Design is still a pretty closed process, so I started exploring ways of opening the design process, just as the coding process has been fully opened through collaboration tools, community building, pair acceptance and sharing knowledge. The design community does not have a strong collaboration history. But, since the appearance of the latest UX practices, there is an opportunity to fully open up the process, as UX is based on research and more graphic designers are moving into the UX field.

We already know there is a lack of UX practice in FOSS projects, so this talk is a further exploration on why such a gap exists, and a collection of ideas and tools that could (hopefully) empower both sides to put a bridge over it.