Hi folks, We're so happy to annouce that we have an open source design devroom and we're now accepting calls for talks via the FOSDEM pretalx system. Open Source Design has been part of FOSDEM for over a decade now, making sure designers who work with, or contribute to free, libre and open source software (FLOSS) a platform to share their ideas. You can find the link to our devroom here <https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/design/>. Call for participation details and link here: https://opensourcedesign.net/2025/10/01/fosdem-cfp-2026 *We invite you to give a talk about contributing design to open source projects!* “Design” can mean anything including typography, graphic design, interaction design, user experience, human-computer interaction, accessibility, information architecture, content strategy, service design, user research, design research and more. You don’t have to be an expert in the field – you could have been involved in a project for as little as a year or as long as a decade. As long as you have been involved with design in any respect in an open source project, we’re interested to hear what you think! Here are some topics that may inspire your talk: - Your experiences contributing to design in an open source project - How you use FLOSS tools to design - An open source project which is an example of great design - Your design process, research methods, and go-to resources while working with open source projects - Your ideas on fostering diversity and inclusion in design and open source - Anything else related to design and FLOSS! Open Source Design has limited fund to support travel, accomodation and expenses for speakers and can be found on our open collective page <https://opencollective.com/opensourcedesign>. We will be prioritising under-represented members of the FOSS community with these travel funds and can offer invitation letters for visas. Please send an email to core@opensourcedesign.net to be considered for travel stipend support. Thanks and see you at FOSDEM :) [image: fosdem-cfp.png] -- Eriol Fox: Human-rights centred designer *My PGP fingerprint: *654C AC5C DF3C 966E 6A09 4A5D F393 3F30 F404 2DAD Website: https://erioldoesdesign.github.io/ Github: https://github.com/Erioldoesdesign Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@erioldoesdesign Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/erioldoesdesign.bsky.social Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eriolfox/
