Design contributions to OSS: Learnings from the Open Design project.

Eriol Fox - Introduction slide

Pilot events - Berlin 2018 &amp;amp; Seattle 2019

Designers want to work on projects ‘for good’.

Introduction to Open Design.

Most designers don’t have a clue about what OSS is or can be.

OSS isn’t part of design education.

Even if designers know OSS, Github can be a barrier.

Most OSS projects understand design as ‘logos’ and ‘graphics’.

OSS project issues can be restrictive…

…but open workshops often lose focus and relevancy.

Lack of version control in software and process for designers.

Design activities.

Location specific builds community.

Invite into the process a ‘witness’.

Translate issues to design challenges.

Prototypes.