# Communication and collaboration

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## [About 'Communication and collaboration'](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/about-communication-and-collaboration/95)

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**Author:** [@jan](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jan)\
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How do designers and developers best communicate? Do you have any communication or collaboration issue? Which platforms to use? All things we can talk about in this category.

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## [Research projects this community would be interested in](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/research-projects-this-community-would-be-interested-in/4411)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/research-projects-this-community-would-be-interested-in/4411 "2026-05-14T21:54:14Z")

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A research or design project idea that I sometimes run into in the context of open source in design is how a “github for designers” should be build or how developer/designer communication can be improved. Both topics are…

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## [A structured way to discuss design in open source](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/a-structured-way-to-discuss-design-in-open-source/4409)

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**Author:** [@LYN\_NEA](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/LYN_NEA)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/a-structured-way-to-discuss-design-in-open-source/4409 "2026-05-08T10:59:29Z")

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Hello, Personally i’d like to share an idea — maybe a naive one — about whether it’s possible to build a more shared and structured way of discussing UX problems in open source. We’re a small student group from Nantes,…

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## [What are patterns of rejection of design input/contributions?](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/what-are-patterns-of-rejection-of-design-input-contributions/4395)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/what-are-patterns-of-rejection-of-design-input-contributions/4395 "2026-04-28T13:48:09Z")

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I was writing a bit about how designers might want to start being involved in open source projects. A part of getting involved is – potentially – also getting not-so-constructive feedback or outright rejections. I would…

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## [Unity Developer (Volunteer) Wanted for Open-Source 3D Anatomy Atlas (CC-BY-SA)](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/unity-developer-volunteer-wanted-for-open-source-3d-anatomy-atlas-cc-by-sa/4348)

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**Author:** [@Z-Anatomy](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Z-Anatomy)\
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**Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/unity-developer-volunteer-wanted-for-open-source-3d-anatomy-atlas-cc-by-sa/4348 "2025-11-01T10:09:06Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m Gauthier, and I’m working on Z-Anatomy, a free and open-source 3D anatomy atlas (human and veterinary) under the CC-BY-SA license. The project includes detailed 3D models (human, cat, and evolves toward…

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## [Penpot course about UI design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/penpot-course-about-ui-design/4248)

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**Author:** [@SvenPu](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/SvenPu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/penpot-course-about-ui-design/4248 "2025-08-09T07:51:33Z")

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Kaleidos, the company behind the free UI design tool Penpot, has announced a free course on UI design with Penpot. It will teach user interface design core skills and techniques, from simple graphics to complex patterns…

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## [Welcoming designers to oss with contribute.design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/welcoming-designers-to-oss-with-contribute-design/4222)

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**Author:** [@SnowCode](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/SnowCode)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/welcoming-designers-to-oss-with-contribute-design/4222 "2025-05-27T16:19:26Z")

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Hello there, I’ve just found this pretty cool project and thought it could be interests you. It’s https://contribute.design In a nutshell, it’s a directory on open source projects with instructions for designers to con…

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## [Idea to make design a bigger part of open source projects](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/idea-to-make-design-a-bigger-part-of-open-source-projects/4137)

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**Author:** [@SnowCode](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/SnowCode)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/idea-to-make-design-a-bigger-part-of-open-source-projects/4137 "2025-02-18T07:32:48Z")

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Hello o/ I’ve been thinking about how to organize and communicate design with developers on FOSS projects. I’ve found something and I’m starting to use it myself on my projects. The idea would be to include design docu…

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## [Looking for patterns for improving design of existing projects](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/looking-for-patterns-for-improving-design-of-existing-projects/3995)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/looking-for-patterns-for-improving-design-of-existing-projects/3995 "2024-11-01T10:37:02Z")

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Obviously, it is best to involve design from the start – and I think a lot of advice is made for such projects and many designers want to work in such projects. However, many (if not most) projects develop from smaller h…

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## [Seeking Open-Source Collaboration to Complete Website for Portfolio](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/seeking-open-source-collaboration-to-complete-website-for-portfolio/4006)

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**Author:** [@PatheticUser](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/PatheticUser)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/seeking-open-source-collaboration-to-complete-website-for-portfolio/4006 "2024-10-23T19:00:48Z")

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Hey everyone, I’m a software engineering student focused on machine learning, data structures, and data visualization. I’m currently working on a website project to build my portfolio, and I’ve completed around 60-70% o…

