# Design Charter for Fedora Badges

## Mission statement:
Short Version: The Fedora Badges Revamp Design subteams mission is to develop, implement, and support all of the visual aspects of Fedora Badges, in line with Fedora's aesthetic.

Long Version: The Fedora Badges Revamp Design subteam's mission is to develop, implement, and publish a style guide to make all badges visually appealing and in line with a common Fedora aesthetic. Our goal is to provide high-quality badge designs that are modern, user-friendly, and fit seamlessly with the chosen front end. The subteam will also develop and support implementation of a front end design for Fedora Badges if required.

## Scope of the Project:
- Work closely with the Fedora Badges Revamp project's developer sub-team to understand the goals and objectives and reflect them in the UI / front-end and badge designs.
- Redesign the badges format to be well presented within the discourse front end.
- Design and aid in the creation of a standalone website if required.
- Improve and update Badge Design documentation in order to ease the path to contribution. Promote this updated documentation in order to boost Fedora Badges design contributions.
- Implementation of modernized Badges template. This entails moving all the artwork into the new template and making edits as necessary to adhere to the updated style guide.

## Expectations:

- The Badge Design subteam is to collaborate and communicate effectively with the Fedora Badges Revamp project's developers and stakeholders.
- The Design subteam will be adaptable to changes in project objectives and requirements.
- The Design subteam will meet agreed-upon deadlines and deliverables to the best of their ability.
- The Design subteam is to follow the Fedora community's Code of Conduct and to maintain a respectful and inclusive contributor environment.

## People/Teams Involved:

- Emma Kidney and Marie Nordin will act as the Fedora Badges sub-team co-leads.
- Smera Goel, with Marie Nordin, will mentor a Fedora Badges Design Intern through the Outreachy program May-August 2023.
- Fedora Badge designers, Fedora Design team members, and any interested contributors can participate with design tasks and provide feedback.

## People Effected:
- The Fedora community as a whole.
- Fedora Badge designers and developers.
- Discussion.fedoraproject.org users.

## Timeline Roadmap for Delivery:

### Badges Design
- Move current artwork into new templates, making improvements as necessary.
- Publish new Badges design style guide.
- Update associated Badge design documentation.
- Push updated SVGs and PNGs to repo.
- Triage "needs artwork" tickets on the Badges repo.
- Promote updated Badge design style, documentation, and recruit Badge designers.
- Work through backlog of design tickets on the Badges repo.

### UI/UX
- Talk with developers, users, and the Fedora Design team about their needs and vision for the UI design.
- Brainstorm various ideas and create a mindmap to start visualising concepts.
- Flesh out strong ideas and present them to the stakeholders.
- Proceed to create mockups with chosen design.
- Get community feedback via a discussion.fpo post, and iterate.
- Finalize designs.
- Handoff to developers and be available for follow-up queries.