Introduction to Service Design – Sydney workshop

For the first time we'll be running our popular 'Introduction to Service Design' two-day workshop publicly. The workshop will be run in Sydney on the 20th and 21st July. Full details about the workshop can be found at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-service-design-2-day-workshop-tickets-25658270578. We hope to see you there. ...

Join us for our November Open House!

It's Meld Open House time. Stop by on Friday, 6th November 2015 at Level 12, 99 Elizabeth St, from 5pm. We'd love you to join us for a drink, a bit of food and a chat about all things design. Everyone is welcome!...

Meld Studios wins Best Overall Service Design in Good Design Awards

"A shining example of service design excellence at its very best" Codesigning the Future of the State Library of Victoria by Meld Studios has been recognised with the coveted Good Design Award® Best Overall, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious award for excellence in design and innovation. The...

“Liberal arts sensibilities” required by businesses

I read a couple of things in today's Australian Financial Review that I felt like sharing. They quoted business management guru (their phrase) Tom Peters in an article entitled 'Liberal arts sensibility adds human touch'. Particularly interesting for us designerly types were the following: "Business is about...

Friday 6th March: Last Open House before we move

This Friday (6th March 2015) marks the last Open House at our Bathurst Street office before we move to our new space next month. Please join us from 5pm at Level 3, 93 Bathurst Street for an informal chat and drink about all things design. All welcome...

We are hiring…senior service designers

Meld Studios is looking to engage 2 senior Service Designers capable of leading service design projects with corporate clients in Australia. Start date ASAP. Find out more by reading the senior service designer job spec. ...

The business of design: Jurgen Spangl (Atlassian)

For the fifth of our business of design series we talked with Jurgen Spangl, Senior Design Manager at Atlassian. In the interview Jurgen speaks of the challenges of bringing a design-centric approach to a software company, the pragmatic path he's had to take and the successes...

The business of design: Chris Khalil, News Limited

In the fourth of our the business of design series of interviews we talk with Chris Khalil. Chris is the Director of UX and Design for the publishing and media organisation News Limited. In the interview Chris discusses the importance of understanding an organisations appreciation of...