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 26 Episodes.
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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.
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Episode 17: 2021 Wrap Up
December 23rd, 2021 | 26 mins 47 secs
Let's learn more about our panelists, most memorable moments, and what to look forward to on future episodes.
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Episode 16: Jérémy Landes on Type Designing
December 14th, 2021 | 31 mins 56 secs
Jérémy Landes explains what he does as a type designer, how he incorporates the open source side of it, and the process of building fonts.
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Episode 15: Jin Guo and Jinghui Cheng on UX and design in scientific OSS projects
December 10th, 2021 | 40 mins 50 secs
Jin and Jinghui go in depth about their research on scientific research code, some common problems around usability, the different research methods they are using in their studies, and how they incorporate community into their research.
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Episode 13: Oleg Nenashev and designing at Jenkins
November 23rd, 2021 | 39 mins 24 secs
Oleg Nenashev speaks about his work as a maintainer, mentor, and community organizer at Jenkins, and focuses on how to onboard new contributors into your community
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Episode 12: Abhishek Sharma on collaborating with NGOs as a designer
November 16th, 2021 | 38 mins 27 secs
Abhishek tells us about his role as Community Manager at Glific, and how listening to communities is important for designers who want to make meaningful, impactful products.
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Episode 10: Justin Scherer on Open Source Design at Stax
October 5th, 2021 | 38 mins 2 secs
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Episode 9: Andy Gonzalez and Contributing and Collaborating as a Designer
September 28th, 2021 | 34 mins 46 secs
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Episode 8: Kartik Choudhary on MLH Fellowships and Design
September 21st, 2021 | 27 mins 11 secs
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Episode 7: Cristina Chumillas on Design at Drupal
September 14th, 2021 | 36 mins 16 secs
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Episode 6: Gleb Sabirzyanov on Open Design and the Figma Plugin Ecosystem
August 11th, 2021 | 32 mins 47 secs
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Episode 3: Smera Goel on Designing in the Fedora Project, Outreachy, and India
July 14th, 2021 | 32 mins 11 secs
Smera Goel joins us to talk about her work as a design intern in Outreachy, her continuing work with the Fedora Project, and on being a designer in university!