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## [New contribute/join page in the Bitcoin Design Community](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/new-contribute-join-page-in-the-bitcoin-design-community/3769)

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**Author:** [@GBKS](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/GBKS)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/new-contribute-join-page-in-the-bitcoin-design-community/3769 "2024-04-17T11:58:43Z")

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I’d love to get some feedback on our new contribute page. Next to the home page, it is probably a primary entry point into the community for newcomers to find their way around and take first steps. This new version is mu…

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## [Talks at FOSS Backstage 2024](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/talks-at-foss-backstage-2024/3793)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/talks-at-foss-backstage-2024/3793 "2024-03-29T08:48:39Z")

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FOSS Backstage (4-6th of March 2024) had its own design track/day. You can watch all talks at the Youtube playlist of the track. There were also several UX talks at the main event: Scott on Size matters: Why some pro…

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## [Increasing complexity of (open source) software over time – cases and mechanisms](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/increasing-complexity-of-open-source-software-over-time-cases-and-mechanisms/3685)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
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**Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/increasing-complexity-of-open-source-software-over-time-cases-and-mechanisms/3685 "2023-11-24T13:14:56Z")

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I was happy to discover ansel, a photo editing program similar to lightroom and the like. It is a fork of Darktable. Ansel’s author was frustrated with the course the UX of Darktable was going and now forked the project.…

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## [3D web-design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/3d-web-design/3414)

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**Author:** [@bazylevnik0](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/bazylevnik0)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/3d-web-design/3414 "2023-06-16T11:56:04Z")

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Hey I’m a newcomer but I think I can and want to start a project in web-design field. Maybe naive but I think in 2023 - 3D design in browser still like a something for “elite”… Possible to simplify popular elements of …

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## [Collaboration without shared professional culture](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/collaboration-without-shared-professional-culture/3397)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/collaboration-without-shared-professional-culture/3397 "2023-03-22T07:07:00Z")

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A topic that was on my mind recently was the question of how different disciplines collaborate with each other; I wrote a longer text on this on my blog – but let me share some shorter quotes that might be more interstin…

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## [Logo Competitions in Open Source Software Projects](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/logo-competitions-in-open-source-software-projects/3048)

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**Author:** [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/logo-competitions-in-open-source-software-projects/3048 "2023-03-08T12:38:02Z")

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This is based on a blogpost of mine. I thought it might be interesting to share and potentially discuss it here. I always wondered why open source projects love community-driven logo competitions (almost all logos of W…

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## [Open Chat with Máirín Duffy](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-chat-with-mairin-duffy/3368)

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**Author:** [@PTienza](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/PTienza)\
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**Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-chat-with-mairin-duffy/3368 "2023-02-28T13:12:21Z")

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This is my first post here and I hope I’ll be around here more often from now on. I wanted to share this interview we did at Penpot, because I truly believe that it’s great content in terms of design workflow. At Penpo…

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## [Open source ResearchOps hackpack](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-researchops-hackpack/3318)

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**Author:** [@jcklpe](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jcklpe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-researchops-hackpack/3318 "2023-01-09T18:29:51Z")

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I’ve been working on the open source projects for the VA this past year and decided to take what I learned and streamline it into a hackpack for the open source community. Hopefully this makes it easier for people to boo…

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## [Open Source Design Operations hackpack](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-design-operations-hackpack/3328)

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**Author:** [@jcklpe](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jcklpe)\
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**Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-design-operations-hackpack/3328 "2022-12-22T00:47:52Z")

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Following the recent researchOps hackpack I made I decided to make a designOps one which you can check out here: Contributions, criticisms, feedback are more than welcome.

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## [SX, UX, Social Coding, FOSS versus Penpot's VC deal](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/sx-ux-social-coding-foss-versus-penpots-vc-deal/3190)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/aschrijver)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/sx-ux-social-coding-foss-versus-penpots-vc-deal/3190 "2022-10-05T04:49:34Z")

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Hi there Designers :wave: I’d like to inform you about two topics you may find interesting.. First is the recent venture capital deal where Penpot received $8 million to further develop their product. I noticed a lot o…

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## [Methods to make an open source project's developer community more aware of its end users and their needs: personas? other ideas?](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/methods-to-make-an-open-source-projects-developer-community-more-aware-of-its-end-users-and-their-needs-personas-other-ideas/3152)

