# Similar Organizations

**URL:** <https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/similar-organizations/265>\
**Category:** Open Source Design meta\
**Created:** [August 11, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/similar-organizations/265 "2017-08-11T19:30:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdittrich](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jdittrich/32/42_2.png) [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/similar-organizations/265/1 "2017-08-11T19:30:41Z")

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There are other organizations supporting open design, design for open source applications or design for non-profit or grassroot projects. Here is a thread to collect these and maybe even to organize an outreach to them.

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**Author:** ![jdittrich](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jdittrich/32/42_2.png) [@jdittrich](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jdittrich)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/similar-organizations/265/2 "2017-08-11T19:33:55Z")

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On a [mailinglist for designers/researchers](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/design-user-research), I came across [“Design Gigs for Good”](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/design-gigs-for-good): »_We’ve both noticed a growing interest in designers turning to social impact work, and organizations looking to grow their design capacity. This jobs list is designed to help accelerate all this goodness._« ([source](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/design-gigs-for-good/CFjTmHjEvKU/8LfDkHeKAwAJ))

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**Author:** ![jan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jan/32/8_2.png) [@jan](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/similar-organizations/265/3 "2017-08-12T10:56:34Z")

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Here’s some related organizations:

- Similar umbrella groups, though seemingly inactive (most are members of Open Source Design already): [opendesign.foundation](http://opendesign.foundation/) @GarthDB (not really active), [OpenDesign.io](http://OpenDesign.io) @mkfnch (merged with us & website redirects), [OpenUsability.org](http://OpenUsability.org) @guiguru @jan.muehlig (inactive, expressed interest in moving resources over to Open Source Design)
- Open Source Design agencies (are members of Open Source Design, and we should also showcase them on the website): [SimplySecure](https://simplysecure.org/) @ame, [Ura](https://ura.design/) @elioqoshi, [Open Source Publishing](http://osp.kitchen/), [Manufactura Independente](http://manufacturaindependente.org/), [Gráfica Liebre](http://www.graficaliebre.com/) @Liebres
- Funding sources: [Usable\_tools / Internews](https://usable.tools/uxfund.html), [Prototype Fund](https://prototypefund.de/) (Germany only)
- Development companies working on open source projects, with emphasis on good design): [Bocoup](https://bocoup.com/), [Savoir-Faire Linux](https://savoirfairelinux.com/en), [Kaleidos](http://kaleidos.net/) @Xaviju, [Operator Foundation](https://operatorfoundation.org/)
- Initiatives connecting designers with social impact initiatives: [Creatives Without Borders](https://www.creativeswithoutborders.org), [Design Gigs for Good](https://designgigsforgood.squarespace.com/)

Know anything else @belenbarrospena @victoria-bondarchuk @evalica @bnvk @Incabell? 🙂

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**Author:** ![elioqoshi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/elioqoshi/32/706_2.png) [@elioqoshi](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/elioqoshi)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/similar-organizations/265/4 "2017-08-16T09:49:43Z")

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I’d add also Mozilla, where we were inspired from OSD and took on similar processes via our GitHub repo: [github.com/mozilla/OpenDesign](http://github.com/mozilla/OpenDesign)

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**Author:** ![guiguru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e8cbc/32.png) [@guiguru](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/guiguru)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/similar-organizations/265/5 "2017-08-23T14:31:41Z")

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definitely want to mention that my shop ([m+mi works](http://mmiworks.net)), although certainly not an agency, does do F/LOSS design—which I enjoy—with Metapolator as the latest, large example.

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**Author:** ![bnvk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/bnvk/32/11_2.png) [@bnvk](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/bnvk)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/similar-organizations/265/6 "2017-10-29T12:48:25Z")

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Yep. This is great. Should be nicely featured on the website somewhere… ideally with a shiny icons for the given orgs / agencies and all 🙂