Logs that people may find interesting: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-design/2010-07-23/oscon_talk_on_edu_+_foss_+_design.2010-07-23-17.12.html They're from an OSCON talk about a program at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_de_Kooning_Academy and how it's using FOSS (both the tools/tech and the open source way of doing things) as a requirement for its Masters students . http://pzwart.wdka.nl/networked-media/category/study-programme/description-philosophy/ "We offer a Master programme focused on a critical engagement with the culture of the Internet and computer media, their artistic design, technology and theory. It is a small course with a highly international community of students and teachers, and a strong emphasis on personal contact and collaboration... Free and Open Source Software and do-it-yourself ethic play a key role in the programme. Aside from its obvious benefit of giving you... toolchains at zero cost, Open Source software tends to be extremely modular, open to DIY and custom applications. It gives value to seemingly outmoded hardware, and provides you with building blocks for your own projects rather than solutions that strongly preformat the function and aesthetics of your work." They're very interested in talking more with the Fedora Design Team - one possible framing is "do the tools, techniques, and etc. we're experimenting with in our (physical) school transfer to distributed online communities as well?" but mizmo may have other angles, as she talked with them on IRC for a bit (as did tatica and ianweller). They're very interested in tools and processes for collaborative design, more than they are interested in direct replacements for existing design software (so design hub, http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/design-hub-update/, is more interesting to them than "GIMP is like Free Photoshop! and so forth). Immediate things for discussion at the meeting: * Can we try out PickPic for them and let them know if it's a useful tool (and if so, would Fedora folks be interested in helping with coding/deployment, as this is a prototype written by artists who aren't devleopers?) http://django.parcodiyellowstone.it/accounts/login/?redirect_to=/pickpic/selectproject/ * Is anyone from Fedora Design interested in going to http://makeart.goto10.org/call/ to meet up with them and figure out how to start collaborating? (Poitiers, France, 4-7 November) * Can someone reach out to these folks and see if any of their students would like to do/deploy their projects within Fedora - contribute to the Design Team as part of their coursework, or otherwise? * Can someone reach out to them and get them to review the Design Suite Spin? That's off the top of my head, for meeting discussion today. Cheers, --Mel _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
