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= About Us =
The Fedora Design Team is Fedora's in-house design agency. We provide artwork, user experience, usability, and general design services to the Fedora project.


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Our current team goals:
 
The Design Team is the design group of the Fedora project. Our interests are not only in creating graphics for use by the Fedora community, but also in advocating the use of the creative tools that are a part of Fedora.
 
'''Team Leader'''
[[MairinDuffy| Máirín Duffy]]
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== What We Do ==
 
* '''Serve as a design firm for the Fedora community, creating artwork and designs to for the Fedora community on request'''
 
:: How can we measurably achieve this goal? If we advertise this service properly to the Fedora community, successfully get a stream of requests (let's say at least 5 requests per month for a start), and if we can fulfill at least 5 requests per month to the satisfaction of the person requesting them, we can say we have successfully met this goal.
 
* '''Provide resources (tutorials, art assets, advice) and encouragement for the use of the FOSS creative tools available in Fedora, under open licenses to demonstrate the importance of the application of FOSS ideas to creative content; using FOSS tools in the creation of our artwork so it serves as a showcase for those tools;'''
 
:: How can we measurably achieve this goal? If we can provide the community with at least 1 major resource (tutorial, article, art asset, scheduled lesson event, scheduled outreach event (such as a contest to promote FOSS art tools) under an open license, then we can say we have successfully met this goal.
 
* '''Make it easy for 'creative contributors' to contribute to the Fedora project.'''
 
:: How can we measurably achieve this goal? If we can attract at least one contributor every 3 months (for example, at least every three months someone new to the artTeam completes a request in the service request pages below), then we could probably say we have successfully met this goal.
 
== Services Provided to the Fedora Community ==
 
The Design Team provides the following services to the Fedora Community:
 
* '''[[Artwork/HackergotchiService|  Hackergotchi Design]] ''' - Finally got added to Planet Fedora ([http://planet.fedoraproject.org/] ) but don't have a cool hackergotchi to identify your posts?
 
* '''Web Graphic Design or Interaction Design''' - Are you the administrator of a Fedora web app but need some icons or a nice template to spruce it up? Think you need to improve the usability of your application but you're not sure how? Do you want to run a marketing campaign on the Fedora wiki but need some graphical banners?
 
* '''Marketing Collateral Design''' - Are you a Fedora Ambassadors or member of the marketing team, and need a quick poster or banner for an event you're helping organize? Do you need other collateral such as CD/DVD labels, sticker designs, t-shirt designs, or some illustrations to help make your event or campaign a success?
 
* '''Documentation Illustration''' - Working on a how-to or reference guide for Fedora, and think an illustration, diagram, or icon would help make your point clearer?
 
If you have a request for any of the services listed above or other services you think the Design Team can help you with, post a new [https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/newticket| Design team ticket].
 
== Joining the Design Team ==
 
You want to join the Fedora Design team? Awesome! You're in for a lot of fun. We've put together a page chock full 'o information on how to join our team, please take a look!


'''[[Join_the_Design_Team | How to Join the Fedora Design Team]]'''
* '''Template and Automate''' - Generate templates, standards, and automation where possible for more efficient and consistent artwork production.
* '''Increased focus on UX/usability''' - Increase the amount of UX and usability work we provide to the Fedora project through both more efficient usage of current designer time and also better recruitment of UX/usability team members and better documentation of UX/usability tasks and processes.
* '''FLOSS Creative Tool Education & Outreach''' - Continue to use the very same free and open source creative tools available in Fedora to design for Fedora, and increase and improve knowledge sharing with the general FLOSS community.
* '''Clear Priorities''' - Strive to be more selective about our focus as a team and set clear priorities so the things that are most important to Fedora are done in a timely and organized manner.


=Contributor Information=
= Portfolio =
== Team Schedule ==


Our schedule for the Fedora {{FedoraVersionNumber|next}} Cycle is available here:
=== Fedora Badge Creation ===
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}-design-tasks.html Design Tasks (html format)]
[http://badges.fedoraproject.org Fedora Badges] is a fun website built to recognize contributors to the Fedora Project.  The Fedora Design Team designs and create the badge icons visible on contributors' profiles.  Examples:
* [http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}-design.ics Design Tasks (ics format)]
<gallery>
Image:Badge-sample-chocolatechipcookie.png|[http://badges.fedoraproject.org/badge/chocolate-chip-cookie-ii 10 cookies received]
Image:Badge-sample-kernel_tester_10.png|[http://badges.fedoraproject.org/badge/science-kernel-tester-iii 10 runs of kernel regression testing]
Image:Badge-sample-wordstorm-wordsmith.png|[http://badges.fedoraproject.org/badge/wordstorm-wordsmith-v 2000 commits to Fedora Doc repositories]
</gallery>


