The Melbourne Dribbble community reunites Thursday at the Rooks Return! Live in Melbourne? RSVP and stop by for swill, swag and great conversation. Don’t live in Melbourne? Take a tour with meetup organizer Claire Taylor, UX designer and senior digital producer at Papercloud.
What do you love about Melbourne?
Melbourne is home to amazing art, delicious food and clever startups, and I love getting to taste them all. Did I mention coffee? Here, it’s done differently. Our baristas are one of our greatest exports. Every weekend there is another food festival, design market, gallery opening or hackathon. There’s never a dull moment in the world’s most liveable city!
Tell us where you work.
Papercloud is a studio that designs and develops apps for iPhone, Android and web. We are situated in the northeast side of the Melbourne city centre, surrounded by cafes in alleyways, theaters and Chinatown, and only a short walk to Carlton Gardens. It’s an easygoing section of the city. Trees line the streets as I ride my bike into work. And on the way home there are awesome wine bars, restaurants, and good old-fashioned pubs to stop into.
What is the Melbourne design scene like?
In Melbourne, we have a lot of amazing products being designed for designers. Redbubble and 99Designs were both founded here, and they both offer ways for designers to showcase their work and make a living. The indie game scene is also pretty big here. The local team from Crossy Road won an Apple Design Award this year. Northside, the graffiti is more like pieces of art, artists like Rone cover entire buildings with a portrait. From calligraphy to user experience, Melbourne is at the forefront of great design.
The Dribbble Meetup on the 5th of November will be a great addition to the Melbourne design event lineup, where fellow Melburnians can meet, get to know each other and talk about design.
Choose three shots from three Melbourne designers you admire, and let us know why you chose the shots/designers.
iOs 7 moves in by Marc Clancy, above left.
I’m always a fan of fun illustration, and I recently made this piece my desktop background. Marc’s work is a bit cheeky and I love the 8-bit style!
Yield by Carla Hackett, above center.
I’ve had the opportunity to see Carla speak at a design workshop and also have one of her lettering pieces on my wall.
This piece was commissioned by RubyConf Au for their t-shirts for attendees of the conference. I love it because it combines two things that I’m super passionate about—lettering and tech.
Melbourne Art Tram submission by Nick Edlin, above right.
An iconic part of Melbourne life is its trams. During the Melbourne Festival (which just ended), artists can submit their work to cover a tram, transforming a city icon into a mobile art installations. I really like Nick’s submission, and his use of iconography.
Can’t meet Claire in person on November 5? Find her online at Dribbble.
Enjoy reading about the Melbourne design scene? Check out Penang and NYC, then go meet designers from your own great city at the next meetup.
Big thanks to Melbourne Dribbble Meetup organizer Claire Taylor, sponsor Papercloud, and our Global Meetup Partners Creative Market, InVision, and Shopify.
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