Oliver Lindberg
@oliverlindberg.com
Independent editor and content consultant. Founder and organiser of @pixelpioneers.co. Former editor of .net magazine.
📍 Bath, UK
🌐 http://pixelpioneers.co
📍 Bath, UK
🌐 http://pixelpioneers.co
In this article, @asedwick.bsky.social introduces the concept of "composability over inheritance" to scale design systems: zeroheight.com/blog/using-c...
Check it out on the @zeroheight.com blog and learn how to use this approach in component code and within Figma.
Check it out on the @zeroheight.com blog and learn how to use this approach in component code and within Figma.
Using composability over inheritance to scale design systems - zeroheight
Adam Sedwick explains why you should choose composability over inheritance to scale design systems, turning them into a resilient toolkit teams actually use.
zeroheight.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In this article, @asedwick.bsky.social introduces the concept of "composability over inheritance" to scale design systems: zeroheight.com/blog/using-c...
Check it out on the @zeroheight.com blog and learn how to use this approach in component code and within Figma.
Check it out on the @zeroheight.com blog and learn how to use this approach in component code and within Figma.
Reposted by Oliver Lindberg
Over on @zeroheight.com's blog, I wrote about using some of the CSS' modern colour features that you can apply to your design systems.
zeroheight.com/blog/leverag...
#DesignSystems #CSS
zeroheight.com/blog/leverag...
#DesignSystems #CSS
Leveraging modern CSS color features in your design system - zeroheight
Declan Chidlow outlines modern CSS color features including variables, color spaces, and mixing that you can use with your design systems.
zeroheight.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Over on @zeroheight.com's blog, I wrote about using some of the CSS' modern colour features that you can apply to your design systems.
zeroheight.com/blog/leverag...
#DesignSystems #CSS
zeroheight.com/blog/leverag...
#DesignSystems #CSS
How do you design education that clicks and creates that ‘magic moment’ to turn users into confident advocates of your design system?
Read Ashley Zhu's article for @zeroheight.com to find out! zeroheight.com/blog/how-edu...
Read Ashley Zhu's article for @zeroheight.com to find out! zeroheight.com/blog/how-edu...
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How do you design education that clicks and creates that ‘magic moment’ to turn users into confident advocates of your design system?
Read Ashley Zhu's article for @zeroheight.com to find out! zeroheight.com/blog/how-edu...
Read Ashley Zhu's article for @zeroheight.com to find out! zeroheight.com/blog/how-edu...
"If you’ve ever felt restricted by a design system [...], you may be up against common psychological phenomena that limit your thinking."
Check out @donnie.damato.design's article "Design systems don’t kill creativity – our biases do" on the @zeroheight.com blog:
zeroheight.com/blog/design-...
Check out @donnie.damato.design's article "Design systems don’t kill creativity – our biases do" on the @zeroheight.com blog:
zeroheight.com/blog/design-...
Design systems don’t kill creativity – our biases do - zeroheight
Donnie D'Amato looks at the cognitive biases that go into the way we frame design systems, and how to make sure they don't creep into our work
zeroheight.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"If you’ve ever felt restricted by a design system [...], you may be up against common psychological phenomena that limit your thinking."
Check out @donnie.damato.design's article "Design systems don’t kill creativity – our biases do" on the @zeroheight.com blog:
zeroheight.com/blog/design-...
Check out @donnie.damato.design's article "Design systems don’t kill creativity – our biases do" on the @zeroheight.com blog:
zeroheight.com/blog/design-...
Reposted by Oliver Lindberg
Are you aware of the secret battle behind your browser?
Watch this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, in which Thomas Beverley, co-founder of the indie browser Wavebox.io, discusses browser choice: bit.ly/4olb5ey
Huge thanks again to @browserchoicealliance.org for the support!
Watch this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, in which Thomas Beverley, co-founder of the indie browser Wavebox.io, discusses browser choice: bit.ly/4olb5ey
Huge thanks again to @browserchoicealliance.org for the support!
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Are you aware of the secret battle behind your browser?
Watch this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, in which Thomas Beverley, co-founder of the indie browser Wavebox.io, discusses browser choice: bit.ly/4olb5ey
Huge thanks again to @browserchoicealliance.org for the support!
Watch this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, in which Thomas Beverley, co-founder of the indie browser Wavebox.io, discusses browser choice: bit.ly/4olb5ey
Huge thanks again to @browserchoicealliance.org for the support!
Rebrands have a reputation for chaos, but it doesn't have to be this way.
Here, Charlotte Macinnes suggests several ways to make your design system the hero of your next rebrand: zeroheight.com/blog/from-to...
(And yes, this is another article I commissioned for the @zeroheight.com blog.)
Here, Charlotte Macinnes suggests several ways to make your design system the hero of your next rebrand: zeroheight.com/blog/from-to...
