Design Managers Aust

Award winning public sector focused service design agency based in Canberra Australia. Designing to Make, not just Think from 2003 to 2020

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

After 17 years of delivering outstanding design results for our clients and improving Australian public services, Mel and Justin are announcing today that DMA will cease operating from 31 December 2020. https://t.co/N0Cdu66Bco

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

Third running of Design In Schools; most amazing concept and intent yet! Young people, agency, concept of 'place', belonging, sustainability with 42 x Year 6s as the Design Team and our favorite long term design collaborators - perfect recipe!

[Wendy Cave @wendy_cave]

Ready for the Voice of Intent interview. Design in Schools ‘20 here we go!
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[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

Winner! Very proud of Justin for the @GoodDesignAus award winning social impact work on The Healing Garden Design. Beyond proud that The Deadly Allstars team additionally won the Indigenous Designer Award for the work they led as a group ofyoung designers https://t.co/OKApnKrWZo

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

Many years ago, we first heard the phrase ’not about us without us’ delivered with authority and determination. It was an @ACTCOSS seminar we were facilitating, and we never forgot those words from the extraordinary community leader Sue Salthouse who has passed today. Vale Sue.

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

Great experience of the value of artefacts building over time to enable clarity within a complex service system. #stickysteps #servicedesign #designistheconversation

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

How on earth must young people be processing the world right now? From the research we did with & on 13-17 year olds we were asked to share a framework we developed that highlights how they might be making sense of our current environment https://t.co/6RQU8QjpF3

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

After great on-site conversation with a client about intent, nice to be back in the office deconstructing a complex service system into multiple value propositions.

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

@gavincostello @guy_franklin Thanks you two - we were very lucky to be asked to help out with this one.

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

Between 2018 and 2019, we were involved in a very special project with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural group, The Deadly Allstars. The project was such a success we asked our friends at Newcast Studios to help us tell the story. https://t.co/zDeqcuPS9q

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

We returned to the @allstarsdeadlydesign site today with some of the team to record the impact and outcomes of the project with @newcaststudios. Looking forward to sharing soon.

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

Always a pleasure working with this amazing crew who shape our rough ideas into beautiful and compelling stories our clients love and their audiences respond to.

[Newcast Studios @newcaststudios]

We worked with our friends at @DMA_Canberra on this informational piece promoting choice for women and families in birthing. These are some of the beautiful shots we captured. Check out more of our videos here: https://t.co/4cZP82qfaF

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

@MarkusMannheim Let's Ride.

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

Our latest blog post, ‘Artefacts, Empathy and Right Now’ is about our work with Ainslie School leaders
@wendy_cave and @sophbissell on an artefact for parents/carers on Home Learning https://t.co/oqP3i7UOqT

[Amanda Hawkins @AHawk027]

Bravo 👏

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

@dmatthewsact On behalf of J, thank you Dave. ME

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

A personal reflection by our founder Justin Barrie on dealing with services, and the importance of people, as COVID-19 moved beyond headline to tragedy for him and his family https://t.co/lUEVRz06x9

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

@i_am_nw Nathan, on behalf of J, thank you for your thoughts and sentiment. And recognition of voice. ME

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

@pennyhagen On behalf of J, thank you for your words Penny. The most important thing in the world: He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. ME

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

Workshops during this time feel very much sped up and compressed. And here’s what that can look like! Important thing is - no matter the tools - it still has to be about collaborating, iterating, refining and defining with real people sharing real experience.

[Design Managers Aust @DMA_Canberra]

Such a privilege to be working with our education collaborators at this time. They’re working tirelessly to support so many audiences with clear, kind, concise & confidence-building info. Reaching people with the right language & easy to consume info matters so much right now