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Explore the unfiltered experiences of designers contributing to open source software projects through this 39-minute conference talk. Discover insights from 10-16 week diary studies conducted by Superbloom.design in October 2023, featuring designers actively working on OSS contributions. Learn about the key challenges designers face in open source environments and gain practical recommendations for making OSS projects more accessible to design contributors. Understand the specific aspects of OSS that present the greatest difficulties for designers, experience their perspectives on common pain points, and master the feedback formats that lead to design success in open source contexts. Examine how designers prefer to enter and exit OSS projects, and develop the vocabulary needed to communicate effectively with design contributors. Acquire strategies to make your open source project more usable and accessible for both users and contributors by understanding design principles beyond traditional UI/UX/Graphics concepts. Benefit from research that goes beyond typical issue tracker analysis or designer interviews to provide deeper insights into non-code contributors' experiences in the open source ecosystem.
