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Design Systems WTFWhat will happen in design systems in 2026?Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single question around design system troubles with a Q&A from the live audience.It's time to peer into the crystal ball and predict what's coming up for design systems this year and further out. Will AI take all our jobs? Are design systems becoming a thing of the past? Will we finally kill all creativity? Or are we still plodding along...
2026-01-2039 minDesign Systems WTFAre we reducing complexity with design systems??Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single question around design system troubles with a Q&A from the live audience.Time to get spicy... One of the big promises of the hype of design systems was that it would reduce organizational and product complexity by providing efficient, replicable ways of doing things. Now that we've bedded in, its time to ask - how much do design systems actually...
2025-12-2332 minDesign Systems WTFEpisode 44 - Should we care about consistency?Live recording of the fortnightly podcast Design Systems WTF (back for season two!), where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single question around design system troubles with a Q&A from the live audience.A bit of a deep topic this week – how important is consistency as a concept to be aiming for with design systems? Obviously, it's one of our design systems' selling points, but in a world where we're moving more and more towards browserless, how important is...
2025-12-0946 minDesign Systems WTFAre we finally at the point of contextual documentation?Season 2 Episode 1Design Systems WTF is the fortnightly podcast where Luke Murphy and Michelle Chin attempt to combat all the amazing wtf in design systems. In each episode, they answer a single question around design system troubles with Q&A from the live audience.We took a few months off and y'all went and changed everything... We dive into the wonderful world of contextual design systems. Do MCPs finally offer what we need to make our design systems serve information up contextually? Are there major things we need to refactor...
2025-11-2539 min
thistbh – A podcast about designLuke Murphy (ZeroHeight, Memrise) on building effective design teamsThis week Mike and Will talk with Luke Murphy. Luke is a Design Advocate at Zeroheight, the former Head of Design at Memrise, and co-host of the music and beer podcast, Rhythm & Brews.We discuss how to juniors and seniors can come together to form effective teams.
2021-03-2137 min