I can do my take on Design Today

I make a proposition that Industrial Design is at a place where graphic design was in the 90s and photography was at the time of the digital camera. The line between the professional and the amateur is blurred. The amateur often explains better – and in the early days of the explainer these people were [...]

Design Manager (job) in Sydney

Design Manager – Design + Industry, Australia – Balmain, Sydney | Job Postings from Coroflot.com
An exceptional position exists for a Design Manager to work within our concept team in our Sydney office.
The Design Manager will enjoy freedom to implement their own vision in the conceptual design of commercially competitive products. This individual will be exposed [...]

Industrial Design Jobs – RitaSue Siegel Resources

In the mid nineties I used to send my students to look at Rita Sue’s site for Design Jobs. There seems to have been a bit of a change since then – the focus now seems to be – not just any designers – but ‘leaders’ and ‘innovators’. The question of course is in this [...]

Taking on Australian Industrial design education: current practice and future directions

Draft abstract.

Mr. Stephen Trathen, University of Canberra Australia and Dr. Soumitri Varadarajan, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
There is much international discussion regarding the role of Industrial Design in a rapidly changing world, from the view to focus solely on the need for relevant design skills and knowledge as fundamental for employment; to a recognition that industrial [...]

Say NO to Bottled Water

I am now looking at a project to make drinking water accessible on campus at RMIT. This should cut down the consumption of bottled water. And so here is the project description of what is a Drinking Fountain Project. The image below shows how difficult/ inconvenient it is to fill a bottle from a fountain. [...]