Knowledge

The Design Knowledge program is building a valuable resource of information about how design can deliver economic, environmental and social benefits through Case Studies, Business Immersions, Hot TopicsPublications and How To Kits. Design Knowledge further showcases Victoria’s design sector’s creativity and capabilities to Victorian, national and international markets.

Our website is the centre of this wealth of enriched design knowledge, sharing and promoting awareness of the benefits of design, emerging industry trends and ways design can be used effectively by Victorian enterprises.

How To Kits: Handbooks Online Tools for Industry

Design Victoria is continuing to produce a series of practical and informative How To Kits for the design community and Victorian small to medium sized enterprises. Containing essential information in key areas; intellectual property, sustainability and government grants and assistance programs. Click here to access these resources.

Industry Research and Publications

Research informs policy and investment in design initiatives helping to develop the design-led innovation of Victorian industry increasing competitiveness and market opportunities. 
 
Design Victoria's robust research program is at the core to strategically inform and influence achieving these outcomes for Victorian industry and the design sector.  
 
Click here to access research papers and scope of further research areas, including the new research publication Five Years On. Victoria’s Design Sector 2003-2008.

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Case Studies

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Crumpler
Maverick Australian bag company Crumpler regularly wins best stand at trade shows around the world, including this year’s Outdoor Retailer Winter show in the US.
Sustainable Living Fabrics
Sustainable Living Fabrics, based in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, makes furnishing fabrics for commercial interiors. They market their fabrics to architects and interior designers, who will specify SLF fabrics when they present a design to their clients.
Backcare & Seating
What is the true value of your IP, how do you value it and how do you protect it? Kumar Rajaratnam, founder and chief executive of Melbourne-based furniture company Backcare & Seating tells his story.

Events

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Marketing ‘Greener’ Products Seminar
5 March, 2009
Docklands, Victoria, Australia
Communicating Eco-Design — Staying on top of the market
5 May, 2009
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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