(And yes, this is another article I commissioned for the @zeroheight.com blog.)
From tokens to touchpoints: Powering a successful rebrand with your design system - zeroheight
zeroheight.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Rebrands have a reputation for chaos, but it doesn't have to be this way.
Here, Charlotte Macinnes suggests several ways to make your design system the hero of your next rebrand: zeroheight.com/blog/from-to...
(And yes, this is another article I commissioned for the @zeroheight.com blog.)
Here, Charlotte Macinnes suggests several ways to make your design system the hero of your next rebrand: zeroheight.com/blog/from-to...
(And yes, this is another article I commissioned for the @zeroheight.com blog.)
Yes, AI can write components and generate documentation. But is either of those actually a good use case for LLMs in design systems?
In this article, @elyseholladay.bsky.social suggests three practical ways LLMs can provide real value for design systems right now.
zeroheight.com/blog/3-pract...
In this article, @elyseholladay.bsky.social suggests three practical ways LLMs can provide real value for design systems right now.
zeroheight.com/blog/3-pract...
3 practical ways LLMs can support design systems teams today - zeroheight
zeroheight.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, AI can write components and generate documentation. But is either of those actually a good use case for LLMs in design systems?
In this article, @elyseholladay.bsky.social suggests three practical ways LLMs can provide real value for design systems right now.
zeroheight.com/blog/3-pract...
In this article, @elyseholladay.bsky.social suggests three practical ways LLMs can provide real value for design systems right now.
zeroheight.com/blog/3-pract...
With ARIA, you can set and augment accessibility meta information. But with great power comes great responsibility, as Hidde explains in this talk: 👇👇👇
Sometimes, the right use of ARIA can improve your UI for end users.
🎥 Watch @hidde.blog's excellent talk on both the good parts and common pitfalls of ARIA, delivered at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTh...
#throwbackthursday #tbthursday #a11y #accessibility
🎥 Watch @hidde.blog's excellent talk on both the good parts and common pitfalls of ARIA, delivered at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTh...
#throwbackthursday #tbthursday #a11y #accessibility
October 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
With ARIA, you can set and augment accessibility meta information. But with great power comes great responsibility, as Hidde explains in this talk: 👇👇👇
Design tokens promised to simplify design systems, but for many teams, they've become the biggest source of complexity instead.
Check out "When design tokens become technical debt" by @murphytrueman.bsky.social, now on the @zeroheight.com blog: zeroheight.com/blog/when-de...
Check out "When design tokens become technical debt" by @murphytrueman.bsky.social, now on the @zeroheight.com blog: zeroheight.com/blog/when-de...
October 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Design tokens promised to simplify design systems, but for many teams, they've become the biggest source of complexity instead.
Check out "When design tokens become technical debt" by @murphytrueman.bsky.social, now on the @zeroheight.com blog: zeroheight.com/blog/when-de...
Check out "When design tokens become technical debt" by @murphytrueman.bsky.social, now on the @zeroheight.com blog: zeroheight.com/blog/when-de...
Another article I commissioned for @zeroheight.com has gone live!
ALSO I wrote a thing for Zeroheight: When’s the right time to start documenting your design system?
In here I talk about what type of documentation to aim for at each stage of your design system’s lifecycle.
zeroheight.com/blog/whens-t...
In here I talk about what type of documentation to aim for at each stage of your design system’s lifecycle.
zeroheight.com/blog/whens-t...
When's the right time to start documenting your design system? - zeroheight
zeroheight.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another article I commissioned for @zeroheight.com has gone live!
Front-end devs, non-human traffic is on the rise. Find out what AI means for the sites you build!
Are we witnessing the death of the browser?
🎥 In their excellent closing talk at Pixel Pioneers Bristol this summer, @nearestnabors.com explored how AI agents can transform our relationship with the internet. Watch the keynote here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IT5...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday
🎥 In their excellent closing talk at Pixel Pioneers Bristol this summer, @nearestnabors.com explored how AI agents can transform our relationship with the internet. Watch the keynote here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IT5...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday
October 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Front-end devs, non-human traffic is on the rise. Find out what AI means for the sites you build!
Yay, Systems of Harm is back! And what a fantastic guest to start with! 🤩
We’re back baby!
