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Recognizing the talented teams and individuals in our industry

Design systems continue to play an increasingly important role in creating consistent, cohesive, and impactful user experiences. Over the past ten years at zeroheight, we’ve been actively championing the design systems community, and wanted a way to recognise the amazing teams and people who make design systems what they are.

In 2023, we hosted the first ever Design Systems Awards, with over 100 nominations across 8 categories, culminating in an event at London’s Bush Hall, that was also live streamed to the wider world. Two years on, we wanted to bring back the love.

The awards are a point for the community to come together. We don’t charge to enter or attend the awards, as that’s not what it’s about. We’ve compiled an esteemed panel of judges from across the industry, as well as putting the final shortlist to a public vote for everyone to partake. The winners will receive a physical award to put on your team’s shelves, recognition at the awards ceremony, a load of promotion from zeroheight, as well as bragging rights to be one of the 2025 winners!

So if you're proud of your design system work and want to be recognized for your contributions, or want to nominate someone else you believe needs more recognition, submit or nominate to the Design Systems Awards today. Let's celebrate the power of design systems together!

A night to celebrate what makes our community great

While the awards themselves are great, we wanted to give the community an opportunity to get together, have a few drinks, and celebrate our achievements. The ceremony itself is by invitation, with anyone who’s shortlisted getting an immediate invite. If you’re a member of the community, you can apply to join us in-person.

The event itself will be happening in London (venue TBA) in early December, and will be free to attend. zeroheight will be covering the food, drink and entertainment, all you need to do is make it there!

2023’s event saw 200 design system folks from across the world descend on Bush Hall in West London, with drinks and dancing going on until the small hours. 2025’s event is going to be even better!

Timeline

  1. Nominations will be open from Tuesday 13 May. If you have any questions about the nomination process, then check out the FAQs, or if your question isn't answered, please get in touch at community@zeroheight.com

    13 May, 2025

  2. Once the nominations are closed, we'll be collating the longlist and working through it to determine a shortlist. The shortlist will be determined by the team at zeroheight, and will be based on uniform judging criteria (which we will share in a month or two). With the shortlist creation, we aim to remove as much bias as possible and give everyone a fair chance across the board.

    22 August, 2025

  3. In September, the shortlist will be announced, including public voting! We'll notify all folks as to whether they made the shortlist. The judges will then individually judge each shortlisted entry. We'll also have public voting on each category live on the site!

    15 September, 2025

  4. Once all the judges and public votes are counted, we'll then be able to determine the winner for each category, based off a weighted compilation of votes.

    3 November, 2025

  5. In December, we'll gather the community together at an event in London to announce the winners live. We'll also be live-streaming the ceremony for those who can't make it. The live event will be invite only, but we'll offer the community a chance to apply for a ticket later in the year! We'll also post the results to the zeroheight site the day after the event.

    December 2025 (TBA)

Past Winners