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Design systems exist to reduce decision-making. But no system covers everything. 👀 So are your principles actually guiding your decisions?  Read more here ➡️ 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.  Register 👉 hubs.li/Q04y2zj90
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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: 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? 😖 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👇 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.  A six-axis model for finding out where your design system really is - and what to do next. Get your copy here ➡️ 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 👉 hubs.li/Q04w4rDx0
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@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 ➡️ hubs.li/Q04wRNv40
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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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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. Register below 👇 watch.getcontrast.io/registe…
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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.  👉 hubs.li/Q04vy7SD0
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AI will democratise whatever your design system is built to value. Build it to value everyone. Closing out the 3-part AI ethics series: can AI-augmented design systems genuinely democratise design? Read part 3 👉 hubs.li/Q04vHZS30
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The age old question… How mature is your design system?  We think it's about time you had a real answer.  Stay tuned for the latest zeroheight resource dropping next week.  Any guesses? 👀
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Have you registered for tomorrow’s DS Live webinar? Join accessibility expert Hidde de Vries as he shares practical strategies for baking accessibility into components, helping teams build more inclusive experiences by default. 📅Weds 2nd Sept / 4pm BST hubs.li/Q04tmWNL0
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The hardest part of AI design tools isn't learning them. It's knowing when to stop trusting them. This blog digs into how AI design output can look credible while missing things like accessibility labels or quietly reinforcing bias from training data. 👉 hubs.li/Q04tqlWh0
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How do you measure something as complex as design system maturity? We have our own ideas, so do Redwoods.  Join our live webinar on Sept 1 at 5pm BST to unpack how each of our models were built, the tradeoffs, and where we still disagree. Sign up here 👉 hubs.li/Q04vd1DC0
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DS Live is back! 🥳 Join Hidde de Vries for a practical webinar on strategies for baking accessibility into components from the ground up, so more people can actually use what you build. 📅 September 2nd ⏰ 4pm BST  Register 👉 hubs.li/Q04tmWNL0
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AI ethics governance isn't a blocker to adoption. It's the condition for it.  Thomas explores why the fastest AI adopters are often the least governed - and what that means for design teams. Read part 1 of the 3-part series: hubs.li/Q04t226p0
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Our first ever Hops & Props London event was so much fun. 😎 We're pretty sure we're part of the best community there is (although we might be a little biased).  Maybe there's a take 2 on the cards? 👀
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Just a few days to go until our first Hops & Props London event! What could be better than design systems chat and drinks in the sun?☀️ 📆 Thursday, 20th August @ 93 Feet East, London ⏰ 18:00 - 22:00 Register here: hubs.li/Q04sNJ2r0
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There's a polished story about design systems: strategic, scalable, high-impact. There's also the reality - told on Reddit and Discord after hours. Nathania surfaces the truths practitioners know but assume aren't worth sharing officially. 👇 hubs.li/Q04sc_pY0
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If we asked you where your design system stands right now, would you know? Most teams can't say for sure. Our Maturity Model tool can. Take the test and find out where your system is strong, where you're behind, and where to focus next. Take the test: hubs.li/Q04sDNFz0
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There’s just over 1 week to go until Hops & Props London! Come along and meet others in the industry, hear talks from the experts, and enjoy some drinks in the sun 😎 📆 Thursday, 20th August @ 93 Feet East, London ⏰ 18:00 - 22:00 Sign up: hubs.li/Q04scP9d0
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Introducing the second wave of speakers for Converge 2026! 🎉 Expect practical, proven lessons on what works: from aligning teams and scaling systems, to the latest AI innovations in design systems. 📍 Newcastle, UK 📅 October 22 Secure your ticket 👉 hubs.li/Q04scNYr0
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What should we call design systems?🤔 Join Luke and Michelle in tomorrow’s DS WTF live podcast as they dig into the question: is "design system" just a bad name we're stuck defending, or is the whole concept overdue for a rebuild? Save your spot 👉 hubs.li/Q04sz1Ws0
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The zeroheight MCP is now available on Free and Starter plans 🥳 It turns your design system into the context layer your team and agents build from. Explore the use cases and try it yourself 👇 hubs.li/Q04s3Clp0
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Design systems love metrics. 📊 But not all of them are useful. Some make us feel productive. Others help us make better decisions. Charlotte makes the case for treating design systems as products, and measuring them like one.  Read the article here ➡️ hubs.li/Q04rvwHP0
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Every design system has a type. The Design System Maturity Model scores yours across six axes: Foundations, Documentation, Governance, Adoption, Measurement, AI Readiness - then gives you an archetype and the full shape of your system. Take the test 👉 hubs.li/Q04rvmKB0
