Designers Can Be Open-Sourcerers Too! Abigail Makolo eHealth4everyone @abigail_mak

Hi! I’m Abby - Self-taught User Experience (UX) Designer.

Product Manager & SQA and Testing Enthusiast

GCI 2019 Mentor, AnitaB.org

Open Source Design Enthusiast

Loves ice-cream and photography Abigail Makolo eHealth4everyone @abigail_mak

Designing for Open Source

Wait, what is Open Source? FOSS?

Flexibility Peer-review Open source is something people can read, modify and share because its design/code is publicly accessible. Collaborative participation Transparency Open-exchange FOSS is Free and Open Source Software. Open Source Festival 2020 Community-oriented development

“Most designers don’t have a clue about open source.” - Eriol Fox, Ushahidi

No clue about open source The tools/processes can be intimidating They don’t see the benefits

As a Designer Conduct UX reviews of existing projects Design sketches, mockups to improve usability Conduct user research and usability testing for the project

As a Designer Develop a style guide for consistent visual design Create branding designs (e.g. new logo) Create walkthrough videos for the software

As a Designer Improve the project documentation Rewrite design issues as design challenges Look out for opportunities for design contributions Visit For more ideas on ways to contribute

Growing as an Open-Source Designer Opensource.guide

“Let’s make open source software beautiful and more usable!” - Abigail Makolo

Thank you! Abigail Makolo eHealth4everyone @abigail_mak