Design can begin with understanding. Understanding a product or a service yes, and understanding the lives of people interacting with these products and services.
I caught up with my friend Lauren Currie (aka Red Jotter) in London a few weeks ago and we spoke about her latest project, #upfront. The project is a response to the common issues people face in sharing their thoughts and opinions through public speaking. I was explaining to Lauren that I also...
This April I had the opportunity to attend the Design & The City event in Amsterdam. It was a 4-day event with local universities, agencies and municipalities hosting talks and workshops across the city. The main conference saw a number of interesting projects presented and it was refreshing to...
With the corporate push for collaboration and co-creation, more and more business challenges are met with a response of “Let’s have a workshop!” There is always hope in this statement, a hope that the workshop will just ‘fix’ the challenge at hand.
In late 2015 Meld worked with the Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne to help them understand the current visitor experience. I was fortunate to be invited to co-present on this project by Seb Chan, ACMI’s Chief Experience Officer at the Museums and the Web conference (MWXX) held...
Meld Studios is running a hands-on introduction to customer journey mapping.
Meld Studios fosters the learning and development of our own team and also the wider design community. That's why we each take time to share our expertise at local and international conferences.