Archive for October, 2009

Coffee & Connexions is a monthly networking event run by Design Droplets. The purpose is to connect designers, entrepreneurs & other professionals in order to share experiences & ideas over coffee.

For an Industrial Designer or Product Designer a design portfolio is an essential element in getting employment. In this article I will be talking about the basics of design portfolio creation.

Its that time again, time for scrumptious links. Enjoy and spread the love

Are you looking for a quick, but insightful overview of what it takes to build your company into an innovation powerhouse using design? Then Marty Neumeier’s newest book The Designful Company: How to build a culture of nonstop innovation is exactly what you are looking for.

There are only 7 days left (deadline is 27th of October 2009) to get your entry into the Design Droplets $1000+ Prize Giveaway & 1st Birthday Design Group Writing Project! So far there are only 3 articles that have been submitted and a handful of people that have entered in other ways – this means that if you get an entry in, especially an article (which gives you 3 entries), you are highly likely to get a prize since there is only one prize per person (you can’t win more than one, but you can get multiple draw entries) and currently there are more prizes than entrants!

Duann Scott is a Designer based in Adelaide, South Australia, a PhD candidate at the University of South Australia and a writer for Ponoko’s blog and for the For-Tommorrow Blog. In this interview Duann shares his views on design in Adelaide, working in bespoke design, the impact of the Prosumer and mass custimisation on design.

Plenty of juicy links for some browsing pleasure. Enjoy.

I created Design Droplets on the 15th of October 2008 and it was just “a drop in the proverbial ocean of the internet”. In this retrospective I would like to share some histroy, have a look at some of our most susccessful articles and also share some my perosnal favourites. You might also be interested to know that is the 200th post on Design Droplets.

Design Droplets is one year old today. This is awesomely exciting! As you are hopefully already aware, to celebrate this milestone we are holding the $1000+ Prize Giveaway & 1st Birthday Design Group Writing Project.

ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED: 16th November 2009 The Design Institute of Australia invites Australia’s and New Zealand’s best young designers to submit entries into the inaugural Big Picture Design Challenge. THE CHALLENGE: Design outstanding images destined for any surface or area at McDonald’s restaurants, which define and promote Australia’s and New Zealand’s diversity. OPPORTUNITY: See your designs in McDonald’s restaurants. $4,000 in cash prizes to be won! Committed to supporting and actively promoting design and designers since 1947, the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) is the voice for design in Australia. The DIA is a membership body representing professional designers and…