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Best Podcast Finalist

The Design Systems Podcast

Knapsack

About the podcast

The Design Systems Podcast explores how design, engineering, and product teams scale quality and consistency through systems thinking. Hosted by Knapsack co-founder Chris Strahl, each episode features in-depth conversations with leaders from organizations such as Instacart, Dropbox, GSK, and ADP, offering actionable insights that connect creativity with governance.

The value

The Design System Podcast cuts through industry noise with grounded, conversational interviews that make complex topics feel approachable—like "casual chats about design over coffee." Chris Strahl focuses on practical insights from industry leaders sharing real wins and failures, delivering actionable takeaways that help listeners navigate introducing systems to their organizations. It fills the peer-to-peer guidance gap that formal training often misses.

Highlight

"Design Systems Podcast is ideal for those interested in the intersection of design and system architecture, offering a unique perspective on both fields."

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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)

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