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- text: <span>USABILITY</span> AND <span>OPEN SOURCE DESIGN</span>
  subtitle: Ura supports Open Source and Free Software Projects with Usability, Visual Identity and User Experience Design, no matter if small grassroots or established enterprise.
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    text: What is it?
    url: http://opensourcedesign.net
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- text: Host your Visual Assets with <span>Identihub</span>
  subtitle: Identihub is free open source software designed to host your brand and visual assets in a single place, making it convenient to share with others.
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  button:
    text: Try it out
    url: https://identihub.co
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- text: Across <span>industry</span> and <span>communities</span>
  subtitle: We understand Open Source Communities unlike the average design studio. Have a look at our past projects to see if we can help you.
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  button:
    text: Showcases
    url: projects
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- text: REQUEST <span>DESIGN</span> AND <span>USABILITY</span> SERVICES
  subtitle: Need help with your project? Request a free consultation for your Open Source Project and we handle the rest.
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    text: Request Services
    url: request
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works_left:
- title: Thunderbird Style Guide and Usability Study
  link_to: /projects/thunderbird
  image: images/projects/tb_overview.png
  categories: Usability Study, Style Guide
- title: Open Labs
  link_to: /projects/openlabs
  image: images/projects/openlabs_thumbnail.jpg
  categories: Visual Identity
works_middle:
- title: LibOCon 2018 Visual Identity
  link_to: /projects/libocon
  image: images/projects/libocon_overview.png
  categories: Visual Identity
- title: Tor Style Guide
  link_to: /projects/tor-style-guide
  image: images/projects/tor_thumb.png
  categories: Style Guide
works_right:
- title: Reproducible Builds Styleguide
  link_to: /projects/reproducible-builds
  image: images/projects/rb_thumbnail.png
  categories: Style Guide
- title: Enigmail Rebranding
  link_to: /projects/enigmail
  image: images/projects/enigmail_overview.png
  categories: Visual Identity

testimonials_left:
- author: Jeff Beatty - Mozilla
  twitter: https://twitter.com/gueroJeff
  content: “The folks at Ura were very professional in learning our expectations, planning the project, and being flexible as things changed. Add to that their commitment to work in the open and it made for a wonderful experience.”
  avatar: images/testimonials/jeffbeatty.png
- author: Benjamin Kerensa  - Glucosio
  twitter: https://twitter.com/bkerensa
  content: “When looking for an identity for Glucosio we put our faith into Ura. With an unrivaled ability to bring ideas together into a fresh and modern branding experience we were really happy with the results.”
  avatar: images/testimonials/benjaminkerensa.png
testimonials_right:
- author: Justin Dorfman - Stickermule
  twitter: https://twitter.com/jdorfman
  content: “Ever since 'Open Source' was coined 20 years ago, a majority of projects have lacked great design. Ura is leading the way to fill that gap of Open Source Design in the community.”
  avatar: images/testimonials/justindorfman.png
- author: Sara Sinclair Brody - Simply Secure
  twitter: https://twitter.com/scouttle
  content: “Ura understood the needs of the open-source community when we worked together creating a styleguide for the Tor Project. They were able to deliver a polished result in a large, distributed volunteer organization.”
  avatar: images/testimonials/simplysecure.png

clients:
- image: images/clients/mozilla.png
  url: https://mozilla.org
- image: images/clients/tor.png
  url: https://www.torproject.org/
- image: images/clients/linuxfoundation.png
  url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org
- image: images/clients/fsfe.png
  url: https://fsfe.org/
- image: images/clients/stickermule.png
  url: https://stickermule.com/
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        <h2>Design, but Open</h2>
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      <p>Ura is a digital studio which focuses on visual communication solutions tailored for Open Source and Internet Freedom projects. Ura was founded in 2016 in Albania to cater to the ever-rising demand for Usability and Design services in Open Source Software. We specialize in UX Design, Design Systems Research and Visual Identity.</p>
        <p>Our work can be seen across various Open Source projects such as <a href="https://mozilla.org" target="_blank">Mozilla</a>, <a href="https://www.torproject.org" target="_blank">The Tor Project</a> and <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org" target="_blank">The Linux Foundation</a>.</p>
      <p>We also develop <a href="https://identihub.co" target="_blank">Identihub</a>, Open Source Software to self-host visual assets and identities to ease collaboration between designers and developers.</p>
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        <p>Have a look at our past projects</p>
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