Four weeks ago, and after four years of hearings, testimony, submissions, and research, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability released its final report. It is, quite simply, a distressing read, cataloguing a systemic and nationwide failure of...
We’re so excited to formalise our presence on the ground in ACT, as a Canberra-based service design agency, and welcome Cybelle Ledez a Principal Designer at Meld Studios Canberra.
Collaboration between public and private sector organisations is essential for addressing the complex challenges we face today because no single organisation is sufficiently influential or effective enough to drive the level of change and outcomes we need to see.
IDEO’s Venn diagram is one of the founding pillars of design as we know it, and it’s had a huge influence on my career. But it needs to be reconsidered.
There are strong aspirations from people in Government to work more collaboratively with citizens. The IAP2 public participation spectrum is cited in policy and strategy as a model for engaging communities and increasing public impact. The spectrum is a useful frame to describe the current...
Here at Meld we are passionate about improving the everyday lives of people as they interact with the world around them. To do this we employ various methods related to human-centred design to better understand the impacts that environments and systems have on people, then work with them to turn...
The 10th Liveable Cities conference was held on 10-11 July 2017 in Brisbane. The focus was on making cities more healthy for the people who live, play, visit, and work in them. There were four strong themes which emerged from the presentations I attended.
I have posted previously on the use of positive language in critiquing work – the power of 'YES, AND…". In this post I explore a few ways in which the limitations of language can lead to misunderstanding.
