do design systems actually reduce complexity? Do they just reorganize and make complexity more palatable?


Design Systems WTF #45 - Do design systems reduce complexity or just reorganize it?

Join us for another instalment of our deep dive webinar series, where we explore essential topics shaping the future of design systems with zeroheight.

This month, we’ll be looking at how to systematize your use of zeroheight.

We’ll cover how to create replicable, reliable documentation using features like custom templating, synced pages, internal tagging, embeds, design blocks, and footer blocks — and give a peek behind the curtain at how we approached building two of our newest AI-powered features.

*We’ll cover:*

*   What it means to create your documentation in a systematic way
*   How you can create custom templates and synced pages to ensure your documentation is consistent
*   Tips and tricks using the other blocks
*   Using AI to scale fast and maintain consistency — including how we approached building these new capabilities

Speakers:

Luke Murphy, Head of Advocacy

Lewis Smith-Tong, Senior Product Manager

Chace Stewart, Senior Product Engineer


zeroheight deep dive: Build once, scale faster: Systematizing your Design System docs

Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), 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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A bit of a deep topic this week – how important is consistency as a concept to be aiming for with design systems? Obviously, it's one of our design systems' selling points, but in a world where we're moving more and more towards browserless, how important is component consistency, or can we see a place where foundational consistency is all we need?


Design Systems WTF #44 - Should we care about consistency?

Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), 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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We took a few months off and y'all went and changed everything... We dive into the wonderful world of contextual design systems. Do MCPs finally offer what we need to make our design systems serve information up contextually? Are there major things we need to refactor? Or is it all smoke and mirrors?


Design Systems WTF #43 - Are we finally at the point of contextual documentation?

Join us for the another instalment of our deep dive webinar series, where we explore essential topics shaping the future of design systems with zeroheight. This month we'll be looking at extending zeroheight, via the API and the recently released MCP server! We'll be covering off what this actually enables, what other teams are doing, and a deep dive on how you can use both of them.

**We’ll cover:**

*   What the API and MCP server allow you to unlock
*   Some ideas for what this can enable
*   How we approached designing the API
*   How we approached offering the MCP server
*   What's coming in the future

Speakers:

Luke Murphy, Head of Advocacy

Lucy Harris, Senior Product Manager

Seth Corker, Full Stack Product Engineer


zeroheight deep dive: Using the zeroheight API and MCP server

DS Live is a new webinar series from zeroheight where we invite the best speakers from around the world to deliver talks on design systems, and everything that goes on around them, with live Q\&A after the talk.

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Design systems aren’t just about consistency anymore, they’re becoming the connective tissue between people, tools, and intelligent agents. In this talk, TJ Pitre introduces the idea of Context-Based Design Systems - systems that don’t just describe what components look like, but embed what they *mean*, how they *behave*, and when they *should be used*. You’ll learn how this shift supports AI-enabled workflows, reduces ambiguity, and creates space for better collaboration between design and engineering. This talk is for anyone tired of treating broken handoffs and shallow documentation as status quo and curious about what happens when we build systems that are designed to think ahead.


DS Live: TJ Pitre - Context-Based Design Systems: Preparing for an AI-Driven Future

DS Live is a new webinar series from zeroheight where we invite the best speakers from around the world to deliver talks on design systems, and everything that goes on around them, with live Q\&A after the talk.

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For the next DS Live we're inviting our favourite design systems consultant, Amy Hupe, to do a great talk all about jargon.

In this talk, Amy will explore the theme of jargon. She’ll talk about why it’s important to avoid jargon when communicating with colleagues and users, and when it can actually be a good thing.


DS Live: Amy Hupe - A Whole Lot of Nonsense

Join us for the another instalment of our deep dive webinar series, where we explore essential topics shaping the future of design systems with zeroheight. This month we'll be looking at measuring adoption to prove the value of your design system — why it matters, how to communicate value, and how we can aid with that inside the zeroheight platform. Whether you're building from scratch, scaling, or managing a mature system, expect tactical tips, real-world lessons, and a fresh perspective.

**We’ll cover:**

*   Why measuring adoption is an essential piece in scaling your design system
*   How to communicate this value of your design system to the people who matter
*   How we approach adoption tracking in the zeroheight platform
*   How we built our adoption tracking features, what compromises we made, and what direction we're going in

Speakers:

Luke Murphy, Head of Advocacy

Lucy Harris, Senior Product Manager

Seth Corker, Full Stack Product Engineer


zeroheight deep dive: Tracking and measuring adoption

DS Live is a new webinar series from zeroheight where we invite the best speakers from around the world to deliver talks on design systems, and everything that goes on around them, with live Q\&A after the talk.

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For the second DS Live, we're inviting Daniel Henderson-Ede, Principal Consultant at Mantis & Co, to deliver their talk on how design systems and accessibility teams can work closer together.

Design systems are powerful tools, but they’re often underutilized when it comes to accessibility. This session will dive into how accessibility and design systems teams can collaborate to overcome mutual challenges. Attendees will gain practical strategies to break down silos, improve collaboration, and create better, more inclusive digital products. Whether you’re part of an accessibility team, a design system leader, or a product designer, this session will provide insights to help you make accessibility scalable, sustainable, and impactful.


DS Live: Daniel Henderson-Ede - Couples Therapy: How Design Systems and Accessibility Teams Can Work Better Together (RESCHEDULED!)

Join us for the first in our brand new deep dive webinar series, where we explore essential topics shaping the future of design systems with zeroheight. We're kicking things off with a focus on component hygiene — why it matters, what it unlocks, and how we manage it at scale inside the zeroheight platform. Whether you're building from scratch, scaling, or managing a mature system, expect tactical tips, real-world lessons, and a fresh perspective.

**We’ll cover:**

*   How strong component management supports org-wide adoption
*   Why visibility and tracking are essential to roadmap planning
*   How transparency drives contribution across teams
*   Our technical approach to building and scaling component sets

Speakers:

Luke Murphy, Head of Advocacy

Dan Crowe, Full Stack Product Engineer


zeroheight deep dive: Keeping on top of your components

DS Live is a new webinar series from zeroheight where we invite the best speakers from around the world to deliver talks on design systems, and everything that goes on around them, with live Q\&A after the talk.

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For the first DS Live, we're inviting our very own design advocate, Luke Murphy, to deliver their talk on Building Delight into your Design System, where they will cover off what it actually means to build delightful products, and how we can integrate that into our design systems work day-to-day.