== Meetings ==
=== Fedora Release Wallpaper ===
Each Fedora release receives a refreshing new default wallpaper.  The Fedora Design team brainstorms ideas and iterates through various drafts until the final wallpaper design is delivered.  Examples:
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Image:F18-alpha-wallpaper-standard.png|Fedora 18
Image:F19-alpha-wallpaper-day.png|Fedora 19
Image:F20-alpha-wallpaper-normalish.png|Fedora 20
Image:F21.png|Fedora 21
Image:F22_alpha_wp.png|Fedora 22
Image:F23.jpg | Fedora 23
Image:F24-standard_wiki.png | Fedora 24
Image:Fedora-25-wallpaper.png | Fedora 25
Image:F26-final-day-default-wallpaper-standard.png | Fedora 26
Image:Fedora-27-wallpaper.png | Fedora 27
Image:F28-wallpaper-final.png | Fedora 28
Image:F29_wallpaper_beta.png | Fedora 29
Image:F30_wallpaper_dawn.png | Fedora 30
Image:F31_wallpaper.png | Fedora 31
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We have weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 1900 UTC. (That's 3 PM EDT!) We hold our meetings in [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#fedora-design #fedora-design] on irc.freenode.net. Come stop by and meet everybody if you're interested in getting started with our team!
====Wallpaper Resources====
*[[Wallpapers|See all the Fedora wallpapers]]
*[[Design/Release_Artwork_Process|Related release process]]
*[[Design/Fedora_Release_Wallpaper_Design|Information on the design specifications of Fedora wallpapers]]


=== Latest Meeting Minutes ===
=== Fedora Supplemental Wallpapers ===
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2011-02-15/fedora-design.2011-02-15-20.03.html 15 February 2011]
Each Fedora release includes a collection of selected wallpapers contributed by the Fedora community. There is a submission and evaluation process managed by the design team. The final selected wallpapers are distributed with the release for everyone to use on their desktops.
** F15 Wallpaper work progressing, need to make a stripes and non-stripes version and make sure the stripes version doesn't interfere with the GNOME shell overview UI, see development here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F15_Artwork/Development
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** Danny Steiben dropped in for his first meeting, welcome Danny!
Image:Sample-suppl-wallpaper-gnokii-the way.png|The Way (gnokii)
** Mizmo updated the join instructions to advise against picking up icon tasks: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_Design_Team#Getting_Started
Image:Sample-suppl-walpaper-nonamedotc-CaracolFalls.jpg|Caracol Falls (nonamedotc)
** Mizmo sent Danny an email with links to the robotics suite tasks and spins banner templates since it's a less-frustrating first task to take on than an icon design.
Image:Sample-suppl-wallpaper-kirkb-IMG 3897.JPG|Swimming by the Falls (kirkb)
** We went through all the various Linux/FLOSS related groups on Deviant Art and advertised our F15 supplemental wallpaper process to them in hopes of getting more submissions.
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** Tatica updated the guidelines for the Flickr group (http://www.flickr.com/groups/fedora-wallpapers/) to make clear we need CC-BY-SA and mizmo wrote a note to one of the submitters who hadn't CC'ed his work
'''See more at the [https://apps.fedoraproject.org/nuancier/ Nuancier supplemental wallpaper site]'''
** We've made progress on our image annotation app Fedora hosting request (https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2580). We have a public test server and root access to install it. We'll need to create our own backups. Emichan has some pending security fixes to apply in git before we set it up.
** The Fedora coin design will be the next Fedora Design Team bounty, nobody has volunteered to write up the bounty yet (https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/171)
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2011-01-25/fedora-design.2011-01-25-20.02.html 25 January 2011]
** Summary: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2011-January/003983.html
** FUDcon Tempe roll call - mizmo, schendje, tatica, emichan, ianweller will all be at FUDcon
** The design team will have an image annotation app hackfest and an F15 artwork hackfest at FUDcon
** Our blog link to planet fedora is fixed
** We [https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/2580 filed a ticket] for Fedora infra to host the image annotation app, still need a sponsor (maybe ricky?)
** Ian put together a hot dog for Tempe http://ianweller.fedorapeople.org/hotdog-tshirt-fudcon.png
** A little bit about Anaconda UX
** F15 supplemental wallpapers
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2011-01-18/fedora-design.2011-01-18-19.10.html 18 January 2011]
** Summary: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2011-January/003948.html
** Fedora 15 concept proposals - Emichan's Nightingale was decided on
** Brainstorming about GNOME 3 wallpaper integration
** Brainstorming about further Nightingale development
* [[Media:designteam-meeting-log-irc_2011-01-11.txt | 11 January 2011]]
** Summary: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2011-January/003916.html
** Fedora 15 supplemental wallpapers
** FUDcon Tempe T-shirt Design
** Fedora RPG
** Anaconda UX Update
** Fedora 15 default wallpaper
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2011-01-04/fedora-design.2011-01-04-19.00.html 4 January 2011]
** F15 Supplemental wallpapers - no Fedora logos allowed, deviant art and identi.ca/twitter advertising
** FUDcon Tempe T-shirt - almost ready for printers' quote
** Fedora RPG - mizmo will be sending sketches to list tonight
** F15 default wallpaper - submission deadline Jan 18, let's see what submissions we get
** FUDcon Tempe Booklet - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Tempe_2011_packet && http://ianweller.fedorapeople.org/fudcon-tempe-booklet/
** Fedora Image Annotator - http://jefvanschendel.nl/ImageAnnotation/ && http://gitorious.org/remote-image-annotation
* Christmas 2010 Break
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-12-14/fedora-design.2010-12-14-19.01.html 14 December 2010]
** F15 supplemental wallpapers
** Fedora RPG
** FUDcon Tempe t-shirt
** F15 wallpaper / GNOME 3 team request
** F15 wallpaper sketch session
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-12-07/fedora-design.2010-12-07-19.01.log.html 7 December 2010]
** F15 supplemental wallpapers
** F15 wallpaper
** FUDcon Tempe t-shirt


