Bridging the Gap Between Designers & Open Source Communities
summary
Canonical UX designers present survey data from 150 participants (89 designers, 35 maintainers) showing half of designers who never contributed say it simply never occurred to them, and maintainers accept design work but rarely receive it. Key obstacles are discoverability, steep GitHub/GitLab tooling, missing onboarding docs, and opaque design review processes. Concrete outputs: a contribution brief template tested with maintainers and designers, an internal design-system contribution workflow, and a well‑received Git for designers workshop now being prepared for public release.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to the talk
- 1:26Why design matters in open source
- 5:23Survey findings on designers and maintainers
- 7:49Key challenges faced by designers
- 12:53Solutions and initiatives at Canonical
- 16:44Importance of better communication
- 18:09Q&A session
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