Events

Recurring Meeting

Join us for a recurring meeting every first Wednesday of the month. You can find more information on our Event listing.

Upcoming events

• Open Source Design has a devroom at FOSDEM 2025!

  FOSDEM 2025 has been annouced and we are excited for another in-person Open Source Design devroom!

  • Date: Saturday & Sunday 1st & 2nd February 2025
  • Time: 13:00 to 17:00 CET
  • Location: université Libre Brussels, Belgium

Past events

• Call for Participation: Open Source Design Devroom at FOSDEM 2025

  The call for proposals has now closed! please wait until mid December to see the final talks selected! Thank you to everyone who submitted :))))

• Open Source Design has a devroom at FOSDEM 2024!

  The weekend of FOSDEM 2024 has been annouced and we are excited for another in-person Open Source Design devroom! Join us in Brussels for design talks, discussion and fun! Here’s everything you need to know about getting to the Open Source Design devroom at FOSDEM. The Open Source Design community groups welcomes and encourages folks from both design and non-design backgrounds to submit talks related to design to the dev room and attend the talks in the devroom. If you’d like a buddy or someone to chat to before joining us you can check out our discourse forum.

• Call for Participation: Open Source Design Devroom at FOSDEM 2024

  FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event that offers all open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas, learn and collaborate. Every year, thousands of free and open source software contributors from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels, Belgium. After the roaring success of FOSDEM 2023, we are gearing up for the next edition of FOSDEM, taking place at the Université Libre Brussels on 3rd and 4th February 2024.

• Call for Participation: Open Source Design Devroom at FOSDEM 2023

  FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event that offers all open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas, learn and collaborate. Every year, thousands of free and open source software contributors from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels, Belgium. After 2 virtual editions, FOSDEM 2023 will be a hybrid event, taking place in Brussels and online on the 4th and 5th of February 2023.

• Open Source Design is at FOSDEM 2023!

  It’s the weekend of FOSDEM and we are more excited than ever for an in-person Open Source Design devroom after 3 years! Join us in Brussels for an afternoon of design talks, chit chat and drinks! Here’s everything you need to know about getting to the Open Source Design devroom at FOSDEM.

• Call for Participation: Open Source Design Devroom at FOSDEM 2022

  FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event that offers all open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas, learn and collaborate.

• FOSS Backstage 2022

  The conference on everything related to governance, collaboration, legal and economics within the scope of FOSS. Two days of discussion and learning about non-technical aspects of open source development. Topics include open source project leadership best practices, community management, open source project metrics, open source strategy for enterprise, adopting open source collaboration in corporations, legal matters when dealing with open source and many more.

• FOSS Backstage 2021

  FOSS Backstage 2021: Call for Participation from designers

• Call for Participation: Open Source Design Devroom at FOSDEM 2021

  FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event that offers all open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas, learn and collaborate.

• Call for Participation: Open Source Design Devroom at FOSDEM 2020

  FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event that offers all open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas, learn and collaborate.

• Open Design @ Open UP global summit: Taipei, Nov 30th - Dec 7th

  A workshop organised by the team from Open Design + Ushahidi hosted and supported by Open UP global summit. It will take place in Taipei, Taiwan.

• Call for Participation: Open Source Design Devroom at FOSDEM 2019

  FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event that offers all open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas, learn and collaborate.

• Open Source Design track at FOSDEM 2019

  FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate.

• Open Source Design Summit 2018: Tirana, Nov 02-04

  We’re organizing a summit for all designers and developers interested in cheerleading great design in open source. It will take place in Tirana, Albania.

• Open Source Design NYC: July 12 2018

  Please join us on Thursday evening for a presentation and Q&A with Eli Heuer on the history and future of free software font editors. This will cover TruFont, FontForge, MetaFont and other examples/tools used in the free software community. Eli is a libre graphics focused designer and software developer who has worked with clients such as Jacobin Magazine, EA Games, and Ruffeo Hearts Lil’ Snotty. His blog and links to social media profiles can be found at: https://elih.blog

• Open Source Design NYC: May 24 2018

  Please join us on Thursday evening for a presentation and Q&A on Cita with Juliana Castro.

• Libre Graphics Meeting 2018

  The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is an annual meeting of free and open source graphics software users and developers.

• Libre Graphics Track at Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) 2018

  SCaLE 16X – the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo – will take place on March. 8-11, 2018, at the Pasadena Convention Center. SCaLE 16X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events. SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the greater Los Angeles area.

• Open Source Design NYC: Feb 26 2018

  Our next open source design meet-up will present our group’s mission and overseas members, along with a recap of the FOSDEM conference. We will also do a quick introduction on the Riot messaging app (a Slack open source competitor) and show you how to communicate on this new platform.

• Call for Participation: Open Source Design Devroom at FOSDEM 2018

  FOSDEM is the Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event that offers open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate.

• Open Source Design track at FOSDEM 2018

  FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate.

• Community space at CSSconf EU 2018

  Thanks to an invitation by the awesome organizers, we were part of the community space at CSSconf EU! :)

• Open Source Design NYC: Jan 18 2018

  Calling Open Source Design enthusiasts living in NYC and around, please join us for our next meetup on funding free software.

• Open Source Design NYC: Dec 14 2017

  Calling Open Source Design enthusiasts living in NYC and around, please join us for our next meetup on looking at the intersection between accessibility, inclusive design, and open source. This will be given by Atul Varma, who is known for building bridges of understanding between humans and machines. He has written illuminating software that’s been used as the centerpiece of TED Talks, in maker events around the world, and by individuals who are just trying to have a less frustrating time using their computer. But his favorite moments are very personal: understanding where another person is coming from, constructing a metaphor they can relate to, and using it to explain technology in a way that liberates, excites, and empowers.

