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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 11h

HTML, and especially CSS, have picked up some new tricks that #designsystems can put to good use. @vale.rocks suggests native functionality to replace custom code and reduce complexity. 👇

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 11h

And many thanks to you, @vale.rocks, for writing another great article and sharing your expertise with the zeroheight audience!

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 30/09/2026

Good times! @heydonworks.com closed out @pixelpioneers.co Bristol 2026 in a way only they can. 🎵😀🕺

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 28/09/2026

Are your design system's principles actually helping teams make decisions? In this article, @benbrignell.com looks at the gap between having principles written down and using them to guide the everyday choices designers and developers make. 👇

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 09/09/2026

Why does language matter (beyond just the words) for user experiences? How do you work with content people in your teams? And what do you do if you don't have any? 👉 Watch Candi Williams's talk from our June event and find out: youtu.be/Suzd-6kVWoc?...

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Language: The Secret Sauce of Great UX – Candi Williams | Pixel Pioneers 2026

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 23/09/2026

Designing for accessibility means designing for real people, not making assumptions. In this post, Jennifer Chadwick shares six practical ways designers can make digital experiences work better for blind people. Includes a checklist of actions to take in #designsystems. #a11y

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 07/09/2026

Another video from our June event is live! 🙌 👉 Watch @christinevallaure.bsky.social's talk on understanding web layout between UI design and code: youtu.be/ieZwHvpJawI Enjoy!

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Understanding Layout Between UI Design and Code – Christine Vallaure | Pixel Pioneers 2026

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 15/09/2026

In this post, Jarvis Moore discusses these 6 pillars of a successful #designsystems team: ✅ Core Systems ✅ Components ✅ Design Tooling ✅ Education & Communication ✅ Research & Documentation ✅ Culture He also explains how to map them to business outcomes and how this scales for any team size.

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 10/09/2026

Has your design system been built to reflect your actual users, or just to work for them in theory? AI is making it easier for more people to participate in design, but that's not the same as inclusion. Read the final part of Thomas Shillingford's trilogy on AI ethics in enterprise #designsystems:

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 02/09/2026

Are #designsystems dead? 💀 Well, at least design systems as we know them. In this talk from our June event, @lurkmoophy.bsky.social argues for positioning them as core product infrastructure rather than a separate, magical discipline. 👉 You can watch it now, for free: youtu.be/sa_IJRjPtJw

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Design Systems are Dead. Long Live Design Systems – Luke Murphy | Pixel Pioneers 2026

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 08/09/2026

When AI generates your design system's output, who is actually responsible for what it produces? In the 2nd part of Thomas Shillingford's series on AI ethics in enterprise #designsystems, he explores the accountability gap in AI-assisted design.

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 01/09/2026

We regularly cover #webperformance, and at the PP 2026 edition, @debugbear.com's Matt Zeunert gave a brief intro to page speed, then dived into different network throttling methods in Lighthouse, DevTools, and other tools. 👉 Watch the video of the talk on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO02...

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Where Do Your Web Performance Metrics Come From? - Matt Zeunert - Pixel Pioneers 2026

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 03/09/2026

Most enterprises have AI running in production, but almost none of them are ready for when it goes wrong. In the first part of Thomas Shillingford's series on AI ethics in enterprise #designsystems, he argues that clear ethics guardrails aren't a brake on speed — they're what make AI safe to scale.

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 02/09/2026

There couldn't have been a better time to talk about what we, as designers and developers, can do to combat climate change. 👉 Watch Nick Lewis's digital sustainability talk, now free to watch on YouTube:

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 01/09/2026

Burnout, invisible maintenance, career pigeonholing — Nathania Gilson pulls together the honest, off-the-record version of design systems work. And argues that naming these patterns openly is what lets teams push back on under-resourcing. Read the article on the @zeroheight.com blog:

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 18/08/2026

And here's the next video! 🎉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR5R... In this talk, @morganepeng.bsky.social examines the Developer x Designer x PM trio. She covers how teams can spend less time translating each other, with or without AI, and more time working together effectively. 👇

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Building Better Product Teams With & Without AI - Morgane Peng - Pixel Pioneers 2026

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 25/08/2026

What metrics actually matter in #designsystems? 🤔 In her latest article on the @zeroheight.com blog, Charlotte MacInnes explains how to measure design system impact with metrics that really help teams make better decisions:

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 24/08/2026

In case you missed it. This three-parter is a must-read:

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 21/08/2026

The gap between design and code has always been a trust-based handoff, but trust doesn't scale. In the final part, TJ explains how a diagnostic layer fixes structural communication without adding more meetings, more documentation, and more process: zeroheight.com/blog/the-fut...

An illustration for TJ Pitre's article "The future of design systems - part 3: The diagnostic layer", featuring illustrated icons of a pencil, a magnifying glass, a code snippet, and more.

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 21/08/2026

Every enterprise design system TJ worked with has the same root problem. In part 2, he explains why design systems drift, why teams ignore it, and why that’s now a serious risk. TJ calls it the check engine light. Everyone can see it's on. Nobody wants to pull over zeroheight.com/blog/the-fut...

An illustration for "The future of design systems - part 2: The check engine light is on", featuring a check engine light, a smiling robot head, an exclamation mark, the letter a, and an upside-down thumbs up.

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 21/08/2026

Here's some weekend reading for you: Check out TJ Pitre's excellent 3-part series on the future of #designsystems for the @zeroheight.com blog. In part 1, TJ examines the product your design system is actually building: zeroheight.com/blog/the-fut...

