About

Welcome to Design Droplets – The Industrial Design Magazine for Asia Pacific.

Design Droplets is an online Industrial Design and Product Design Magazine that is focused on the Asia Pacific Design community.

Here at Design Droplets our aim is to publish articles that are informative, take an in-depth look at design and help you grow as a designer. Through a range of content including reviews, interviews, critical writing and industry news we peel back the layers of design industry.

Whether you are an industrial design student, an industrial design professional or just a design enthusiast, we hope you find Design Droplets a great read and continue to come back for more.

Who is behind Design Droplets?

Raph Goldsworthy – Founder & Editor in Chief.

I’m an Industrial Designer residing in Melbourne, Australia. I founded Design Droplets on the premise that Industrial Designers in the Asia Pacific region needed an online magazine with a focus on Industrial Design and high quality design journalism & news.

I am always looking to connect with other designers, entrepreneurs and people of interest to expand my pool of knowledge. While at the same time sharing my knowledge and experiences with those same people.

Anna Lorenzetto – Bi Monthly Contributor & New York Correspondent

Anna is one of the new hybrids of design professionals.  She has founded and run her own home-wares company, worked as a freelance designer, consulted on new business development and project management and worked in the field of social research.  A graduate of RMIT University, she holds a Bachelor of Design in Industrial Design (Honors), as well as an Associate Diploma of Technology in Furniture.

She lives in New York with her husband, another hybrid of the broadcaster, radio producer, DJ, voiceover type and their cat, a garden-variety tabby who acts like Choo Choo from “Top Cat”.

Liam Mugavin – Regular Contributor & Japan Correspondant

Liam grew up on the streets of Adelaide, Hobart and Singapore. Before graduating in Industrial Design he did a one year design stint in Mexico. After graduating he landed in Japan, where he currently resides and is focusing his future. Outside of design he currently spends most of his spare time snowboarding.

Ben Landau – Official Design Droplets Photographer

Ben Landau recently graduated from Industrial Design at RMIT, where his focus was on interactive, exhibition, experience and theatre design. He is currently a freelance performance photographer and designer, working at Melbourne Museum’s MV studios, and tutoring at RMIT. Ben hopes to travel, design valuable experiences for users/audiences and continue to work with creative companies of various disciplines, in Australia and abroad.

Drew Smith – Occasional Contributor & Sydney Correspondent

Drew Smith is a design strategist, trend analyst and journalist working primarily in the automotive industry. Currently freelance, Drew has worked for clients such as Toyota/Lexus, Volkswagen, Kia and The Movement Design Bureau. You can follow him in short bursts @drewpasmith or, in longer form, at www.downsideupdesign.com.

Shays Brown – Resident Product Visualisation Guru

Shays Brown is a graduate of Industrial Design at RMIT. His studies fostered an interest in Furniture Design and 3D Digital Art and Visualisation. Currently he works as a freelance designer, and is involved in both corporate branding and product development. In spare moments he likes to strum a chord and takes solace in Sunday afternoons and watching bread bake.

Julian Faelli – Occasional Contributor

Julian is an Industrial Designer with strong opinions on design and its related subjects. When he is not writing something up for Design Droplets you will usually find him at xamtaf, drinking a cold beer, mountain biking or skiing.

Dave Manzin – Vodcaster

Dave is in his final year of a Media Studies and Asian Studies degree at La Trobe University, Bundoora. He has written, acted in, shot, edited, directed and produced a variety of short and not-so-short clips in his time. In his spare time he dabbles in adventure sports and likes to travel.

Brett Capron

Brett is the Head of Engineering and Design at Jomor Healthcare and runs the boutique design studio, CAPRON design. CAPRON design is an adopter of the Designers Accord.

We have had a few questions about “what part of the world do we mean when we say Australasia?”. To clarify this we have constructed a basic map (below). The area in blue is the Australasian region.

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