Design Victoria’s Business Immersion Case Studies are developed from across targeted design disciplines and industry sectors that exemplify the enabling capabilities of design to improve competitiveness and drive business growth for Victorian small to medium enterprises.
“Orders from existing customers have increased significantly and we have secured around 40 new retail customers, of which several are from New Zealand – a market we have just begun to develop”.
Nathan Wakeford, Managing Director
Somage Fine Foods
Design Victoria’s Business Immersion: Somage Fine Foods and Taylor and Grace
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Business Immersions
Mountain Goat Beer
Mountain Goat needed a new brand style which appealed to beer drinkers at all levels of the market.
More Melbourne First Aid
Six months on Melbourne First Aid continues to gain market strength, a benefit of a mutually rewarding design partnership.
More Half A Teaspoon
Six months on: 321 Water has enjoyed widespread media attention since the completion of Design Victoria’s Business Immersion.
More KeepCup
Bluebag brought onboard designers CobaltNiche and Southsouthwest to help create and market the KeepCup.
More Ripple Products
Hoyne Design helped Ripple Products to create a new brand identity for its eco-friendly products.
More Clarinox
When IT specialists Clarinox needed a new website, they brought designers NeoPurple onboard to build the new site.
More Somage Fine Foods
Design to a Tea 12 months on - One year later, the partnership between designer and client shows success is in the bag.
More Oscar Furniture
Oscar Furniture is known for its innovative products for people with special needs.
More hiPP.com.au
Paper and cardboard product manufacturer hiPP.com.au and Arrive Creative create a new toddler product range.
More Nanotechnology Victoria
Nanotechnology Victoria (NanoVic) has developed breakthrough technology that will enable some medications to be administered via an inhaler rather than injection.
More Zenith Interiors
Zenith Interiors, a major suppliers of commercial furniture, worked with RMIT's Centre For Design to improve their environmental performance.
More St Helena's Secondary College
Find out how design is helping schools around the world access a cutting edge science education program developed by St Helena Secondary College, a Victorian government school on the northern fringe of Melbourne.
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Ecowash Mobile
What colour should a green business – a waterless carwash – choose for its logo? Orange, of course.
More Design+Industry
Industrial design consultancy, Design+Industry, recently signed a A$10 million joint venture with United States design company, Smart Design, to create product designs for the healthcare market.
More Aconex
With its website translated into eight languages, Australian technology company Aconex is truly a global operation.
More Preshafruit
With their unique packaging and great, fresh fruit products, Preshafruit demands unique positioning in the consumer’s mind.
More Clay
A partnership has been the secret ingredient in transforming a family vision into a bold new fine food store.
More SEEK Learning
If you want to know how important search engine optimisation (SEO) is at online recruitment advertising and training giant SEEK, just ask the managing director.
More housemouse
In February 2008, housemouse joined forces with web designers Lava Web Creations to develop a new website that would showcase the studio’s talents and expertise and allow them to embrace the latest web technology and design trends.
More Crumpler
Maverick Australian bag company Crumpler regularly wins best stand at trade shows around the world.
More 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.
More The City of Greater Bendigo
The City of Greater Bendigo engaged Elmwood Design to help capture the needs and direction of the city in a new place-based brand.
More Golf Buddy
Convinced that he had a winner in terms of concept but harbouring concerns about its visual impact, Marcus Jobsen engaged Melbourne industrial design company UNO Australia to take the Golf Buddy to a new level.
More Melbourne Writers Festival
A new CEO and a partnership with Elmwood Design have reinvigorated the Melbourne Writers Festival — held annually in August, you might just want to pencil it in!
More Moxie
The savvy trio at Millie & Moore have successfully used design to fashion feminine hygiene products creating a high quality, premium brand in an inherently unfashionable category.
More MELBOURNEfc
The Demons put a new face on a proud history to celebrate a landmark anniversary.
More Bolinda
A small Victorian family business attributes their remarkable market growth to their new brand identity.
More GKN Australia
Aussie designers onboard Joint Strike Fighter program. GKN Aerospace Engineering Services provides highly engineered products requiring complex manufacturing to most of the world's producers of automotive vehicles, aircraft and aero engines.
More Australian Urban Systems Cluster
A Victorian design, urban planning and engineering consortium has developed a visionary sustainable urban development plan for China’s Qilin Eco-New Town.
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