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Birds of Feather(BoF) Intermediate

UX for FOSS : Community for Designer-Maintainer Collaboration

Proposal status is Approved
Session Description

Designers want to contribute to FOSS but struggle to find the right starting point. Meanwhile, many projects could benefit from design help but don’t know how to communicate their needs. Instead of designers creating unsolicited proposals, what if maintainers could share specific design needs. Since maintainers know what they want to build and can commit to implementing changes, both sides can collaborate more effectively.

Key Takeaways

  • What design pain points do maintainers face that designers could help with?

  • How can we make FOSS projects more approachable for designers?

  • What does good designer-maintainer collaboration look like?

References

https://hiran.in/uxfoss

Session Categories

Contributing to FOSS

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Main track

Speakers

Hiran Venugopalan
Hiran Venugopalan Designer

Product and Type Designer, curious about the intersections of community, technology, the internet, and FOSS.

https://hiran.in/