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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/erioldoesdesign/erioldoesdesign
- Owner: Erioldoesdesign
- Created: 2020-10-10T19:10:27.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-06-18T09:43:07.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-08T02:34:41.392Z (5 months ago)
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- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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# Hello friend, I'm Eriol Fox! my pronouns are they/them 🦊
Find my website portfolio of design work here: https://erioldoesdesign.github.io/
[Sponsor Me!](https://github.com/sponsors/erioldoesdesign)
## 🤔 I’m currently...
- Looking for advice and opportunities to start writing a book on doing open source design and design in the open. Please email me :)
- Working Part-time at [superbloom.design](https://superbloom.design/) where I do Design, UX and research. Previously I was on OSS product management for [Hypha](https://www.hypha.app/) and delivered [A Dev's guide to...](https://github.com/simplysecure/devs-guide-to) and [USER](https://github.com/simplysecure/USER_project).
- Doing a PhD in Computer Science at [Newcastle university](https://www.ncl.ac.uk/) with support from [Northern Bridge fund](http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/) looking at how designers participate in humanitarian open source software projects. [See the open research in the github repo](https://github.com/Erioldoesdesign/Design_HOSS_PhD).
- Helping keep the community going at [Open Source Design](https://opensourcedesign.net/)
- Participating in [Human Rights Centred Design Community](https://hrcd.pubpub.org/)
- Part of [Sustaining Design & UX working group](https://sustainoss.org/working-groups/design-and-ux/) including our [podcast SOS Design](https://sosdesign.sustainoss.org/)
- Speaking at [Various tech and design conferences](https://erioldoesdesign.github.io/speaking/))
- Taking a break from mentoring via [ADP List](https://adplist.org/mentors/eriol-fox) for the next year## 🗝️ I was part of...
- Leading UX and Product Design at [Open Food Network](https://openfoodnetwork.org/)
- Design Lead at [Ushahidi](http://ushahidi.com/)
- Open Source Designer at [Foss Responders](https://fossresponders.com/)
- Decor and game jam co-ordinator at [Bristol Pride](https://bristolpridegamejam.itch.io/)
- Part of the design team at [Mutualaid.world](https://github.com/factn/Resilience-Design)## 📚 I’m learning...
- Better collaboration with dev + design in OSS
- FE coding skills
- Service design in the OSS and human rights tech space
- History and community of OSS
- Docker and other more dev processes## 🐝 I’m looking people to collaborate with me on...
- A OSS designer focus project called [Open Design](https://github.com/Erioldoesdesign/opendesign) which started at Ushahidi
- OSS projects that want to grow their design maturity
- A mentoring partnership or co-op in OSS design for early career designers## 🆘 I’m looking for help with...
- A mentoring partnership or co-op in OSS design for early career designers
- Learning FE development (so I can contribute to OSS more from code perspectives)
- Support in helping with various designer communities## 📟 Ask me about...
[Speaking at events and conferences](https://erioldoesdesign.github.io/speaking/)) on the following topics:- Designing for humanitarian tech, tech for good and NGO’s
- Open Source Design, Design in the OSS space and Design documentation
- UX design
- In-house design teams
- Diversity in design
- Designing experiences for the terminally ill and their carers## 📫 How to reach me...
- On twitter [@erioldoesdesign](https://twitter.com/EriolDoesDesign)
- On Mastodon[hachyderm.io/@erioldoesdesign](https://hachyderm.io/@erioldoesdesign)
- On email [[email protected]]([email protected])
- My website [https://erioldoesdesign.github.io/)](https://erioldoesdesign.github.io/)## Fun facts...
- I grew up in a pub but I don't drink! 🍻
- I love TTRPGS (table top role playing games) like Dungeons and Dragons. I play 1+ games per week! 🐉
- I love video games and its one of my only 'vices'. I literally sunk 2 weeks of gameplay into my first FF7 run 🎮