Swinburne Design Factory Melbourne

17/07/2022

ANSTO’s National Science Week Hackathon 2022 is running a FREE Design Thinking Mentor workshop on Friday 29th July 13:30- 15:30. The workshop will cover a design thinking process, some tools to use in each phase, tips and tricks of mentoring and discussion time with other mentors. If you are looking to sharpen or add to your skill set this is a great opportunity to learn something new. Beginners welcome! And you do not have to be a ‘designer’ either

This is a part of the ANSTO’s National Science week Hackathon 2022. If you are looking for a place to practice your skills you can sign up as a ‘Design Thinking Mentor’ as well! Every year Design Factory Melbourne students and alumni have the opportunity to be a Design Thinking mentor for the ANSTO Hackathon.

Mentor in a low-pressure environment where mentors can practice interpersonal skills such as presenting, giving feedback and engaging with a diverse range of participants in an Australia wide initiative. Mentors who are open-minded are the ones who truly flourish. It is a great experience for your CV and you are featured on the ANSTO Hackathon website.

Whether you do the hackathon or just the workshop, you will walk away with new knowledge and increased mentoring confidence
If your interested in the free workshop sign up here!
https://forms.gle/3Xv2d9ZaKyhaBqvP8

To find out more about ANSTO’s National Science week Hackathon or to see last years projects click the link below.
https://www.ansto.gov.au/national-science-week-hackathon

In keeping with these United Nations “International Year Of…” topics, this year's Glass: More Than Meets the Eye theme celebrates the many roles that glass plays in our lives – from phone screens to optical fibres to glassware in labs – plus investigating glass as a part of our sustainable...

24/06/2022

We’re so proud of the work of Stephanie Hartono, a third-year professional intern who just completed her time with us at Design Factory Melbourne.

Stephanie is studying a double degree in Games & Interactivity and Animation, and undertook a 12-week professional internship as part of Swinburne University of Technology's Work Integrated Learning toward Moonshot #1: Every Swinburne learner gets a work experience Stephanie was tasked to work on the Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2) Project for Swinburne research, and to visualise hydrogen technology in an engaging and visual format. Her comic, “When the water splits” has been featured in the Swinburne newsroom and on the VH2 Instagram page to target 18-24-year-olds and educate about a simplified version of the production of green hydrogen.

https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2022/06/comic-tackles-climate-change-through-hydrogen-education/

03/06/2022

We are excited to be supporting the 'Make It Break It’ Design Sprint this July! Partnering with netwealth Investment & Superannuation and MASS, the four-day masterclass provides students with a unique opportunity to solve a workplace challenge using the .

This year’s design sprint will focus on helping Australians understand how at-risk they are of . This is a great opportunity to gain real and practical problem-solving experience in designing, prototyping, and testing – DFM’s bread and butter!

‘Make It Break It’ is only open for a limited number of Swinburne University of Technology students. Registrations close June 12!
http://makeitbreakit.com.au/

Or if you are looking for an elective to complete over the Winter Term – enrol in INV10001 to Explore Creativity & Innovation over 4 weeks and then participate in the Make It Break It Design Sprint as part of your studies!

06/02/2022

What makes up a typical workday? It can differ vastly from creating new ideas for a program launch to framing customer needs in a compelling way for a project proposal. How can we then make each day as productive as possible?

Over the last two years, we at Design Factory Melbourne have gathered a range of productivity perspectives to the core work we do around innovation. Now, to get 2022 off to a good start, we are launching our Daily Practice of Innovation: Small actions, big shifts book.

This book is a collection of insights and activities to find new perspectives in your daily work. In it, we explore how to set the foundations for a productive day, leverage the most of your time, find opportunities hidden in plain sight, boost energy, and gain new perspectives at work. The activities are brief and require no prior knowledge, so you can jump right into the doing.

We also love to thank Jaiden Gusti, our DFM alumnus, for the design of the book!

Download your copy on our website! dfm.org.au/daily_practice_of_innovation_2021/

13/10/2021

As the Covid-19 pandemic has caused global uncertainty and disruption, many organisations may be focusing their efforts on survival. Here at DFM, we are interested in how creativity and innovation can be beneficial in a crisis context. Pauliina Mattila and researchers from Aalto University, Finland, investigated the Covid-19 responses of businesses in Finland's packaged food and beverage industry, and found that through experimentation and the leveraging of new and existing resources, these businesses were able to create new value offerings. These findings challenge the norms of 'playing it safe' and minimising risks in the face of uncertainty, and suggest that when in doubt, entrepreneurs may be well served by action rather than inaction.

Read the full article here:

https://lnkd.in/gh5mHt_W

This article is based on a journal paper by Björklund, Mikkonen, Mattila & van der Marel (2020) published in the Journal of Business Venturing Insights.