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**Author:** [@trnstlntk](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/trnstlntk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/methods-to-make-an-open-source-projects-developer-community-more-aware-of-its-end-users-and-their-needs-personas-other-ideas/3152 "2022-09-09T22:33:19Z")

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Hi all! I work with the OpenRefine project. I’m not a designer - I am the project director; but am very interested in introducing more UX design work and general user-focused sensibilities into our project. What kind of…

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## [How to improve collaboration between Dev and Ux designers in an open source project?](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/how-to-improve-collaboration-between-dev-and-ux-designers-in-an-open-source-project/2948)

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**Author:** [@Gionni](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Gionni)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/how-to-improve-collaboration-between-dev-and-ux-designers-in-an-open-source-project/2948 "2022-06-21T12:02:43Z")

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Hello! We are Gianantonio and Serena, two service designers that lately have been researching about the “hot” topic of Dev and Ux designers collaboration. In particular, we’re interested to deepen this interaction in th…

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## [Getting Designers into Open Source](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/getting-designers-into-open-source/2941)

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**Author:** [@koha](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/koha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/getting-designers-into-open-source/2941 "2022-05-03T23:45:43Z")

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Hi everyone, I am koha and I have been having terrible nightmares lately. But I won’t talk about the nightmares here, instead, I’d share a project I whimsically believe could be a contribution to the effort to get desig…

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## [Design Systems for Open Source – Interview Participants wanted](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-systems-for-open-source-interview-participants-wanted/2924)

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**Author:** [@skotschi](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/skotschi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-systems-for-open-source-interview-participants-wanted/2924 "2022-04-13T11:19:28Z")

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Hey everybody, My name is Steffen and I’m currently working on my master’s thesis at Berlin University of the Arts. For my research, I want to explore how Design Systems, which are creating quite some buzz in the commer…

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## [iOS mobile app developer](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/ios-mobile-app-developer/2884)

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**Author:** [@hopedesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/hopedesign)\
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**Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/ios-mobile-app-developer/2884 "2022-03-11T16:17:56Z")

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Hello there, if you are an ios developer and willing to collaborate on a startup project contact me opeyemiowolu@gmail.com

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## [Is there still a need for better collaboration tools?](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/is-there-still-a-need-for-better-collaboration-tools/2733)

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**Author:** [@rmaycumber](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/rmaycumber)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/is-there-still-a-need-for-better-collaboration-tools/2733 "2021-12-09T18:38:07Z")

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Hello, I’m a student and junior designer that came across Open Source Design during my research for a design thesis. I read an article, “Open source design needs better collaboration tools” and was deeply interested in t…

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## [Stages of UX Design Maturity in OSS](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/stages-of-ux-design-maturity-in-oss/2715)

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**Author:** [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/stages-of-ux-design-maturity-in-oss/2715 "2021-10-06T18:18:14Z")

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Hey open source designers! Something that came up in a recent Sustain Design & UX working group meeting was 'how to help an OSS org scale design understanding - both internally (within contributors and users) and extern…

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## [Design Justice: Center people who are too often marginalized by design](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-justice-center-people-who-are-too-often-marginalized-by-design/2556)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/aschrijver)\
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**Last updated:** [May 24, 2021, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/design-justice-center-people-who-are-too-often-marginalized-by-design/2556 "2021-05-24T07:01:39Z")

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Via Nick Sellen, developer of Karott, I found the great Design Justice website: From the About page: We use design to imagine and build the worlds we need to live in — worlds that are safer, more just, and more su…

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## [GitLab Commit conf CFP open!](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/gitlab-commit-conf-cfp-open/2457)

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**Author:** [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
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**Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/gitlab-commit-conf-cfp-open/2457 "2021-03-24T11:13:04Z")

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I spoke about design related OSS last year and would love to see other apply this year. The team at GitLab were amazing and supportive to me as a speaker :slight\_smile: I’m also up for collaborating with others on a talk…

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## [FLOSSUX - A project about stronger UX in FLOSS projects!](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387)

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**Author:** [@dani763f](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/dani763f)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/flossux-a-project-about-stronger-ux-in-floss-projects/2387 "2021-03-04T11:19:00Z")

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Hi Everyone! I am a student at the IT University of Copenhagen currently writing my master thesis on UX design. I have always loved open-source and thought that its implications are inspirational and intriguing. Natural…

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