@zeroheight

Helping you build design systems everyone loves to use 馃殌 Connect everyone working with your design system. #DesignSystems #DesignOps

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blog.zeroheight.com
Joined May 2015
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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 馃憞 hubs.li/Q04ydHTw0
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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 鉃★笍 hubs.li/Q04yJ8YC0
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.

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馃毃 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 馃毃 There are LESS THAN 10 Converge tickets remaining before we sell out! 馃サ If you were planning on buying a ticket - now is the time. Seriously.聽 Go, go, go 鉃★笍 hubs.li/Q04xMBG70
Graphic advertising zeroheight's Converge conference. Text reads: Converge 2026. Less than 10 tickets remaining. October 22, 2026 - Newcastle UK. Text sits on a purple background featuring a bird, a thumbs up, the Converge logo.

ALT Graphic advertising zeroheight's Converge conference. Text reads: Converge 2026. Less than 10 tickets remaining. October 22, 2026 - Newcastle UK. Text sits on a purple background featuring a bird, a thumbs up, the Converge logo.

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Design systems exist to reduce decision-making. But no system covers everything. 馃憖 So are your principles actually guiding your decisions?聽 Read more here 鉃★笍 hubs.li/Q04xMJcy0
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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 PDD webinar is for you.聽 Register 馃憠 hubs.li/Q04y2zj90
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.

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The countdown is officially on. Today marks 1 month until Converge 2026! 馃帀 Tickets are almost sold out so get your hands on the last few while you can - we鈥檝e got a feeling this is going to be the biggest and best Converge yet. 馃コ Get your tickets: hubs.li/Q04xMC0x0
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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've successfully automated, and what works better with a human touch. 23rd Sept, 4pm BST hubs.li/Q04xZ6hP0
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Your design system has all the right artifacts. So why does it still feel immature? 馃槚 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馃憞 hubs.li/Q04xMz_F0
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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. hubs.li/Q04x6wHN0
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The Measuring Design System Maturity book.聽 A six-axis model for finding out where your design system really is - and what to do next. Get your copy here 鉃★笍 hubs.li/Q04x06jF0
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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 馃憠 hubs.li/Q04w4rDx0
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Replying to @moodle
@moodle 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 鉃★笍 hubs.li/Q04wRNv40
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Did someone say FREE BOOK?! 馃槻 We鈥檙e giving away a limited-edition physical copy of our new book Measuring Design System Maturity to 5 lucky winners. Enter here 鉃★笍 lnkd.in/p/e7JHvb8U #designsystems
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