I appreciate you can't start an open source project with just an idea but would just a design be enough? Has anyone ever seen that done where a designer posts a design and developers join to start the coding?
Can a designer start an open source project?
design;open source;development process
If you don't find a programmer directly, like knowing somebody and talking them into it, then I don't think that project will work.I have seen many projects with complete designs and a framework, that never even generate a prototype.It is difficult to attract developers to dead projects. So I wouldn't suggest starting a (complete) design if you don't have anybody to code, yet.Of course, having a general architecture might help starting a team.