Memo Esparza
Co-Host of Sustain Open Source Design
Memo Esparza is a product designer with a degree from Universidad de Guadalajara and Politècnico di Milano.
He is currently focusing on making design accessible for more people by working on open design frameworks where designers and non-designers can collaborate and learn together. He has led and played a key role in projects in Milan, Barcelona, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Dubai, Australia, and Hong Kong that includes organizations like FabLab Milano, RISE conf. (the most important tech event for startups in Asia), MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and The Varkey Foundation.
Memo is currently Head of Design at opencollective.com and co-founder of a design strategy firm called tafka.mx.
Memo Esparza has hosted 25 Episodes.
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Episode 43: Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz on Kaleidos, Penpot and Taiga
June 6th, 2023 | 37 mins 30 secs
Pablo dives into the challenges of leading a creative business in the open-source world, focusing on the need for a perfect open-source product, an engaged community, and a sustainable business model. He sheds light on the collaborative and contribution-based model at Kaleidos.
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Episode 38: Daniel Burka and the Simple project, from Resolve to Save Lives
March 21st, 2023 | 30 mins 14 secs
We’ll hear all the cool things Daniel has been doing with the Simple project as he details how design really matters in public health projects, and how he thinks of design.
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Episode 35: Marie Nordin and Helping the Under-represented in Open Source
January 10th, 2023 | 33 mins 58 secs
Marie shares with us her passion for supporting underrepresented people into open source, especially in project management, graphic design, and mentorship, and explains how she utilized the Outreachy program, and shares advice on where to begin if you’re interested in becoming a mentor.
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Episode 33: Hosts Talk: 2022 Wrap, and Looking Towards 2023
October 11th, 2022 | 39 mins 20 secs
The hosts - Richard, Eriol, Memo and Georgia - come together to talk about what they're working on for OSS Design, and what they plan on talking about next year!
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Episode 31: Björn Balazs on Open Usability and how FLOSS can save our privacy
June 14th, 2022 | 36 mins 59 secs
Björn shares with us his perspective on where the limit of what design is, the polypoly project, and why privacy is important in tech.
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Episode 29: Clara García Viñola of Kaleidos on building Taiga and Penpot
May 24th, 2022 | 32 mins 46 secs
Clara tells us about a design tool they are working on for everyone to use, not just designers.
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Episode 28: Jessica Müller of Grafana on Designing in an Open-Source Way, for Real
May 17th, 2022 | 43 mins 29 secs
Jessica joins us today to share how she started in Grafana and how we can make design more open to beginners.
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Episode 27: Jenn Kotler on Astronomical Sonification and Designing UX for Science & Open Data
April 26th, 2022 | 42 mins 35 secs
Jenn fills us on what she does at MAST, the different types of astronomical data they look at, and how she uses this data in her job to make it accessible so everyone can do amazing science.
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Episode 25: Lozana Rossenova on the intersection of design research, open source communities and GLAMs
March 29th, 2022 | 37 mins 57 secs
Lozana talks about her journey of her background in digital design, her role at the Open Science Lab and Wikibase, and details the importance of advocating for other designers.
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Episode 24: Taís Lessa on Inclusion in the Workplace for Immigrants and Newcomers
March 22nd, 2022 | 39 mins 40 secs
Taís, a Product Design Lead at Mozilla, talks to us about her journey as a designer and her thoughts on fostering an environment encouraging people to be more themselves in open source.
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Episode 22: Carrie Winfrey of Okthanks on Clean Insights
March 8th, 2022 | 32 mins 40 secs
Carrie talks about design activities, blind spots in open source design, Clean Insights, and what it takes to make a better designer.
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Episode 19: Conor Okus and Christoph Ono on the Bitcoin Design Community
January 11th, 2022 | 44 mins 25 secs
Christoph Ono, a UX and digital product designer from the Bitcoin Design Community, and Conor Okus of Block, part of an initiative called Spiral (previously Square Crypto) fill us in about the Bitcoin Design Community, Bitcoin Design grants, and some challenges they had to face in starting this community.