Who’s Afraid of Open Design?

A design process can be extraordinarily structured, or entirely missing. Either way, it often requires a remarkable number of conversations with all the stakeholders involves, including people from different departments and the users. But, what happens when we add the unpredictable power of a community? In this talk, I'll share my thoughts, fears and views on working for an open-source product.

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1. Who's Afraid of Open Design? EMANUELA DAMIANI ~ ACE CONF ~ MAY 18, 2018
2. Take something and make it your own
3. Emanuela @brassy Working at UX designer for
4. 22.2% of market share in Poland StatCounter Global Stats Desktop Browser Market Share in Poland - April 2018
6. Let me tell you a story
7. 2 years ago…
8. I got the job!
9. Yep, I looked up on the Internet.
10. “ ghacks article July 29, 2013 So this is your idea of a great user interface, Mozilla?
11. “ A random guy on reddit 5 years ago Is it just me or has Firefox become a piece of sh*t?
12. TABS
13. TOOLBARS
15. ROUND CORNERS
16. TABS
 ON THE TOP
17. ADD-ONS ANYONE?
18. Your user base will always react to your design decisions
19. More common that we think
21. “ Not to diminish the great work by @elioqoshi but is there anyone else whom has graphical talents and want to do a proposal for a logo?
22. “ I still would love to get a real designer to make sure it (type) is near perfect.
24. There is a problem when we talk about design
25. What process apply? Who takes the decision?
26. It seems easier with code
27. Working in the open requires work
28. Resources Tools Platforms
29. Resourcers
 enable the community to re-use what already exists
30. Design System, 
 a product servings other products
31. Does your company have a pattern library or a style guide?
32. Make the right choice the easiest choice
33. tweet…
34. design system is a shared language
35. increase collaboration
38. Tobias Bernard interaction designer on the GNOME project
40. Tools
 enable the community to create new things
41. design tokens, design decisions make it easy to implement
42. design
 decision
43. token data (.JSON) design
 decision
44. iOS Web token data (.JSON) design
 decision token data (.xml) Android token as variables (.css) token as variables (.sass)
45. iOS Web token data (.JSON) design
 decision token data (.xml) Android token as variables (.css) design system website npm module sketch color palette keynote color palette addons website token as variables (.sass)
46. iOS Web token data (.JSON) design
 decision token data (.xml) Android token as variables (.css) design system website npm module sketch color palette keynote color palette the next hot thing! addons website token as variables (.sass)
49. Not just code
52. Platforms
 facilitate the conversation between you and the community
54. From Add-Ons to Web-Extensions
55. “ The Road to Firefox 57 – Compatibility Milestones February 16, 2016 Firefox 57, November 14th release - Firefox will only run WebExtensions
56. “ Do not deprive us of freedom with an overprotective idea. Please truncate past assets early and do not involve us in a self-suicide suicide.
57. “ I want to add my voice to many other voices all expressing the same idea. XUL and SDK add-ons are currently one of the very few remaining reasons me and many other users stay with Firefox.
59. Communication is the key
60. Communication is the key Kaitlin Robbs' Vocabulary Wheel
61. Tell positive stories
64. Gabriel Ivanica Best Tab Manager Session Sync Yoann Lecuyer Best Dynamic Theme Best Dynamic Theme Envify Oleksandr Best Games & Entertainment Worldwide Radio
65. Blogs Bug trackers Social Networks
66. GitHub
67. Not all your users are part of your community
68. Bugzilla
69. Bugzilla
70. But all your users can
 join your community
71. Reddit
72. Listen to the user. Sure, but how?
74. “ So I restarted the browser a few moments ago and was instantly hit with this new quantum crap. I cannot stand how it looks, I cannot get use to it, I literally hate everything about it.
75. “ Is it possible to get rounded tabs in Firefox 57? The current tabs are so square they really disturb me…
76. “ Is it possible to get rounded tabs in Firefox 57? The current tabs are so square they really disturb me…
77. “ Is it possible to get rounded tabs in Firefox 57? The current tabs are so square they really disturb me…
84. Am I still afraid of open design?
85. Yes, and…
86. Thank you! FIND ME ON TWITTER: @BRASSY