How To Attract Graphic Artists (And User Interface People) To Open Source Projects ?
Waterlily Pond, Claude Monet
How to attract user experience/graphics designers to an open source project
- Need to bridge the two solitudes (Ux/graphics designers vs Developers)
- make them feel wanted
- involve them early in the project
- connect graphic artists + web developers in continuous collaboration (expect conflict)
Usability is more than skin deep. It's not just about graphics design.
Basic User Experience design
- think about your end users: what do they want to achieve. how can you help them achieve this?
- you dont qualify as one. Go out and talk to them. target universitys, colleges etc
- care about them or act like you do. be a voice for the disinfranchised user.
How to learn about User-experience design:
Jeff Patton - http://agileproductdesign.com/blog/
See also: DesignConnection