* [[Design/MeetingMinutes | Older Meeting Minutes]]
===Project Archives===
Older projects and efforts are moved periodically to our [[/Project_Archive|Project Archive]] page.


=== Active Discussions / Projects ===
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* [[Design/Fedora Branding Fonts | Fonts for Fedora Branding]]
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* [[Website_redesign | Fedora Website Redesign]]
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== Tickets ==
= Request Design Help =
The design team provides the following services to Fedora teams, Fedora events, Fedora infrastructure applications and websites, and projects for which Fedora is the upstream:
Our ticket system is available at [https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/]. If you'd like the design team to work on something, it's recommended that you both [https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/newticket open a new ticket] and also [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team send a note to the design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org] mailing list to let us know about it.


== Projects ==
*Web design [[Design/Requirements#Web_Design_Requirements| File a web design ticket]]
=== Long Term Projects ===
*Print design (including swag) [[Design/Requirements#Print_Design_Requirements| File a print design ticket]]
*UX design / usability research [[Design/Requirements#UX_Design_Requirements| File a UX design ticket]]
*Release artwork [[Design/Requirements#Release_Artwork_Requirements| File a release artwork ticket]]
*Digital artwork [[Design/Requirements#Digital_Artwork_Requirements| File a digital artwork ticket]]
*Design & tools education [[Design/Requirements#Design_Education_Requirements| File a design education ticket]]


* [[Design/Release_Artwork_Process | Release Artwork]]
= Team Task Schedule =
* [[Artwork/HackergotchiService | Hackergotchi service]], provides [[Hackergotchi | hackergotchis]] for the community.
Our schedule for the '''{{FedoraVersion|full|next}}''' cycle is available here:
* [http://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}-design-tasks.html HTML format]
* [http://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}/f-{{FedoraVersionNumber|next}}-design.ics ICS format]
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=== Current Projects ===
= Meetings =
=== Weekly Meetings ===


* [[Fedora_RPG | Fedora RPG]]
'''NOTE: Our meetings are suspended until further notice while we reorganize / potentially find a better meeting time. Posted 4 March 2020.'''
* [[Design/CGroupsUI | UI for Cgroups]]
* [[Anaconda/UX_Redesign | Anaconda User Experience Redesign]]
* [[Design/MailingListRichUI | Rich web UI design for mailing list discussions]]
* [[Design team ticket tackling tools|Design team ticket tackling tools: making it easier for newcomers to take on our Trac queue]]


=== Archived Projects ===
We have bi-weekly meetings to review tickets, chat, catch up on work, and get team feedback and direction.  Come stop by and meet everyone if you're interested in getting started with our team! We have two meeting times to allow for everyone on the team to be able to make a meeting because of our global nature. To see what time this week's meeting is please check our calendar!


