Thoughts - Meld Studios

Open studio on June 7

May 29, 2013 In What's been happening By Janna DeVylder Comments (0)

Come one, come all! We welcome you to join us for our monthly gathering on Friday, 7 June, starting at 4pm. We wanted to hold an open house on a monthly basis so that we could bring together friends and clients and chat in a...

Innovation talk at UX Australia 2012 – slides & audio

April 8, 2013 In Presenting, What's been happening By Steve Baty Comments (0)

Our organisations are constantly interacting with an ecosystem of people with whom we have varying degrees of relationship. Some of those people are loyal customers; others dissatisfied or disgruntled former customers. Still others have disavowed our industry entirely, seeking a 'better' solution to address their...

Meld Studios is sponsoring the Customer Experience 2013 conference

March 25, 2013 In Customer experience, What's been happening By Steve Baty Comments (0)

We're very excited to be sponsoring the closing party/drinks at this year's Customer Experience 2013 conference - http://uxaustralia.com.au/customerexperience-2013/ Customer Experience is an area of design practice in which we see a lot of activity, and represents a constant challenge faced by our clients. In our work we...

Open Studio event this Friday 22/3

March 21, 2013 In What's been happening By Steve Baty Comments (0)

In what we hope will become a regular occurrence we are opening the doors to the studio from 4pm on Friday afternoon. If you're in the Sydney area, please drop by and join us for a drink and a chat about all things design. We're at...

Showrooming – presentation to Designing for Mobility 2013

March 5, 2013 In Customer experience, Presenting By Steve Baty Comments (0)

Last Friday I presented a short talk at the Designing for Mobility 2013 conference, held in Melbourne. The talk - Showrooming: threat and opportunity - looked at the emerging pattern of shoppers using physical retail outlets as a showroom, and subsequently price-comparing and purchasing online. Whilst...

When technology fades – a glimpse at the future of interaction design

February 28, 2013 In Design, Innovation, Interaction design, Musings By Steve Baty Comments (0)

As technology pervades our modern life, a truly elegant interaction becomes one in which the interface - the controls - disappear, and the functions of a 'smart object' become inherent to the object itself. Two recent examples give me hope that we're starting to get...

The business of design: Jurgen Spangl (Atlassian)

February 12, 2013 In The business of design By Iain Barker Comments (0)

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...

A behavioural perspective on Sydney’s Cross-city Tunnel

February 8, 2013 In Design, Interaction design, Musings By Steve Baty Comments (0)

The toll structure on Sydney's cross-city tunnel encourages drivers to behave in exactly the opposite way to the behaviour desired by the planning authorities. Traffic in Sydney's CBD is a chronic problem, and never is it more so that during the peak-hour rush. To help alleviate...

Merry XMas and 2012 in review

December 21, 2012 In Musings, What's been happening By Steve Baty Comments (0)

It would be a bland understatement to describe 2012 as a roller-coaster. As a relatively small design studio we have been buffeted about by large market forces, and it has taken its toll. And yet as we approach the end of the year and take...

The business of design: Chris Khalil, News Limited

November 5, 2012 In The business of design By Iain Barker Comments (1)

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...