Tim Denshire-Key

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

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

We have the great pleasure in hosting Steve Portigal from Portigal Consulting!How can you broaden your sphere of influence within the field of human-computer interaction?  You can start by building your muscles!  Steve will take a look at some fundamental skills that underlie the creation and launch of innovative goods and services. He will discuss the personal skills that he considers to be “the muscles of innovators” and the ways you can build these important muscles, including noticing,…See More

As the practice of design becomes more research-based and even participatory, some professionals are beginning to worry that the outcomes are losing a certain inspired aesthetic quality. This presentation will try to understand this reaction by way of analogy with the rise of 'post-normal science.' Ulrich Beck predicted the rise of barbaric anti-science when analyzing the rise of ecological risks. He and others, like Bruno Latour, proposed the need for technical expertise to engage more…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

Service Design 2012 will be a single day, single track conference, all about designing services for people and organisations. It will be held on May 4 2012, in Melbourne, Australia.This year’s conference will again include a range of presentations from practitioners on service design issues they’ve experienced first hand.RSVP via website below.See More

We are very happy to announce that Marc Stickdorn, co-author of the black book, This is Service Design Thinking will be coming out to play with us in Melbourne! He is very keen to meet with SDNM members, so we hope you can come along to take part in a lively, thought-provoking gathering. His talk will be a short intro of his work and the broader context of service design in business. Majority of the evening will be spent on informal discussions led by audience questions. Biography:Marc lectures…See More

Dr Anna Meroni is assistant professor at the INDACO (Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and Fashion) Department of the Politecnico di Milano University, Italy, a Training and Research Centre in Design. She investigates service from the perspective of strategic social innovation, with a specific emphasis on community centred design. Her main research areas are food systems and innovative housing for sustainable lifestyles. Anna will be joining us at the Service Design Drinks and Thinks to…See More

RSVP your Expression of Interestfor theVictoria India Service (Design) Jamduring theState of Design Festival July 20 – 24, 2011 Stop Press No.2****Closing off workshop entries July 1 to accommodate interstate workshoppers so get in early.  Stop Press **** Workshop participants will receive free entry to SoD opening night and Design Made Trade for the 4 days!!!!!!! So RSVP As part of ‘Design…See More