Thoughts - Meld Studios

Meld Design Capability Salon Melbourne

November 20, 2017 In Design, Events, The business of design By Morgan Williams Comments (0)

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...

Third date for Sydney masterclass with Jan Chipchase

November 13, 2017 In Design By Alison Sharp Comments (0)

Jan's workshops are selling out fast so we're adding a final date for Sydney: Friday 1st December. Workshop description and tickets here. We may add some more spots for Brisbane so please join the waiting list if you're interested....

Designing the visitor experience for galleries, libraries & museums

October 6, 2017 In Customer experience, Human centred design, Musings, Research, Service design By Kimberley Crofts Comments (0)

Over the last few years we’ve done quite a lot of work with galleries, libraries, archives and museums (the ‘GLAM’ sector). During this time we have observed a change in attitude around a visitor-centred approach to designing experiences. What starts with scepticism moves to tacit...

Field Research Masterclass with Jan Chipchase

October 4, 2017 In Design, Design Learning, Events, Research, Tools and techniques By Alison Sharp Comments (0)

Meld Studios is excited to host a masterclass with Jan Chipchase. Jan has extensive experience running international field work projects, is the founder of Studio D Radiodurans, and the author of The Field Study Handbook. In this full day workshop Jan will show you how to run...

A guide to recruiting for human-centred research

July 12, 2017 In Capability Building, Customer experience By Kimberley Crofts Comments (2)

Something which is of constant surprise when working with large service organisations is how hard it is for them to recruit people for research. This difficulty is a data point in itself, as it indicates how much distance there is between service providers and the people...

Join us for the 2nd 2017 Meld Studios Design Salon!

June 26, 2017 In Design, Events By Sabina Popin Comments (1)

Join us for the 2nd 2017 Meld Studios Design Salon! DATE AND TIME Thursday, June 29, 2017 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM AEST LOCATION Meld Studios Level 12 99 Elizabeth Street Sydney, NSW 2000 REGISTER HERE.. Topic Description Following on from our last salon event “We can’t do this alone: Working in a transdisciplinary way” we...

Design Props – the Trojan Horse of behaviour change

June 23, 2017 In Design By Kimberley Crofts Comments (5)

Designing for behaviour change forms a large part of the work we do at Meld Studios. We spend a lot of time trying to understand the best way to approach each project so that it is most beneficial for the audience without it being unnecessarily...

Service design workshops in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne & Brisbane

May 1, 2017 In Events By Iain Barker Comments (0)

We will be running a series of service design workshops in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane. These workshops will immerse you in human centred design, design thinking and service design. The workshops in each city are spread across three days. You can either sign up for a...

Ensuring research lands (Part 1) – Understanding the context in which it will land.

April 5, 2017 In Capability Building, Design, The business of design, Tools and techniques By Jack Huston Comments (1)

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...

Reminding ourselves why we are doing this

February 27, 2017 In Design By Janna DeVylder Comments (0)

With new interns and contractors joining Meld Studios, Steve recently shared some reflections on how why we are here and what we're trying to achieve. It's too good to keep to ourselves! We have a few new people with us, so let me take this opportunity...