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Half a day workshop on innovating the city @ The Design HubFollowing her talk on Monday, 18th Feb, Sarah will be facilitating a service design workshop to examine some of the problems experienced by people living in the City of Melbourne.  Sarah will be setting a 'problem' for the participants to consider and will introduce discovery techniques and ten moves in prototyping. This is one part of a series of on-going workshops that will continue throughout the year, facilitated by SDNM/DESIS…See More

It is with great pleasure to announce that Sarah Drummond, co-founder of Snook will be coming to Melbourne to host a series of exciting events at the new design research building at RMIT, the Design Hub!  Talk: Designing for social innovationSarah Drummond is the Co-founder and Director of Service Design Social Innovation outfit Snook, based in Scotland, UK. Her talk will focus on public realm service design and Snook's approach to designing…See More

Hi Guys! The next Melbourne Sustainability Jam registrations are now open!!!  The Jam is part of a global non profit initiative that will gather people who are passionate about sustainability, design thinking and collaboration all over the world.  Jams are about DOING, NOT TALKING! Participants will gather in teams to work on a new project, be it an app, product, service, campaign, or anything they get inspired by. Guided by facilitators & mentors they will have to present their project…See More

Huddle is innovating its business model from being a traditional agency to a new freelancer and space based model. We would like to work with you over the next four weeks to design the following things:1. The service model.2. The business model.We want to do this with people who are interested in participating in this type of model going forward, but also want to be involved in the creation of it. We think this might be you... We will be running a rapid service design process involving the…See More

RSA Australia and New Zealand are hosting Mark Daniels from Social Traders at 1.30pm Saturday, 26th May.  Mark is a great speaker with a wealth of knowledge regarding social enterprises.  This event will be of interest to any Service Designers who are interested in community-related enterprises.Free entry, booking essential. Please enter your details at: www.eventbrite.com.au/event/3377735899Please see flyer attached. Kind regards, MarkSee More

SDNM have the pleasure of hosting Fabian Segelström from Linköping University, Sweden. The informal evening will provide the opportunity to discuss the future direction of Service Design research in academia and its relationship to commercial practice. Fabian will present an overview of his work and his engagements in this arena. The event will be on Wednesday, 21st March 2012, at 6.30pm at Huddle Design, L6 90 William Street, Melbourne.Fabian is a final year PhD candidate and his primary area…See More

We're hosting a workshop on methods and tools, geared towards those who might be 'new' to Service Design. Two of our SD network stalwarts - Harriet Wakelam (NAB Immersion and Design Centre) and Mark Strachan (Lecturer at Swinburne University), with their immense experience and knowlege of the area, will be facilitating this workshop. They will guide the participants through a 'quick and nimble' taster of a Service Design process. This workshop is a hands-on event so come along for a fun and…See More