Open Source Publishing (OSP), is a design collective based in Brussels, working solely with Free/Libre Open-Source Software (F/LOSS). Our collective formed in 2006 and uses making graphic design and publishing experiments as applied research into digital tools and creative practices.

Within our practice we conduct artistic research through initiatives of the collective, collaborative projects and workshops. Whether ideas are explored through methodologies of gathering and experimentation with print and plotter parties, performance, collective learning with or by exploring methods of collaboration, we seek to develop an intimacy with our tools and collective practices to share traveling folkloric knowledge. Doing while everyone learns.

Here are a few of the places we enjoy wandering around: - plotter tracing on fabric - declarative (web)-design - ascii to svg to pen plotter workflows - tech folklore and situated crafts - experimental book design - web-to-print - tools that create (new forms of) collaboration - local file-sharing and amateur librarianship - artisanal web - intimate (shoulder2shoulder) pedagogy - drawing protocols - experimental typefaces - inkscape filters - (web)-design as institutional therapy - web physicality - quirky standards - cartographic webpages.

We are part of the Meyboom artist run space, currently located near Brussels Midi station.

Current OSP members: Clara Pasteau, Gijs de Heij, Ludi Loiseau, Sarah Magnan, Simon Browne, Vinciane Dahéron