# Open Source Values in Design – Q3 ’26 – 🇮🇹 Penpod Italy

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**Category:** Open Library\
**Created:** [July 23, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/open-source-values-in-design-q3-26-penpod-italy/10747 "2026-07-23T10:27:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/open-source-values-in-design-q3-26-penpod-italy/10747/3 "2026-07-24T06:12:42Z")

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> [@sara.dndg](#):
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> - Contributing design to open-source projects is still far from straightforward.

Totally agree. Some great learnings come from stepping outside your comfort zone, like designers attending developer-focused events.

Lowering the barriers to design contribution in open source is still a challenge, so it’s great to see more people in this community working on it. Let’s keep building in that direction!

In this community, you’ll find a few posts you might find usefull on this topic, like this one, (resources it shares are still relevant today): [Are you a Designer who want to contribute to open source communities?](https://community.penpot.app/t/are-you-a-designer-who-want-to-contribute-to-open-source-communities/2166)

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