# 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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### 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: [June 3, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/what-should-open-source-design-focus-on-in-the-future/4407/19 "2026-06-03T14:59:11Z")

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Some comments on what could be done:

- **examples and showcases:** We could interview people from different open source projects and show how they dealt with their UX challenges.   
 **Effort:** Maybe online meeting or longer mail exchange, writing, editing.
- **Resources** : Some exits (getting started advice, but needs to be uploaded), could be duplicated (e.g. [this one](https://www.fordes.de/posts/TipsUXSmallProjects.html)) or created. The general difficulty with anything repository-like is that it needs maintainance and criteria for what should _not_ go in.  
 **Effort:** Put on website as article?
- **Community** : This is a difficult one! We have the forum, but it is relatively quiet. I also try to run the mastodon account, but I rarely get questions or comments. When I voice my personal opinions I usually use my own account, but that also gives less engagement.   
 **Effort:** Unclear what can be done.
- **Fundraising:** Not my expertise. I think our amount of money is plenty for buying things but it is very few for paying people. When paying people we also have the problem of selection.
- **Formal Representation:** Not my expertise. I was involved in Vereine in Germany. They need to follow some rules, some of which are quite helpful to organize anyway.

Related: [cost of funding a workshop](https://github.com/Erioldoesdesign/The-Design-We-Open/blob/main/funding-open-source-design-workshops.md), [funding via grant](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/join-me-this-friday-29th-of-may-2026-to-write-a-funding-application/4431/2) (looking for collab)

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