Ep 1, S2 of Systems of Harm just dropped and we’re kicking off this series with design systems and accessibility specialist @gerireid.com
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts to hear us natter about design systems and activism
Apple: apple.co/42Zhx1s
RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB
Ep 1, S2 of Systems of Harm just dropped and we’re kicking off this series with design systems and accessibility specialist @gerireid.com
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts to hear us natter about design systems and activism
Apple: apple.co/42Zhx1s
RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB
Design systems and activism with Geri Reid
Podcast Episode · Systems of Harm · 01/10/2025 · 53m
apple.co
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Yay, Systems of Harm is back! And what a fantastic guest to start with! 🤩
An extremely well-organised event with an amazing atmosphere! And just look at the lineup for this edition: @bradfrost.com, @thisisjofrank.bsky.social, @nerdy.dev, @ohhelloana.blog, @sachajudd.com, etc. 🤩
Tickets are super affordable as well, so get yourself over to Berlin! 🇩🇪
Tickets are super affordable as well, so get yourself over to Berlin! 🇩🇪
Step into Berlin for #btconf 2025. A celebration of creativity, innovation, and learning. Talks, workshops, and networking opportunities await. Only 37 days left. beyondtellerrand.com/events/berli...
beyond tellerrand // BERLIN 2025, taking place 06 - 07 Nov 2025
beyond tellerrand 2025 in Berlin. Join us on 06 - 07 Nov 2025 for talks about web, design, technology, typography and much more. In the renowned friendly atmosphere.
beyondtellerrand.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
An extremely well-organised event with an amazing atmosphere! And just look at the lineup for this edition: @bradfrost.com, @thisisjofrank.bsky.social, @nerdy.dev, @ohhelloana.blog, @sachajudd.com, etc. 🤩
Tickets are super affordable as well, so get yourself over to Berlin! 🇩🇪
Tickets are super affordable as well, so get yourself over to Berlin! 🇩🇪
I'm so excited about the content I have lined up for the @zeroheight.com blog. The community's willingness to share both knowledge and thoughts is incredible. It's going to be a real Who's Who of design systems!
Here's just one example:
zeroheight.com/blog/from-gr... (by @morganepeng.bsky.social)
Here's just one example:
zeroheight.com/blog/from-gr... (by @morganepeng.bsky.social)
From Grief to Exec: How AI Is Disrupting Design Systems
AI is reshaping design systems, shifting practitioners from hands-on craft to strategic oversight. From automating component management to enabling hybrid designer–developer roles, this new era demand...
zeroheight.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I'm so excited about the content I have lined up for the @zeroheight.com blog. The community's willingness to share both knowledge and thoughts is incredible. It's going to be a real Who's Who of design systems!
Here's just one example:
zeroheight.com/blog/from-gr... (by @morganepeng.bsky.social)
Here's just one example:
zeroheight.com/blog/from-gr... (by @morganepeng.bsky.social)
So inspiring *and* practical. And Chris even created this animation for the conference!
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So inspiring *and* practical. And Chris even created this animation for the conference!
How do you build the right foundations from nothing? Start by building trust. 👇👇👇
Great design isn’t just about pixels. It's about collaboration, speed, and setting up the right foundations so designers and developers can build better products, faster.
🎥 Watch Rachel Ilan Simpson's talk on building and transforming design at startups & scaleups: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbl6...
🎥 Watch Rachel Ilan Simpson's talk on building and transforming design at startups & scaleups: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbl6...
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
How do you build the right foundations from nothing? Start by building trust. 👇👇👇
Reposted by Oliver Lindberg
🏆🏆 THE SHORTLIST IS NOW LIVE! 🏆🏆
We've finally announced the finalists and opened up public voting for the Design System Awards. Check it out here: zeroheight.com/blog/design-...
We've finally announced the finalists and opened up public voting for the Design System Awards. Check it out here: zeroheight.com/blog/design-...
Design System Awards 2025 - It's time to vote!
The shortlist is now live for the design system awards 2025, and it's your chance to vote!
zeroheight.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🏆🏆 THE SHORTLIST IS NOW LIVE! 🏆🏆
We've finally announced the finalists and opened up public voting for the Design System Awards. Check it out here: zeroheight.com/blog/design-...
We've finally announced the finalists and opened up public voting for the Design System Awards. Check it out here: zeroheight.com/blog/design-...
Reposted by Oliver Lindberg
What does refactoring CSS have in common with redecorating a new home? 🎥 Watch @ohhelloana.blog's fantastic talk on maintaining and modernising legacy CSS to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JU...
September 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What does refactoring CSS have in common with redecorating a new home? 🎥 Watch @ohhelloana.blog's fantastic talk on maintaining and modernising legacy CSS to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JU...
Such a great talk, equally fun and insightful. 👇👇👇
"It's just nice when a site feels nice." 🎥 Watch @jackf.io's excellent talk on debugging web performance with Chrome DevTools: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5I...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #webperf #perfmatters #devtools @developer.chrome.com
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #webperf #perfmatters #devtools @developer.chrome.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Such a great talk, equally fun and insightful. 👇👇👇
"The pre-mortem was exactly what the [design system] team needed to move forward. It allowed them to voice their concerns in a psychologically safe and supportive environment."
I invited @guysegal.com to share a simple yet powerful tool to plan for success: zeroheight.com/blog/the-pre...
