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Best Podcast Finalist

The Question

Ben Callahan

About the Podcast

The Question is a weekly community-driven conversation series exploring design systems. Each episode begins with a thought-provoking question about real-world challenges. Responses from practitioners fuel collaborative discussions, creating an interactive exchange of insights, data, and perspectives that extend beyond traditional interviews or lectures.

The value

Unlike one-way broadcasts, The Question fosters participatory learning. Its community-first approach democratizes expertise and ensures diverse voices across roles and industries shape the dialogue. By crowdsourcing responses and hosting interactive sessions, the series delivers authentic, evolving perspectives on design systems, making it a uniquely valuable resource in its field.

Highlight

"If you work on design systems, do yourself a favour and join The Question. Ben Callahan has built one of the most welcoming, insightful, and ego-free communities out there. It's been a weekly highlight for the past year!"

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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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