Where can designers of all kinds find things to work on for this project?
Product (UX/UI) designers, visual designers, interaction designers, motion designers, graphic designers, UX writers, etc.
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Where can I start? Can I make a list? 
To some degree, the first question would be how much chemistry the designers understand, since the app is intended for at least a high-school to college level of chemistry background.
That said, I think the first crucial step is on the toolbar. For the most part developers / chemists designed the icons, and many could use help.
(There are a few more tools still in development as well.)
- Navigation Tool (rotate, zoom, translate the camera)
- Edit Tool (freehand draw for atoms and bonds)
- Template Tool (insert pre-defined fragments)
- Atom Label Tool (add or edit custom atom labels)
- Selection Tool (a rectangular drag-to-select atom tool)
- Atom Manipulation Tool (translate / rotate individual atoms or selections)
- Bond-Centric Manipulation (use the mouse to change bond lengths, angles)
- Measure Tool
- Animation Tool (move through multiple frames of animation or record movies)
Any / all of those could use feedback or refinement. In some cases, I suspect features have ended up in tools rather than splitting into new tools. So in addition to the icon design, some UX / interaction discussion would be welcome.
For example, the selection tool offers options:
So “Apply Color” lets you color selected atoms. “Change Layer” lets you move the selected atoms into a new layer if you want to change rendering options, etc.
In short, IMHO the top priority is sorting out tools:
- Do the names of the tools and the icons properly explain their behavior to new users
- Should some tools be split (e.g., one “navigate tool” vs. separate tools for rotating and translating)
- Do the features in the tool panels make UX sense vs. becoming menu commands or separate tools (e.g., should we have a “paint tool” to apply custom colors to atoms)
That would be a huge help.
Beyond that, I can start to put together a list.
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Wow! Thanks for answering. This is really helpful, and what can be much more helpful is that more comprehensive list you offered to make.
Also, Is there a way we can schedule a call where you walk me round the entire project?
Can you set out an hour from your schedule?
I’m in UTC+1, btw.
Thanks again for your help. 
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@Nick_Ikenma Thank you for your interest. There equally is a separate/additional landing page with a section «contribute». Entry «feature requests» relays to the corresponding GitHub page of issues, some of them related to «Avogadro’s interface works differently, than anticipated», too.