Myself and https://iamkingsleey.framer.website/ lead a session at https://chaoss.community/chaosscon-2026-eu/

We wanted to understand how the health of OSS and their communities are affected by design, usability and designers invovlement.

#oss #ossdesign #opensourcedesign #designinoss #design #chaoss

We want to continue understanding how design and designers affect the OSS projects they get involved in but so far we're understanding in what ways design/designers can be measured and observed in OSS.

Find out more about the workshop here: https://teamup.com/event/show/id/RxyUFnvu9dZ56oVZGvDNq8f2wENdAd

I had a great time summarising some key points for inclusive and usable design in OS for the OSS sustainability lab.

An element of design that doesn't often get spoken about in the wider product space is how 'taste' and 'good taste' is a colonial hangover of design and how organisations and companies with power, money and influence, typically those that benefit from power over the marginalised global majority get to set the 'design tastes' and trends.

OSS and Hacker culture can fight that and be a space for everyone to modify, define and equitably design for people. OSS doesn't need to emulate big tech in either aestehics or design pratices but it should be a concious and aware choice if they decide to.

https://oss-sustainability-lab.com/curriculum/#curriculum

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Designers have a powerful role to play in open source, bringing vital perspectives that go beyond code. If you’re interested in how design and open source intersect—or want to learn from the Taiwanese OSS community—don’t miss our full reflections from a design sprint we ran last year: https://superbloom.design/learning/blog/design-contributions-to-oss-at-coscup-2024/

#OpenSource #DesignInTech #InclusiveDesign #OSS #OSSDesign #Taiwan

Designers have a powerful role to play in open source, bringing vital perspectives that go beyond code. If you’re interested in how design and open source intersect—or want to learn from the Taiwanese OSS community—don’t miss our full reflections from a design sprint we ran last year.

#OpenSource #DesignInTech #InclusiveDesign #OSS #OSSDesign #Taiwan

https://superbloom.design/learning/blog/design-contributions-to-oss-at-coscup-2024/

Let's gooooooooo penpot party time in London

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Study: Designers in OSS: Summary of diary studies of designers contributing to OSS

https://superbloom.design/learning/blog/the-secret-life-of-open-source-designers/

https://github.com/sprblm/Diary-Studies-Designers-in-OSS/blob/main/findings-report.md

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So here's something fun: I got to be on a podcast!

If you want to hear me talk about Blender, open source, and design, have a listen to this episode of the Sustain Open Source Design podcast (and stick around for the other episodes, they're great!)

https://sosdesign.sustainoss.org/34

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