We are excited to introduce this year’s School of Design graduate exhibition – GradX 2020 | 1.5 Degrees. The festival will run for two weeks, from 23rd November to 4th of December 2020, and will be hosted entirely online. You will have a chance to explore our amazing students’ work in virtual spaces across Swinburne’s School of Design.
Visit the Design Factory Melbourne virtual exhibition as we re-imagine what our Gala will be in 2020 and prepare to celebrate our students!
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR INNOVATION
The business and R&D landscape of Australia is rapidly changing and we believe that the only way to stay ahead of the curve is to use design thinking and co-creation methods to discover new offerings.
Our interdisciplinary teams work together on real world projects, with local and global partners, using human centered design methods to co-create extraordinary insights and outcomes. This diversity of minds, skills, and experience drives R&D capability and impact.
THE LATEST FROM DFM

Learning and Collaboration as Tools for Navigating ‘the Unprecedented’
In a webinar hosted by DFM, Dr Sean Gallagher of Swinburne’s Centre for the New Workforce shared his research and insights into how to innovate in the midst of disruptive conditions.

Collaboration in a Global Virtual Festival – How to bring five continents virtually together for one week to collaborate effectively
What do you do when you are expected to get together representatives from 25 different universities and research institutions around the world and the calendar shows the upside-down year of 2020? You defy 18 hours of time difference between the East and the West, and you move everything online.

Rev Up with DFM Series – Bite-sized Learning to Support in Rapid Transformation and Disruption
Rev Up with DFM is a series of short posts to get your day started.

Future Ready Swinburne – Fearless Innovation Initiative Driving Innovation Readiness and Staff Capability
The Fearless Innovation initiative was designed and developed to support Swinburne staff with capabilities to identify opportunities and create impactful solutions and the confidence to drive change. The initiative drives a culture of innovation through staff training and creates opportunities to operationalise Swinburne’s 2025 strategy to be an innovative enterprise.

Prototyping from home: Design Factory Melbourne supports students to create remotely
DFM has created ‘ProtoKIT’ to help students build and make prototypes while they study remotely.
GET A GLIMPSE INTO LIFE AS A DF STUDENT

Josh Bragagnolo
Industrial Design student Josh has completed both the local and global streams at DFM – read about his experience.

AMELIA IVERSON

JAIDEN GUSTI

EMILY CHEESMAN
As part of Emily Cheesman’s Master of Occupational Therapy she is completing a stream of units with DFM. Read about her introduction to design thinking here.