Tony Mulvany

Are you a designer wanting up to £80k for a people-centred and/or systemic project? One of the biggest barriers we have found to designers to design for planet is project funding and budgets. So here is a way to fund some of your self-created briefs!

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Will I ever stop talking about the business value of design? NEVER. Designers are under selling themselves if they don't know how to connect the dots. It only took me first half of my career working directly with founders to build business through different stages, plus 7 years to build my own side hustle from nearly drain out my life savings to turning over multi six figures to figured out:👇 Designers absolutely need to know more than design to succeed in the business eco system. so where do you even start? All will be revealed in this session. Warning: this talk will be filled with relationship analogies. come for a laugh 😂 ✌️🌈🚀 #businessdesign #designcareer #productdesign #uxdesign

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Next week. I'm talking about disconnection of business and design Atlassian Sydney. Looking forward to share few nuggets about getting these two to talk to each other. Thank you for the crew behind the scene Kevin Wilkins, Lydia Bradshaw, Sylvia Luk, Ashlee King, Sarah Stokes, Tim Dixon, PhD, Timothy Parker for organising. Reminder for everyone, I also run a half day in bootcamp on 21st JUNE in Sydney on - Mastering Business Acumen for Designers. Link in comment. 💬🔗 #businessdesigner #productdesigner #productstrategy

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I was interviewed for Good Design Australia’s series on the Value of Design… “Ultimately, strategic design integration leads to high-quality, cost-effective products, reduces waste, enhances pricing potential, and fosters stronger customer loyalty and advocacy. This approach underscores the tangible benefits of design for businesses and economic prosperity in Australia,” https://lnkd.in/gBuEptbm

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💡Design leader Glen Lipka's advice on thinking about software as a system in flow. ▶️ Watch the full #DesignLeaderInsights episode on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gQabKA54 by Fuego UX

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🚨 SERVICE DESIGNERS 🚨 Before the 2nd of September, complete this survey! Your responses will help ensure that Strategic Design, Service Design, and related disciplines are properly recognised in the updated ANZSCO classification #servicedesign #design #strategicdesign #strategy #systemsdesign

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What happens when you blend magic, technology and human-centered design? I had a super time chatting to Stephen Wood about this on his podcast. 🔗 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTaW4Qhy We talked about how spending extraordinary time and attention on details can create moments of genuine delight - whether you're performing illusions or crafting user experiences, my early adventures stacking shelves in a toy department :) and what can perfume shopping teach us about user experience. #DesignThinking #Innovation #UXDesign

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Another great Macquarie Design Blog post by Leah Ochroch went live this morning. Insightful, practical tips to ensure your design is accessible for all. #design #experiencedesign #uxdesign #accessibility

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Design is not limited to a screen. Culture, services, even relationships (sad as it sounds) have much to gain from design thinking. I’m hosting a panel next Wednesday in Melbourne called “Design Beyond Boxes” where I’ll be interviewing three people who have taken their UX design skills into new domains. The problem is, I’ve had a late drop-out that I need to replace. If you know a Melbourne-based black-belt professional who has gone from UX into legal design, org design, spatial design, designing AI products or things you can touch, please introduce me. Bonus points for interesting journeys or diverse perspectives

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What are the best design, product and alround tech events these days? I've been out of the loop since covid but would like to get out and about more. AND if anyone is interested in hosting me talk about how designers should move into product, let me know!

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I’m trying to wrap my head around the current state of the design industry today. From unrealistic job descriptions and expectations to the devaluation of design thinking and content strategy in an age of Canva and ChatGPT. I feel fortunate that the specialty I have chosen to pursue, physical design of objects, can’t be replaced by AI, as a lot of arguably better and more experienced designers I know are really struggling this year. https://lnkd.in/exwGf2UX

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This is becoming a regular thing. For our Friday chat this week, the amazing Karen Monjo joined us to give us an insider's look at the job market. The biggest takeaway for me was, “Treat your interviewer like a customer, make the complex (your role) simply (what you did)” Your cases studies and portfolio should be as customer centric as all the work you put out into the world #JobMarket #Designers #Portfolios #CaseStudies #Skills #Experience #ProblemSolving #CareerGrowth #DesignThinking

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Hulsbosch – case study: repositioning and rebranding Australian business bank, Tyro Payments - https://lnkd.in/gRz-mvtf #brandstrategy  #brandidentity #brandpositioning  #logo  #logodesign #visualidentity  #visualidentitydesign

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From all the people I've mentored (and am currently mentoring), the two things that are the biggest downfall for any designer; Having too much Ego, and having too little. the difference in design is that our profession relies on the delicate balance of listening and guiding. We don't tell users what to do, we guide them to do what they desire. We don't tell Stakeholders what is correct, we listen, dissect the problem and relay solutions with an educated level of assurance. Objectivity and relativity are the elements of our chemistry. Ego is the beaker on which we have the capacity to discover, solve, and relay these problems.