I invited @guysegal.com to share a simple yet powerful tool to plan for success: zeroheight.com/blog/the-pre...
The Pre-Mortem: Transforming a Skeptical Design System Team
You can’t ship a healthy system with an unhealthy team. Before we push components, we should put our oxygen masks on and run a pre-mortem – imagining total failure, naming every cause, and turning it ...
zeroheight.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"The pre-mortem was exactly what the [design system] team needed to move forward. It allowed them to voice their concerns in a psychologically safe and supportive environment."
I invited @guysegal.com to share a simple yet powerful tool to plan for success: zeroheight.com/blog/the-pre...
I invited @guysegal.com to share a simple yet powerful tool to plan for success: zeroheight.com/blog/the-pre...
"A grid-aware website responds to the cleanliness or dirtiness of a user’s electricity grid, i.e. whether it's currently using more renewable energy or fossil fuels."
For more on this, also check out issue 9 of Branch magazine (by the Green Web Foundation): branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue...
For more on this, also check out issue 9 of Branch magazine (by the Green Web Foundation): branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue...
This is not CSS grid-aware, but energy grid-aware websites. Websites that respond to the “cleanliness” of the user’s local electricity grid. A very interesting read and concept.
www.nicchan.me/blog/explori...
www.nicchan.me/blog/explori...
Exploring grid-aware websites - Nic Chan
Could adapting websites to a user's energy grid help make them more sustainable?
www.nicchan.me
September 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"A grid-aware website responds to the cleanliness or dirtiness of a user’s electricity grid, i.e. whether it's currently using more renewable energy or fossil fuels."
For more on this, also check out issue 9 of Branch magazine (by the Green Web Foundation): branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue...
For more on this, also check out issue 9 of Branch magazine (by the Green Web Foundation): branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue...
Reposted by Oliver Lindberg
A wee reminder that I am looking for my next client. I’m a design systems and content design consultant, specialising in design systems management, documentation, general content design, and consultancy.
I’ve worked with the BBC, GOV.UK, Springer Nature, NHS, The Wellcome Trust, BT and more
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I’ve worked with the BBC, GOV.UK, Springer Nature, NHS, The Wellcome Trust, BT and more
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September 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A wee reminder that I am looking for my next client. I’m a design systems and content design consultant, specialising in design systems management, documentation, general content design, and consultancy.
I’ve worked with the BBC, GOV.UK, Springer Nature, NHS, The Wellcome Trust, BT and more
1/2
I’ve worked with the BBC, GOV.UK, Springer Nature, NHS, The Wellcome Trust, BT and more
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What an amazing way to kick off this year's conference! 😊
🎥 Here's the first video from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025!
@tink.uk's opening keynote covers the risks and limitations of generative AI but also its extraordinary potential to make the world more accessible. It's a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #a11y
@tink.uk's opening keynote covers the risks and limitations of generative AI but also its extraordinary potential to make the world more accessible. It's a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #a11y
There Is No Spoon – Léonie Watson | Pixel Pioneers 2025
YouTube video by Pixel Pioneers
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
What an amazing way to kick off this year's conference! 😊
"As web developers, to have an impact on reducing the energy being used by the network we need to lower that baseline traffic volume. That's not something an individual developer can achieve on their own. It takes all of us."
This is a really insightful read.
This is a really insightful read.
If you're a frontend developer like me and find yourself regularly wondering about the intersection of data transfer, network energy consumption, and web sustainability, then boy do I have a blog post with a really long title just for you!
itsfi.sh/l/webdev-sus...
itsfi.sh/l/webdev-sus...
Thinking about network sustainability for frontend developers - Fershad Irani
Sure data transfer does not equal network energy use. Yes, but there is still a way for frontend developers to influence network energy consumption by reducing data transfer.
itsfi.sh
September 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"As web developers, to have an impact on reducing the energy being used by the network we need to lower that baseline traffic volume. That's not something an individual developer can achieve on their own. It takes all of us."
This is a really insightful read.
This is a really insightful read.
I invited @morganepeng.bsky.social to write a guest post for the @zeroheight.com blog, and she's written about how AI is disrupting design systems! 🤖
It's a great read, check it out here: zeroheight.com/blog/from-gr...
It's a great read, check it out here: zeroheight.com/blog/from-gr...
From Grief to Exec: How AI Is Disrupting Design Systems
AI is reshaping design systems, shifting practitioners from hands-on craft to strategic oversight. From automating component management to enabling hybrid designer–developer roles, this new era demand...
zeroheight.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I invited @morganepeng.bsky.social to write a guest post for the @zeroheight.com blog, and she's written about how AI is disrupting design systems! 🤖
It's a great read, check it out here: zeroheight.com/blog/from-gr...
It's a great read, check it out here: zeroheight.com/blog/from-gr...