* [[Design/SETroubleshootUsabilityImprovements | SE Troubleshoot Usability Improvements]]
'''[https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/design/ https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/design/]'''
* [[Design/AnacondaStorageUI | Anaconda Storage UI Usability Improvements]]
* [[Design/SELinuxConfig | system-config-selinux UI Usability Improvements]]
* [[Website_redesign_2009 | Fedora Website Redesign 2009]]
* [[FedoraCommunity#Design | Fedora Community Design]] and [[FedoraCommunity/UsabilityTestingRound1 | Usability Testing]]
* [[Design/SSSD | SSSD and system-config-authentication design]]
* [[Design/ABRT_UI | ABRT UI Usability Improvements]]
* [[Design/F13_Firstboot_Polish | Polish for F13 Firstboot]]
* [[Design/F13_Icon_Purge | The Great F13 Crufty Icon Purge]]


=== Side Projects ===
'''Fedora Design Meeting Time'''
* Location: <b>freenode.net IRC</b>
* Channel: <b>{{fpchat|#fedora-design}}</b>
* Day: <b>Tuesdays</b>
* Time: <b>17:00 UTC</b>
See the [[UTCHowto|UTC Howto]] for instructions to convert UTC to your local time e.g. 8 AM EDT


Some of the Design Team also started their own projects loosely connected to the Fedora and developed mostly by Design Team members but which can be used outside of Fedora as well. These include:
'''Fedora Badges Meeting Time'''
* [https://fedorahosted.org/echo-icon-theme/ Echo Icon Project]: two similar sets of modern icon themes, one aiming to replace bluecurve (Echo Icon Theme), the other aiming at fitting well with modern gnome and kde icon themes (Echo Perspective)
* Location: <b>freenode.net IRC</b>
* [https://fedorahosted.org/nodoka/ Nodoka Theme]: themes for graphical user interface elements.
* Channel: <b>{{fpchat|#fedora-meeting-1}}</b>
* Day: <b>Wednesdays</b>
* Time: <b>11:00 UTC</b>
See the [[UTCHowto|UTC Howto]] for instructions to convert UTC to your local time e.g. 8 AM EDT


== The Fedora Usability Lab ==
==== Meeting Minutes ====
Meeting minutes are captured using meetbot and are viewable via the [https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/sresults/?group_id=fedora-design&type=channel møte website].  Some 2010/2011 meetings are also [[Design/MeetingMinutes|archived in this wiki]].
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*[[Design/UsabilityLab/Assembly_Instructions | Assembly Instructions]] - so you've got the big black usability box somehow. How do you put it together to get ready to run usability tests? Learn here!
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*[[Design/UsabilityLab/Running_A_Usability_Test | Running A Usability Test]] - you've got the usability lab all set up! Now what? How do you run a test?
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*[[Design/UsabilityLab/Data_Processing | Post-Test Data Processing ]] - you've just finished a bunch of usability tests - yay! But how do you get the video data off of the usability lab DVR and up on the web to share?
*[[Design/UsabilityLab/Data_Analysis | Analyzing Usability Data]] - you've got your videos and filled out task sheets for each of your usability testers. How do you turn that into useful data for developres? Learn how here!
*[[Design/UsabilityLab/Specs | Usability Lab Specs]] - want to purchase parts to assemble your own usability lab? Learn how we did here!


== How Tos ==
= Resources =
=== HowTos ===
* Collaboration
** [[How_to_connect_to_the_design_team_sparkleshare|Sparkleshare access]]
* Design Team Duties
** [[How_to_run_a_Fedora_design_team_meeting|Run a Fedora design team meeting]]
** [[How_to_manage_the_default_wallpaper_process|Manage the default wallpaper process]]
** [[How_to_manage_the_supplemental_wallpaper_process|Manage the supplemental wallpaper process]]
** [[How_to_manage_UX_design_in_Fedora|Manage the UX design in Fedora]]
** [[How_to_triage_design_team_tickets|Triage design team tickets]]
* Theme Fedora
** [[How_to_create_a_custom_grub_splash|Create a custom grub splash]]
** [[How_to_create_a_custom_syslinux_splash|Create a custom syslinux splash]]
* Work with Designs for Print
** [[About_CMYK|Why is my Fedora purple? A primer to CMYK]]
** [[How_to_set_CMYK_color_on_a_design_for_printing|Set CMYK color on a design for printing]]
* Standard Fedora Project Graphic How-Tos
** [[How_to_create_graphics_for_a_new_spin|How to create graphics for a new spin]]
** [[How_to_create_a_T-shirt_design|How to create a T-shirt design]]
* Working with GIMP
** [http://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2012/04/13/gimp-2-7-for-photoshop-expatriates Gimp 2.7 for Photoshop Expatriates] (screencast)
** [[Gimp_Tutorial_Queue|Queue of tutorials to create]]


