Design capability building is one of the hot topics of 2017. Having seen the value of human-centred design, organisations are trying to scale the impact and application of design across the organisation. This creates interesting opportunities and challenges. In our latest design salon, Meld Studios and...
We help organisations to do research. We uncover new insight into their customers’ experiences, and into the way their organisation works. Ultimately, ensuring your research and insight lands in a way that makes the work successful and useable, comes down to how it is received...
Within Meld we talk a lot about the value of clients and their colleagues seeing themselves in the change. Yes, what we design has to be a reflection of the people it is designed for, their needs and desires, but the change needed to deliver...
If you are struggling to find talented individuals to join your internal design team, you are not alone. This topic is one that comes up frequently in the conversations we have with our clients. People with skills in service design, human-centered design, design thinking, experience design,...
I was delighted to speak at the Managing Design conference in Sydney last week. This one-day event felt like therapy for design leaders as we explored common challenges around managing design teams during times of rapid growth. I spoke about challenges that many teams face with: Scaling to...
When I was 15, my neighbour introduced me to her garden. As she walked me through, she pointed to a plant and said, "That's a hosta". Suddenly, from her naming one plant, my eyes could actually see that I was surrounded by hostas. It was in that...
We are excited to announce that Meld Studios will be establishing a second studio in Melbourne! We know it takes time to make a place a home, and so we start our journey! Our clients: We have several existing Melbourne-based clients, such as Telstra and the State Library...
This morning Janna and I attended the launch of Lauren Tan's new book. Design Transitions looks at the changing nature of design practice through the eyes of 42 design studios from around the world. One of the key themes from Lauren's research is the way that design has become more collaborative –...
Recently Meld Studios partnered with the State Library of Victoria to help envision a way it might do things differently (and better) in the future. A future where the services they offered remained relevant to customers and created positive experiences for visitors and staff. This did...
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...
