EvAChU
好奇問: 大家會對 Open Source Design 有什麼想法?
Peter
@terry.f.wang
eriol
Would you be ok if I respond in English?
Are you interested in a specific part of open source design?
Are you interested in a specific part of open source design?
EvAChU
sure, please
EvAChU
My question is what do you think of open-source design?
EvAChU
What do you mean by specific?
eriol
I have thoughts on the processes when designing for OSS and also the culture or community of OSS and how it can be difficult for designers to contribute - I have a lot of thoughts 😅
Would you like more community or technology thoughts?
Would you like more community or technology thoughts?
EvAChU
What does OSS stand for? 😅
EvAChU
Sure, why not?
eriol
OSS = open source software
tofus
How about democratic design process, any thoughts?
Sky Hong
Not a designer myself, but I believe some of the information I have could help a little:
In SITCON, we have given some thought to the topic of democratic design processes (particularly Social Media Images) in relation to the SNS guidelines and the discussion we had this January. We rely on volunteers for design and credit them in the post itself, just as g0v #sns does
The most critical aspect is meeting the platform's needs, allowing all participants to design in a single location and reducing the cost of discussions about the design process. I once wanted to self-host the Penpot server, but I was too busy to do so qwq
In SITCON, we have given some thought to the topic of democratic design processes (particularly Social Media Images) in relation to the SNS guidelines and the discussion we had this January. We rely on volunteers for design and credit them in the post itself, just as g0v #sns does
The most critical aspect is meeting the platform's needs, allowing all participants to design in a single location and reducing the cost of discussions about the design process. I once wanted to self-host the Penpot server, but I was too busy to do so qwq
eriol
Some thoughts on open source design democratic processes
I remember speaking with the Mozilla design director about the open design process for the mozilla brand and how the most difficult part was mentoring designers in their skills - so making sure the design files and basic design techniques were of a ‘good enough’ quality to be contributed to Mozilla. They didn’t communicate or govern a ‘standard’ for their design contributions: https://blog.mozilla.org/opendesign/
This is a challenge I see across most open source software projects in that they don’t know how to ask for the kind of design they want/need and the project rely on very proactive and energetic designers to guide their own open source design processes.
In the worst cases the open source software projects will be very unwelcoming to the energetic designers wanting to make open source design. This is the common USA/Western Europe experience.
I remember speaking with the Mozilla design director about the open design process for the mozilla brand and how the most difficult part was mentoring designers in their skills - so making sure the design files and basic design techniques were of a ‘good enough’ quality to be contributed to Mozilla. They didn’t communicate or govern a ‘standard’ for their design contributions: https://blog.mozilla.org/opendesign/
This is a challenge I see across most open source software projects in that they don’t know how to ask for the kind of design they want/need and the project rely on very proactive and energetic designers to guide their own open source design processes.
In the worst cases the open source software projects will be very unwelcoming to the energetic designers wanting to make open source design. This is the common USA/Western Europe experience.