• Talk on Design-driven Free Software at SFScon Bolzano 2017

  SFSCon (South Tyrol Free Software Conference) is one of Europe’s most established annual conferences on Free Software. SFScon promotes the use of Free Software in IT infrastructures as a tool to achieve greater innovation and competitiveness in the region. Here decision-makers and developers meet, learn and get inspired.

• Open Source Design NYC: Nov 09 2017

  Calling Open Source Design enthusiasts living in NYC and around to join us for our next meetup on open design toolkit. This will be a fun evening reviewing Jessica Klein’s toolkit and discussion how it can/will help the design OS community.

• Open Source Design Summit: Berlin, Oct 13-18 2017

  We’re organizing a summit for all designers and developers interested in cheerleading great design in open source. It will take place in Berlin.

• Open Source Design Event Madrid 2017

  Fist meetup event in Madrid

• Open Source Design track at OpenTechSummit 2017

  

• Open Source Design intro at G23 conference 2017

  The Chaos Computer Club Berlin organized a G23 unconference, bringing together activists on privacy, decentralization and related topics.

• Foss North, Gothenberg 2017

  Foss North is an free / open source conference covering both software and hardware from the technical perspective. Hosted in Gothenburg between Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm with an international airport, we provide a meeting place for the Nordic foss communities and will bring together great speakers with a great audience.

• Open Source Design Meetup Berlin, April 20, 2017

  We welcome everyone to join us in connecting with people to promote and improve open source design. We value learning and sharing freely through both our processes and results. Come and have a good time, exchange ideas, and solve problems with us. Chat about remote usability tests on a budget, or how one could involve an online community in the design process. We might also discuss the trade offs between various open source tools, or brainstorm some ideas to promote libre design projects to university students. The possibilities are endless!

• Open Source Design Meetup Berlin, Mar 15, 2017

  We welcome everyone to join us in connecting with people to promote and improve open source design. We value learning and sharing freely through both our processes and results. Come and have a good time, exchange ideas, and solve problems with us. Chat about remote usability tests on a budget, or how one could involve an online community in the design process. We might also discuss the trade offs between various open source tools, or brainstorm some ideas to promote libre design projects to university students. The possibilities are endless!

• Internet Freedom Festival 2017

  The Internet Freedom Festival creates a common space where diverse communities working against and affected by censorship and surveillance can come together to teach, plan and act.

• Open Source Design track at FOSDEM 2017

  FOSDEM is one of the biggest open source conferences. For the third time there will be a dedicated Open Source Design track!

• Fosdem 2017

  FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to:

• Open Source Design Workshop #1 Tirana 2017

  At the first Open Source Design Workshop in Tirana, Albania we will showcase the basics of GIMP and Inkscape so people can find their way around basics in Graphic Design, breaking the stereotypes that they need Adobe software for that.

• Libre Graphics Meeting 2016

  The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is an annual meeting on free and open source software for graphics.

• COSCUP 2016

  COSCUP is the largest open source conference in Taiwan, which provides technical talks, invited panel discussions, workshops, lightning talks and unconference. Additionally, COSCUP 2016 provides the following newly themed sessions and special tracks.

• OS Feels 2016

  OS Feels is a two-day conference at the intersection of software and the humanities.

• UX in a High-Risk World 2016

  UX in a High Risk World

• OSCAL 2016

  OSCAL (Open Source Conference Albania) is the first annual conference in Albania organized to promote software freedom, open source software, free culture and open knowledge, a global movement that originally started more than 25 years ago.

• FOSSASIA 2016

  FOSSASIA is the premier Free and Open Source technology event in Asia for developers, start-ups, and contributors. Projects at FOSSASIA range from open hardware, to design, graphics and software. FOSSASIA was established in 2009. Previous events took place in Cambodia and Vietnam.

• Internet Freedom Festival 2016

  The Internet Freedom Festival creates a common space where diverse communities working against and affected by censorship and surveillance can come together to teach, plan and act.

• Open Source Design track at FOSDEM 2016

  FOSDEM is one of the biggest open source conferences. For the second time there will be a dedicated Open Source Design track.

• Fosdem 2016

  FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to:

• Future of Web Design Workshop – Open Cooperation: Working Together 2015

  Garth Braithwaite, Una Kravets and Christopher Moody are running a full day workshop as part of Future of Web Design San Francisco:

• Libre Graphics Meeting 2015

  The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is an annual meeting on free and open source software for graphics. Held yearly since 2006 the Libre Graphics Meeting aims to attract developers, artists and professionals who use and improve free and open source software graphics applications. The LGM aims to bring these people together in the cause of creating high quality free graphics applications.

• Designs and Hacks, Apr 25, 2015

  Lots of things that we’ve talking about for the last couple months. Time to push some pixels and code and breath life into these objective. Let’s meet and work on driving the Open Soure Design movement forward. Everyone who wants to contribute is welcome :)

• Planning Meetup, Mar 29, 2015

  In our last meetup we outlined a bunch of good plans.

• Berlin Open Source Design meetup, Mar 15, 2015

  Let’s meet and work on driving the Open Soure Design movement forward! Everyone who wants to contribute is welcome.

• Open Source Design track at FOSDEM 2015

  FOSDEM is one of the biggest open source conferences. For the first time this year, there will be a dedicated Open Source Design track!

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