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Kristin is correct! I try to make epic my SOP. 😁 It'll be evening for those of you here in the U.S., but I'll be demoing a #ChatGPT > #Figma > #Midjourney > #Relume > #Runway Ai tool workflow that's a lot of fun. 🚀🍿🤩 //// If you are a designer of any type at any professional level and live on the planet Earth, I've got some international cohort workshops for designing with Ai happening. The workshops feature basics & 28 advanced techniques that include Ai tool chains with ChatGPT, Figma, Product Context Analyzer, Midjourney, Magnific, PS Beta, Topaz Ai, Relume, & Runway. You can DM or email me at [email protected] and you can download the PDF with full details here: https://lnkd.in/g-9ZjDTN 🚨🚨 I have 2 seats left for the upcoming North America/South America/Asia/Australia time zones cohort! Contact me asap if interested! 🚨🚨 About Workshops TLDR version A collection of four live workshops with 6 - 8 other expert design earthlings from around the globe featuring foundational ML best-practices, interactive demos with the latest Ai design tools, next-gen Ai design methods, and advanced Ai design techniques. Manifest + 4 separate live ~2.5hr workshops + 6 - 8 earthling design experts per cohort + Interactive Ai tool demos + For all professional levels + For all types of designers + International designers wanted! + Foundational Ai design methods + Exclusive advanced techniques + Dedicated time for discussion + Epic, chill, & fun Featured Tools + ChatGPT + Figma + Product Context Analyzer + Midjourney + Relume + Runway + Photoshop Beta + Magnific + Topaz Photo Ai Goodies + Recordings of each workshop + Downloadable PDFs of the content covered in each workshop + The galaxy-sized Design x Ai Workshops Figma board that is the navigational guide & playground for the workshops

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☀️ Summer is just about here, and we have some great episodes coming ahead. Today, PJ Onori and I talk about starting to say NO to more things as we mature our systems. We’ve spoken at length about ensuring we map all work back to business goals of the org, but on this ep we use examples of contributions as something that can go wrong when not providing the same level of resourcing. There’s no shortcuts to doing good work. https://lnkd.in/gJpHkyAS #designsystems #productdesign #podcast

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Check out Allison Ravenhall's insightful talk from A11y Camp on Customer Informed Accessibility in the CommBank app. This session highlights how usability testing with low vision users revealed an issue in our App 5.0 redesign. Some of you might remember Jacob Torres Agudo and Liam Corry's presentation at The Research Society Human Insights conference, where they discussed the research journey behind the new CommBank app home screen (I might of mentioned it a couple of times, did you hear they won an award?). Allison's talk goes deeper into how our testing with low vision users uncovered an unexpected design flaw. Usability testing often gets a bad rap for being boring and low value, but for me, it's some of the most crucial work we do. A lot of the time designs pass with flying colours, but it's those moments when we uncover a usability issue that are truly invaluable. This is especially true when we're addressing the needs of users with accessibility requirements. Enjoy this super informative talk and learn more about the importance of usability testing in creating accessible designs: https://lnkd.in/gKrQTexE #commbanklife #accessibility #a11y #research #humaninsightsconference

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⏰ Friendly reminder that you have a little under 10 days to submit your entry for the Good Design Australia Good Design Awards 🏆 Can't recommend this highly enough as a way to reflect on your design impact and celebrate your achievements with your team. AND of course, there is the new POLICY DESIGN category this year. Can't wait to see what is championed in this new category. I'm particularly excited to see projects that: 1) Use innovative ways to prototype and test policies with citizens. 2) Help bridge the gap between strategy / policy teams and service delivery. 3) Helping citizens and businesses to navigate complexity and regulation. What do you have brewing? https://lnkd.in/gVBjHPEs

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