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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.'''
* '''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.


:: 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 ==
= Portfolio =


The Design Team provides the following services to the Fedora Community:
=== Fedora Badge Creation ===
[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:
<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>


* '''[[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?
=== 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:
<gallery>
Image:Fc3-wallpaper.png | Fedora Core 3
Image:Fc6-wallpaper.png | Fedora Core 6
Image:F15-wallpaper-default.png | Fedora 15
Image:F26-final-day-default-wallpaper-standard.png | Fedora 26
Image:F28-wallpaper-final.png | Fedora 28
Image:F30_wallpaper_dawn.png | Fedora 30
Image:F31_wallpaper.png | Fedora 31
Image:F37-01-day.jpg | Fedora 37
Image:F41-01-night.jpg | Fedora 41
</gallery>


* '''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?
====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]]


* '''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?
=== 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.
<gallery>
Image:Sample-suppl-wallpaper-gnokii-the way.png|The Way (gnokii)
Image:Sample-suppl-walpaper-nonamedotc-CaracolFalls.jpg|Caracol Falls (nonamedotc)
Image:Sample-suppl-wallpaper-kirkb-IMG 3897.JPG|Swimming by the Falls (kirkb)
</gallery>
'''See more at the [https://apps.fedoraproject.org/nuancier/ Nuancier supplemental wallpaper site]'''


* '''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?
===Project Archives===
Older projects and efforts are moved periodically to our [[/Project_Archive|Project Archive]] page.


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].
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== Joining the Design Team ==
= Request Design Help =


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!
'''PLEASE NOTE''': We require a minimum of 6 weeks lead time to discuss, collaborate, and deliver quality results for your request.


'''[[Join_the_Design_Team | How to Join the Fedora Design Team]]'''
The design team provides the following services to Fedora teams, Fedora events, Fedora infrastructure applications & websites, and projects for which Fedora is the upstream:


=Contributor Information=
*Web design [[Design/Requirements#Web_Design_Requirements| File a web design ticket]]
== Team Schedule ==
*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]]


Our schedule for the Fedora 14 Cycle is available here:
= Team Task Schedule =
* [http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-14/f-14-design-tasks.html Design Tasks (html format)]
Our schedule for the '''{{FedoraVersion|full|next}}''' cycle is available here:
* [http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-14/f-14-design.ics Design Tasks (ics format)]
* [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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== Meetings ==
= Meetings =
=== Weekly Meetings ===


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!
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. Please check our calendar just in case we've changed times for a meeting.


=== Latest Meeting Minutes ===
'''[https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/design/ https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/design/]'''
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-09-07/fedora-design.2010-09-07-19.02.html 09 September 2010]
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-08-24/fedora-design.2010-08-24-19.01.html 24 August 2010]
** deadlines for F14 beta artwork
** supplemental wallpaper voting
** www.fpo redesign mockup review
** stg.fedoracommunity.org review
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-08-17/fedora-design.2010-08-17-19.00.html 17 August 2010]
** deadlines for F14 beta artwork
** supplemental wallpaper will be chosen next meeting
** possibilities for next design team ninja bounty - summer of code shirt or release party kit
** new CJK font, MYuppyGB http://developer.symbian.org/xref/oss/xref/Symbian3/sf/os/textandloc/fontservices/referencefonts/truetype/myuppygb-medium.ttf
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-08-10/design-team.2010-08-10-19.14.html 10 August 2010]
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-08-03/fedora-design.2010-08-03-19.00.html 3 Aug 2010]
** We decided on Cantarell for our body text font; we'll fall back to a hand-picked set of fonts where there are holes in coverage
** We will update the FUDcon logo's location font to Comfortaa, as well as the four foundations logos
** We are going to try PickPic for F14 artwork http://django.parcodiyellowstone.it/pickpic/singleproject/?projectid=112
** We have a new design wiki page! Thanks Emily!
** Make Art open source art conference: http://makeart.goto10.org/call/
** We tried ManaWorld and much nekkidness ensued
* [http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-07-27/fedora-design.2010-07-27-19.01.html 27 July 2010]
**  we have a wallpaper packaged for F14 alpha
** we're making more progress on updating the fonts in Fedora's brand
** we have a new join page for the design team
** we're making progress on the website redesign for Fedora
** we may be taking on some UX redesign projects (live usb creator UI, installer UI were mentioned).
* [[Design/MeetingMinutes | Older Meeting Minutes]]


