Reward the best written article about design systems that helped the community by improving their knowledge, their methodology, or just providing inspiration.

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Criteria for Submission

  • Having written an article about a design system topic; it cannot be an article about something else other than design system area (it can’t be about UX research for example)
  • The article should be one piece; it cannot be part of a series of articles
  • The article needs to have been published since January 1, 2024
  • The article shouldn’t promote a tool, a solution or a service. It’s about solving design system problems or sharing experiences about design systems.
  • The article should be easily accessible via a link (blogpost, medium…)
  • The article does not need to belong to the submitter. It can be nominated by a user or member of the community

Best Article Submission Process

To submit for this category, please provide a case study of your design system documentation. Read through the criteria below, and then hit the button to submit via a Typeform. You'll have the option to either fill in the form, or upload a case study document in PDF or Doc format.

Article info

You'll need to provide the details of the article! This includes:

  • Title of the article
  • A short description of the article and what it covers. If you're nominating someone else, include detail of how this article helped you be a better design system professional
  • Who wrote the article
  • A link to the article, so we can have a read!

We will be looking for articles that are well written, easy to read and understand, and provide value to the design system community. We will also be looking for articles that are well researched and provide evidence to support the claims made in the article.

Submit your entry

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