# What should Open Source Design focus on in the future?

**URL:** <https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/what-should-open-source-design-focus-on-in-the-future/4407>\
**Category:** Open Source Design meta\
**Created:** [May 6, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/what-should-open-source-design-focus-on-in-the-future/4407 "2026-05-06T18:08:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/what-should-open-source-design-focus-on-in-the-future/4407/18 "2026-06-03T14:37:37Z")

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(list created from the bottom of posts up)

- Examples and showcase
  - Showcases and success stories, maybe interviews with projects (Scott, Jan, Otto)
  - Resources to show why design matters (Otto)

- Resources
  - Glossary of Design terms and structure of the discipline (Otto)
  - Resources on design methods applicable in Open Source (Jan, Otto)
  - Getting Started for Designers (Scott, Jan)
  - Reserach in Design and Open Source (Jan)

- Community
  - Connecting projects and designers, design pledge (Otto)
  - Connecting designers (Jan, Otto)

- Fundraise to:
  - pay for Internships (Eriol)
  - pay for an UX Audit (Scott)
  - pay people to learn about UX (Eriol)

- Formal representation
  - Become a formal organization as Non-Profit (Eriol)
  - Create an OSPO (Eriol)
  - Representation of OSD towards standardizing bodies and platforms (Eriol)

Some of the broader ideas of Juhan and Scott I could not fit in.

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