=== Active Discussions / Projects ===
'''Fedora Design Meeting Time'''
* [[Design/Fedora Branding Fonts | Fonts for Fedora Branding]]
* Location: <b>Matrix</b>
* [[Website_redesign | Fedora Website Redesign]]
* Channel: <b>[https://matrix.to/#/#design:fedoraproject.org Fedora Design]</b>
* Day: <b>Mondays</b>
* Time: <b>16:00 UTC</b>
See the [[UTCHowto|UTC Howto]] for instructions to convert UTC to your local time e.g. 8 AM EDT


== Tickets ==
'''Fedora Badges Meeting Time'''
* Location: <b>Matrix</b>
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.
* Channel: <b>[https://matrix.to/#/#meeting:fedoraproject.org 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


== Projects ==
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=== Long Term Projects ===
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* [[Design/Release_Artwork_Process | Release Artwork]]
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* [[Artwork/HackergotchiService | Hackergotchi service]], provides [[Hackergotchi | hackergotchis]] for the community.
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=== Current Projects ===
= 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]]


* [[Design/F13_Firstboot_Polish | Polish for F13 Firstboot]]
=== Archives ===
* [[Design/F13_Icon_Purge | The Great F13 Crufty Icon Purge]]
* [[/Project_Archive|Project Archive page]]
* [[Design/ABRT_UI | ABRT UI Usability Improvements]]
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* [[Design/SETroubleshootUsabilityImprovements | SE Troubleshoot Usability Improvements]]
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* [[Design/AnacondaStorageUI | Anaconda Storage UI Usability Improvements]]
= Join Us =
* [[Design/SELinuxConfig | system-config-selinux UI Usability Improvements]]
We're always looking for new members. Join the design team and:
* [[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/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]]


=== Side Projects ===
*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


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:
[[Image:happypanda.png|100px|middle]] '''[[Join_the_Design_Team | Join the Fedora Design Team now]]'''
* [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)
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* [https://fedorahosted.org/nodoka/ Nodoka Theme]: themes for graphical user interface elements.
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== The Fedora Usability Lab ==


*[[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!
[[Category:Artwork]]
*[[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?
*[[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!

Latest revision as of 05:59, 24 December 2024

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:

  • Fedora Core 3

    Fedora Core 3

  • Fedora Core 6

    Fedora Core 6

  • Fedora 15

    Fedora 15

  • Fedora 26

    Fedora 26

  • Fedora 28

    Fedora 28

  • Fedora 30

    Fedora 30

  • Fedora 31

    Fedora 31

  • Fedora 37

    Fedora 37

  • Fedora 41

    Fedora 41

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.

  • The Way (gnokii)

    The Way (gnokii)

  • Caracol Falls (nonamedotc)

    Caracol Falls (nonamedotc)

  • Swimming by the Falls (kirkb)

    Swimming by the Falls (kirkb)

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

PLEASE NOTE: We require a minimum of 6 weeks lead time to discuss, collaborate, and deliver quality results for your request.

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

Team Task Schedule

Our schedule for the Fedora 42 cycle is available here:

Meetings

Weekly Meetings

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. Please check our calendar just in case we've changed times for a meeting.

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

Fedora Design Meeting Time

  • Location: Matrix
  • Channel: Fedora Design
  • Day: Mondays
  • Time: 16:00 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

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

Join the Fedora Design Team now

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