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Still fighting AI tools that ignore your design system? Good news. zeroheight now feeds your guidelines, components, and patterns straight into @figma's agent - so you can build and refine components on the canvas, on system, every time. Learn more: hubs.li/Q04rvcDy0
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Getting an agent to generate code is easy. Getting it production-ready takes a proper briefing. Ep 3 of License to Build: briefing agents to build production-ready components, from Figma to Claude Code with the zeroheight MCP. 📅 Tue 11th Aug, 4pm GMT 👉hubs.ly/Q04r8Mr40
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Your design system is only as strong as what's actually in production. Connect the zeroheight MCP to your coding agent and it checks your actual code against your design system docs - flagging what's off-system, misusing tokens, and what needs fixing. → hubs.li/Q04ntNt-0
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Most accessibility docs focus on component level: states, contrast, keyboard behaviour. A gap remains: what happens when a team hits a pattern the system didn't anticipate? Read how to close that gap before it becomes accessibility debt 👇 hubs.li/Q04qQC8n0
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Presenting Hops & Props London, our newest event to bring the design systems community together.  Expect talks from industry leaders, chats with other cool design systems folk and drinks in the summer sun. 😎 20th August @ 18:00-22:00  Save your spot: hubs.li/Q04r9pZN0
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Why did we build a new Design System Maturity Model?  Read the blog to learn what we set out to change, how we approached it, and what the results can tell you about your design system.  ➡️ hubs.li/Q04qvJg70
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How much of your codebase is following your design system? The zeroheight MCP gives your coding agent access to your design system docs - so when you ask it to audit, it knows what it's checking against and makes fixes directly within the editor. → hubs.li/Q04ntNpr0
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50% of design system teams are dealing with AI-generated UI that looks like the system, but isn't. The shadow AI problem is real. Read The State of AI in Design Systems Report to learn more: hubs.li/Q04qjZ670
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Design systems are supposed to make consistency easier. For most things, they deliver. Mobile accessibility is usually not one of them. This blog digs into the barriers and what mobile-first accessibility looks like in a design system. 👉 hubs.li/Q04pR--H0
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What if all it took to audit your design system was a prompt, not a whole project? zeroheight's MCP connects your docs to your MCP-enabled tool of choice so AI can read, interrogate, and deliver findings specific enough to act on. Auditing made easy. → hubs.li/Q04ntKLW0
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Most design systems aren't uniformly mature. They're stronger in some areas than others. Our Design System Maturity Model scores yours across six independent axes, from stage 1 to 4, so you know where you stand and what to focus on next. Take the test 👉 hubs.li/Q04pCgcs0
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Are Figma components just another kind of design system documentation? Check out Ron’s take here 👇 hubs.li/Q04p0B6x0
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Getting an agent to place a Figma component is easy. Building it on-system takes the right docs. Join Dispatch #2 of Licence to Build to learn how to brief agents with your design system context. 📅 Tue 21 July, 4pm GMT Sign up here 👉 hubs.li/Q04ptQ5F0
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Design system contribution is like a mountain range.  Many ways up, many ways down - and it gets very steep at the top.  Read about Mount Contribution - a framework for more effective design system contributions 👇 hubs.ly/Q04n4BpX0
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Your coding agent doesn’t know your design system, so it guesses.  Connect zeroheight MCP to tools like Cursor or Claude Code and it stops inventing - pulling your actual components, tokens, and usage rules on every generation. Learn more ➡️ hubs.li/Q04npRL20
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Gated access and permissions slow down design system adoption. 🔐 With zeroheight, your design system lives in one place. Now, anyone authorised through your identity provider can access it via MCP, without needing a zeroheight account. Learn more: hubs.li/Q04npmjs0
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An AI agent can whip up a POC in minutes. Staying on-system is the hard part. That's where License to Build comes in: our new webinar series exploring real-world use cases for briefing AI agents with your design system context. 📆 July 7th, 4pm GMT. 👉 hubs.li/Q04nftv_0
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The handover between design and development isn't always straightforward - and drift between design output and the end user experience is a real cost. Amy Rogers explores how AI agents could be the answer 👇 hubs.li/Q04mCSPC0
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Every good agent needs a briefing. Licence to Build is our new webinar series on giving AI agents your design system as context. Dispatch #1: How to brief Claude Code via the zeroheight MCP to scaffold a POC, audit it and ship. 📅 Tue 7 July, 4pm GMT hubs.li/Q04nftHN0
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Converge 2026 is coming round fast. We’ve got our next speaker lined up and ready to talk all things design systems. But can you guess who it is? 👀 Get your Converge tickets here: hubs.li/Q04mZ2XK0
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Do you know how mature your design system is? Introducing zeroheight's Design System Maturity model - 29 questions, 6 axes, scored between stages 1-4.  Get honest, personalised results in minutes. Take the test 👇 hubs.li/Q04mFKZy0
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Design tokens: the key to scaling your brand across a product team. But how do you go about creating your first design token system?  Louis walks through best practices for creating, documenting, versioning and syncing your first design token system. 👉 hubs.li/Q04mgSzq0
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