Reward the best conference, webinar or meetup talk about design systems, that helped the design system community by sharing inspiring and helpful content.

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Criteria for Submission

  • Having presented this talk at at least one event
  • The talk must be about a design system topic; it cannot be a talk about something else other than design system area (it can’t be about UX research for example)
  • The talk shouldn’t promote a tool, a solution or a service. It’s about solving design system problems or sharing experiences about design systems.
  • Being able to share one oral presentation video (+ slides, but optional)
  • The talk was an original talk (ie. not delivering somebody else’s content)
  • The talk needs to have been delivered since January 1, 2024
  • The talk does not need to belong to the submitter. It can be nominated by a user or member of the community

Best Talk 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.

Talk info

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

  • Title of the talk
  • A short description of the article and what it covers.
  • Who delivered the talk
  • A link to the talk, so we can have a listen or look at the slides
Submit your entry

Talk Value

What are the key takeaways people can learn from this talk? How this talk is more valuable than another one on the same topic?

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

If submitting on your own behalf, provide evidence of feedback about the impact of this talk.

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