When in doubt, entrepreneurs may be well served by action rather than inaction.

29/09/2021

As part of International Design Factory Festival (IDFF), DFM alumni and all round legend, Adam Cochrane will present on Ritual Design!

Adam’s introduction of ritual design will help you design culture and services in the right way. Not only can ritual design shed new light on the do’s and don’ts of how to better work together, it can also help us design better services for others. Adam’s storytelling is a source of inspiration for new perspectives and metaphors that we are sure you will find useful regarding your everyday design work.

Alumni Experts: Ritual Design
Tuesday 5th October | 5:00pm - 6:00pm AEDT | Online

Find out more and register here: https://lnkd.in/d26a3fZZ

27/09/2021

International Design Factory Festival is coming next week!

Each year Design Factories from around the globe come together for the Design Factory Global Network's annual gathering. For the second time we are taking the International Design Factory Festival (IDFF) online, inviting people from inside and outside of the design factory community to learn from, share with, and be inspired by each other.

As part of IDFF we are excited to share a selection of the public events hosted by different Design Factories. Register via the link below to attend these events from the DF community and see what else is on offer as part of

https://designfactory.aalto.fi/events/idff2021/

16/08/2021

It’s ! We are thrilled to be supporting the ANSTO National Science Week Hackathon again this year! Over the next three days, secondary school students will gain experience in science, innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will also gain creative confidence, valuable team-working skills, interviewing skills, experience with online collaboration tools and have a chance to interact with scientists, professionals and entrepreneurs.

Last week, our staff ran a professional development session to equip educators with the tools to foster innovative thinking in their classroom. We have a number of DF alumni involved as Design Thinking Coaches to inspire and guide the students in human-centricity and creative problem-solving. They will mentor teams to test their assumptions, ideate, introduce tools for innovation, and effectively present their solution during the hackathon this week!

21/07/2021

Interested in a study experience like no other?

Get in touch to see what options you have to study with us as part of your degree this coming semester!

Email us at [email protected]

14/07/2021

Is there a better time than now to illustrate the importance of innovative practices in the face of uncertainty?

The last 18 months have forced a lot of us to take a step back and assess our approach to challenging circumstances.

At DFM, we took this opportunity to embrace resilience and continue to convert our expertise into action. We remained curious and open to new opportunities and experimentation, seeking new ideas from a variety of perspectives. We directed our focus towards the future, imagining the possibilities of inclusive design, design for science and technology and innovation ecosystems.

Our new publication, Re-Think, Re-Frame, Re-Imagine, highlights the different avenues in which we applied this mindset, from our student and industry projects, professional workshops, community-based activities, and our latest research.

Discover our insights in our new publication, available online now

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu’s millions of monthly readers. Title: RE-THINK. RE-FRAME. RE-IMAGINE. A Year of Resilience, Author: designfa...

31/05/2021

🌍 Global Innovation at the SUGAR Cloud EXPO…TOMORROW! 🌍

Students in our Global program will showcase the results of their work at the SUGAR Global Design Innovation Network together with 26 universities from around the globe!

You are invited to see the results of a 9-month long journey, where DFM teams have been working on industry-sponsored projects related to micro-cooling technology and beauty/self-care rituals, with partners from 京都工芸繊維大学 KYOTO Design Lab & inno.space - Design Factory Mannheim.

Join us for from 5pm (AEST) as the SUGAR community brings global innovation to life on stage in a variety of formats through presentations, live Q&As, keynote speakers and panel discussions with industry experts.

Register to join us on Tuesday evening at sugar-network.org/expo

21/05/2021

Our long time academic partner in the SUGAR Network for Design Innovation and member of the Design Factory Global Network - KYOTO Design Lab - is hosting the annual Kyoto Startup Summer School online this year.

Check out the details below and apply now to secure your spot!

Kyoto Startup Summer School (KS³ for short), Japan’s most intense and international summer program on entrepreneurship and innovation is back!

After being cancelled in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 program will be fully online which means you can join from anywhere in the world! KS³ is a diverse modular program (workshops, lectures, mixers, panel discussions, etc.) taught and facilitated by established entrepreneurs, practitioners, venture capitalists, and academics from around the world.

This is your opportunity to learn hands-on entrepreneurial skills and experience startup life. In the last five years, over 120 participants from 40+ countries joined KS³ creating a truly global community. Alumni of KS³ have gone on to become entrepreneurs and startup ecosystem builders as well as intrapreneurs for some of the world’s largest companies.

For more information and to apply, visit the KS³ website at

Bringing together future change makers with established entrepreneurs, practitioners, and academics. Hands-on learning experiences on a broad range of topics providing the knowledge and skills to build a successful startup.