
Ep 93: 2026 and our 4th Podcast Bday
05.1.2026 | 30 min.
Davy and PJ celebrate four years of Design System Office Hours by looking ahead at the shifting landscape of 2026. They explore how interoperability, open-source tooling, and AI-driven documentation being major themes to uplevel design system practices.

Ep 92: Naming is Hard
18.12.2025 | 23 min.
Davy and PJ tackle the notorious difficulty of naming in design systems, advocating for human-readable, descriptive language over "cute" metaphors and discussing how AI is making file cleanliness more critical than ever.

Ep 91: The Erosion of Open Design Systems
04.12.2025 | 26 min.
Davy and PJ discuss a potential trend of major design systems going from public to internal only, stressing that public documentation is the ultimate forcing function for quality and a huge win for the community.

Ep 90: WTF is Craft
13.11.2025 | 31 min.
Davy and PJ talk about the term "craft," emphasizing that high-quality design work requires designers to understand engineering constraints and that a good design system needs to provide education, not just components and prototypes.

Ep 89: Figma Slots Conference
30.10.2025 | 40 min.
Davy talks to PJ about his trip to see Figma's slots conference, formerly known as Schema. We talk about the releases and rejoice on a focus on the main editor again.



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