One room in a global festival.
Hacktoberfest is the month-long celebration of open source that DigitalOcean started in 2014. In 2026 it was run by Major League Hacking and DEV, presented by DigitalOcean, around the theme “AI belongs to everyone”. The format changed this year: alongside the online program, more than 500 in-person events ran across 70+ countries and territories.
Hack Day Bengaluru was one of them: ten hours of building with open-source AI at flo101 in HSR Layout, with two prize tracks, Best Open-Source AI Project and Best Use of Gemma 4. I was one of four organizers and owned the design end to end.
Since 2014, Hacktoberfest has driven 2.4M+ accepted pull requests (DigitalOcean).
10:00 to 20:00, one floor.
My roles
The visual system for the day: eight print pieces, from name stickers to a 6 ft standee, and the LinkedIn posts that promoted it. Built at print size with bleed, then converted to CMYK.
I co-organized the event as one of a team of four, with flo101 as hosts. On the day I photographed and filmed it, from check-in through hacking, demos and the prize ceremony.
I mentored a few teams on the design side of their projects: UX, usability and heuristics, interfaces, flow.
Built on the Hacktoberfest 2026 identity.
The pixel stairs and bars come from the brand guide. The copy borrows the language attendees use every day, so the room reads a little like a repository.
Nine pieces, one system.
Every piece was designed print-ready, but budget limited what we printed, so a few stayed as designs.
LinkedIn posts.
A general event post, then one card for every mentor and team member so each of them could tell their network they were part of the day and ask people to register.
On the day.
Between organizing duties I helped photograph and film the event.
