Reward the best in-person or virtual conference or meetup that has had significant impact on the lives of design system professionals, providing amazing insight from talks, as well as actively building the design system community.

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Criteria for Submission

  • The event needs to have been accessible to the public, whether by application or ticket purchase (ie. no internal events or exclusive invite-only events)
  • The event needs to have been focused on design systems, either wholly, or having at least one track dedicated to design systems
  • The event needs to have taken place since January 1, 2024
  • The pevent does not need to belong to the submitter. It can be nominated by a user or member of the community

Best Event 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.

Event info

You'll need to provide the details of the event. This includes:

  • Name of the event
  • A short description of the event, including where and when it took place, and whether it was online or virtual.
  • Who organizes the event
  • A link to the event website or videos (if possible)
Submit your entry

Event value

How does this event push the design system industry forward, whether it be via content or community building?

How is this event more valuable than another one in the same space?

If you're submitting on someone else’s behalf, provide a testimonial on the impact of this event on you and your work.

If submitting on your own behalf, provide evidence of feedback about the impact of this event, including stats and testimonials.

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