Open Design

Call For Proposals

The Open Design Devroom is a space for developers, designers, maintainers, contributors, and curious beginners to come together and explore the intersection of design, open source, and digital commons.

For this devroom, we’d like to invite for talks that are practical, real world case studies, that are approachable for the developers, open source contributors, and people exploring design can easily connect with.

Suggested Themes

1. Designing and contributing within open-source ecosystems
2. Why open source matters for designers
3. Collaboration between developers and designers
4. Case studies, process breakdowns, and lessons from real projects
5. Creative coding, generative visuals, and interactive experiences
6. Working with data, visualisation, and information design
7. UX for hardware, embedded systems, and constrained interfaces
8. Branding, identity, and storytelling for developer communities and projects
9. Design systems, Colour systems, and typography

Session Formats

You may propose:

1. Talks — 25 minutes
2. Lightning Talks — 15 minutes
3. Panel Discussions — 40 minutes

For longer sessions such as workshops or BoFs, we recommend submitting to the main conference track instead of the devroom track.

Selection Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated based on:

1. Clarity and relevance to a developer-oriented audience
2. Practical insights and real-world applicability
3. Relevance to open source, collaboration, and community-driven work
4. Originality and thoughtfulness of the perspective presented

Please submit proposals for this devroom using the link below. Ensure that you select "Open Design" as the track.