Are we delighting enough in our design systems?

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of injecting joy into design systems while addressing common misconceptions about their impact on creativity.

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. Design systems kill creativity, right? We've heard that said so many times. But are we actually taking the time to inject joy into the system itself? Not only considering it as a part of the process for ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Murphy, Michelle Chin

Topics covered

• design systems
• creativity
• joy in design
• Q&A
• live audience

Keywords

• design systems
• creativity
• joy
• Q&A
• live recording

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Design Systems WTF

More episodes of Design Systems WTF

• Is Figma holding design systems back? · May 26, 2026 · 46 min
• How do you make developers to care about your design system? · May 12, 2026 · 37 min
• Is a design system mandate worth fighting for? · April 28, 2026 · 41 min
• Does your design system need a PM? · March 31, 2026 · 41 min
• What do you actually test? · March 17, 2026 · 35 min
• Do MCPs care more about patterns or components? · March 3, 2026 · 47 min