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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, The presentation by Russell Kennedy will be of interest to any one interested in the representation of indigenous cultures or involved indigenous community engagements/projects.Russell Kennedy FRSARespectful depiction and referencing of Indigenous visual iconography has become an important issue around the world – especially when designers and their clients choose to visually represent national identity. This new emphasis on cultural authenticity raises ethical issues of appropriate…See More

Hi, The presentation by Russell Kennedy will be of interest to any one interested in the representation of indigenous cultures or involved indigenous community engagements/projects.Russell Kennedy FRSARespectful depiction and referencing of Indigenous visual iconography has become an important issue around the world – especially when designers and their clients choose to visually represent national identity. This new emphasis on cultural authenticity raises ethical issues of appropriate…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

Hi, The presentation by Russell Kennedy will be of interest to any one interested in the representation of indigenous cultures or involved indigenous community engagements/projects.Russell Kennedy FRSARespectful depiction and referencing of Indigenous visual iconography has become an important issue around the world – especially when designers and their clients choose to visually represent national identity. This new emphasis on cultural authenticity raises ethical issues of appropriate…See More

Following the success of the first Q+A event in 2011, the DESIS-lab Melbourne (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability) are hosting an evening of panel discussion to debate overlapping topics of design, ethics, public services and…See More