A promo illustration for "The future of design systems — part 1: The product your design system is actually building" on the zeroheight blog, featuring a hand balancing a button, a robot face, an 'a', and an icon of a person sitting at a laptop.

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 20/08/2026

I recently had the pleasure of working with @annaecook.com, and in her first article for the @zeroheight.com blog, she explains how product #designsystems can structure documentation so that deviation doesn't quietly become accessibility debt.👇

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 17/08/2026

This first video of Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2026 is live! 🙌 Rachel's talk was such a great way to kick off this year's event:

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 19/08/2026

In this article, Mike Barton of AudioEye explains what most teams miss about mobile #a11y, what mobile-specific accessibility barriers look like, how to add mobile accessibility to #designsystems, and where to start. 👇

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 19/08/2026

"The Map is Not the Territory (but we do care a great deal about keeping the map accurate and up to date!)." 4/4

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 19/08/2026

"This means that if a team is working from an older version of the code, we can still provide a maintained record of the components that existed in that version at the time. (We don’t publish this broadly; it’s available on request.)" 3/4

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 19/08/2026

"The goal is for each version of the Figma component library to faithfully reflect the components and features available in the corresponding version of the codebase." 2/4

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 19/08/2026

Ron isn't on Bluesky, so I asked him, and he said: "We still care very much about keeping the representation as up to date and accurate as poss, and ensuring it remains linked to the code through variables/tokens. So yes, we do maintain version numbers on our published component library file." 1/4

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 18/08/2026

In this article, Ron Graham (Digital Product Manager for BT's #designsystem) argues that Figma can only ever be a representation, not the source of truth. The goal is not to make Figma mirror code perfectly. It's to help teams understand the system well enough to use it effectively.

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 17/08/2026

Okay, where were we? Let's highlight the latest #designsystems articles I commissioned and edited for @zeroheight.com. First up is this great post by @iknowdavehouse.bsky.social, in which he introduces us to his favourite analogy for design system contribution: 👇👇 👇

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 08/07/2026

Handovers between design and development have always been tricky. 🤯 In this article, @amyrogers.design explores how we can make our design documentation stronger, for both human and agentic development, and why she thinks now is the best time to start. 👇

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 01/07/2026

In this article, @muldoon-design.bsky.social argues that a design system without a rulebook is unplayable and explores why it needs documented intent, so humans and AI can trust it. Read it on the @zeroheight.com blog: 👇

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 24/06/2026

It's no surprise that the captions on the right feature the word 'sexy' at that particular moment. 🤷

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 24/06/2026

Huge thanks also go to our sponsors @tetralogical.com, @debugbear.com, and @zeroheight.com, plus community sponsors Grandmalytics, @scott.is's Mindful Design, @set.studio, and @vivaldi.com. An event like this isn't possible without your support! 🙏

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 24/06/2026

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the amazing day that was @pixelpioneers.co Bristol last Friday. ❤️ If there's one photo that sums it all up, it's this one. 😀 Special thanks to @heydonworks.com, and their dancers @letorey.co.uk and @brucel.bsky.social, for such a memorable closing talk. 🕺

Dave Letorey, wearing an owl mask, laughing and dancing to Heydon Pickering's music during their Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2026 talk, with Heydon standing at the lectern smiling.

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 18/06/2026

Okay, it's pretty much showtime for @pixelpioneers.co again! ☀️😃🙌 Looking forward to seeing everyone at the warm-up at JET tonight!

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 18/06/2026

Yeah, we don't want another riot with people pushing statues into the water at Bristol harbour when they see you in gold hotpants!

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 17/06/2026

In this article, @murphytrueman.com identifies #designsystems contribution rituals that build momentum and strengthen adoption, such as office hours, credits, and design crits. 👇👇👇

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DebugBear @debugbear.com · 15/06/2026

We just published a new blog post benchmarking page speed for train booking websites in Europe! We also looked at the technical factors that drive the results, and how these websites could be optimized. www.debugbear.com/blog/which-e...

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What's The Fastest Train Booking Website In Europe? | DebugBear

An analysis of 25 European train websites to discover which website performs best across the Core Web Vitals.

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 17/06/2026

A couple of people are no longer able to attend Pixel Pioneers on Friday and would like to gift their ticket to someone who would otherwise not be able to join us. 👉 First come, first served: Reply here, or email us, and tell us why you need to be at Pixel Pioneers!

A promo pic for Pixel Pioneers Bristol on 19 June 2026 featuring headshots of three speakers: Candi Williams, Morgane Peng, and Rachel Andrew.

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 16/06/2026

😲 So looking forward to this talk! There's still time to join us this Friday. Check out Heydon's talk description and the rest of the schedule: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 11/06/2026

@paulcuth.bsky.social Hey Paul, are you coming along to Pixel Pioneers again next week? 😀

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 11/06/2026

Closing out @pixelpioneers.co Bristol next week (Friday, 19 June) will be @heydonworks.com! In Making HTML Make Music (a brand-new talk!), Heydon will share their deep research into web audio and how to design sound hypertextually. 📍 Arnolfini, Bristol 📅 June 19 🎟️ pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 10/06/2026

The line-up for the @pixelpioneers.co warm-up is complete! 👉 Molly Nye: Systemising Delight 👉 Jamie Maguire: Building a Design System: Things I Wish I’d Known Three Years Ago 👉 @marwa.gorvan.com: Designing with Aphantasia There are still a few spaces left, but be quick!

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