Monthly Open Source Design call

Topics for 2026-04-01: (Communtiy wiki editing enabled)

  • FOSS Backstage Design. Talks here
    • Talk recommendations? Blender and Mastodon were particularly well liked!
    • Donations for video recording (posts in the work, @Erioldoesdesign plz add when ready)
  • Website text updates – ask me or eriol for a login if you want to review/add.
    • Balance “know the project” with “maybe the project is not nice/caring”
  • Governance Work update: Job Post. Please share with people who might moderate finding a governace process for open source design.
  • Jobs posts clean up task (@Erioldoesdesign happy to explain and request for help to maintain because jobs need to be closed manually, except job posters edit via git, and they rarely do)
  • No new AI proposals but one strange pull that changed almost all files. Caution, rather reject.
  • Question: What is on the open source design github? Answer: Mainly the website and jobs. We closed/archived some.
  • Optional: “designers are making things Pretty” and "defaults are limiting user Freedom” in Issue rejections. Send if you see such conversations in issue trackers or social media, send @jdittrich a link so they can learn more about how people talk about design in open source projects.
  • Tool demo quickwire by @jdittrich. Feedback/ideas in this discourse thread.
  • UX Design open educational content resources? @fedesign.es