=== Collaboration ===
=== Archives ===
* [[How to connect to the design team sparkleshare]]
* [[/Project_Archive|Project Archive page]]
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= Join Us =
We're always looking for new members. Join the design team and:


=== Design Team Meeting Duties ===
*Get your very own panda*/mentor (*not a real panda)
* [[How to run a Fedora design team meeting | How to run a Fedora design team meeting]]
*Build your portfolio by working on real-world projects
*Learn open source design tools from experts - never pay for Creative Suite again!
*Work with awesome designers from around the world
*Earn the best badges


=== How to Theme Fedora ===
[[Image:happypanda.png|100px|middle]] '''[[Join_the_Design_Team | Join the Fedora Design Team now]]'''
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* [[How_to_create_a_custom_grub_splash | How to create a custom grub splash]]
* [[How_to_create_a_custom_syslinux_splash | How to create a custom syslinux splash]]


=== Working with Designs for Print ===
[[Category:Artwork]]
* [[How to set CMYK color on a design for printing | How to set CMYK color on a design for printing]]

Revision as of 15:28, 14 May 2020

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About Us

The Fedora Design Team is Fedora's in-house design agency. We provide artwork, user experience, usability, and general design services to the Fedora project.

Our current team goals:

  • Template and Automate - Generate templates, standards, and automation where possible for more efficient and consistent artwork production.
  • Increased focus on UX/usability - Increase the amount of UX and usability work we provide to the Fedora project through both more efficient usage of current designer time and also better recruitment of UX/usability team members and better documentation of UX/usability tasks and processes.
  • FLOSS Creative Tool Education & Outreach - Continue to use the very same free and open source creative tools available in Fedora to design for Fedora, and increase and improve knowledge sharing with the general FLOSS community.
  • Clear Priorities - Strive to be more selective about our focus as a team and set clear priorities so the things that are most important to Fedora are done in a timely and organized manner.

Portfolio

Fedora Badge Creation

Fedora Badges is a fun website built to recognize contributors to the Fedora Project. The Fedora Design Team designs and create the badge icons visible on contributors' profiles. Examples:

Fedora Release Wallpaper

Each Fedora release receives a refreshing new default wallpaper. The Fedora Design team brainstorms ideas and iterates through various drafts until the final wallpaper design is delivered. Examples:

Wallpaper Resources

Fedora Supplemental Wallpapers

Each Fedora release includes a collection of selected wallpapers contributed by the Fedora community. There is a submission and evaluation process managed by the design team. The final selected wallpapers are distributed with the release for everyone to use on their desktops.

See more at the Nuancier supplemental wallpaper site

Project Archives

Older projects and efforts are moved periodically to our Project Archive page.

Request Design Help

The design team provides the following services to Fedora teams, Fedora events, Fedora infrastructure applications and websites, and projects for which Fedora is the upstream:

Team Task Schedule

Our schedule for the Fedora 40 cycle is available here:

Meetings

Weekly Meetings

NOTE: Our meetings are suspended until further notice while we reorganize / potentially find a better meeting time. Posted 4 March 2020.

We have bi-weekly meetings to review tickets, chat, catch up on work, and get team feedback and direction. Come stop by and meet everyone if you're interested in getting started with our team! We have two meeting times to allow for everyone on the team to be able to make a meeting because of our global nature. To see what time this week's meeting is please check our calendar!

https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/design/

Fedora Design Meeting Time

  • Location: freenode.net IRC
  • Channel: #fedora-design[?]
  • Day: Tuesdays
  • Time: 17:00 UTC

See the UTC Howto for instructions to convert UTC to your local time e.g. 8 AM EDT

Fedora Badges Meeting Time

See the UTC Howto for instructions to convert UTC to your local time e.g. 8 AM EDT

Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes are captured using meetbot and are viewable via the møte website. Some 2010/2011 meetings are also archived in this wiki.

Resources

HowTos

Archives

Join Us

We're always looking for new members. Join the design team and:

  • Get your very own panda*/mentor (*not a real panda)
  • Build your portfolio by working on real-world projects
  • Learn open source design tools from experts - never pay for Creative Suite again!
  • Work with awesome designers from around the world
  • Earn the best badges

Happypanda.png Join the Fedora Design Team now