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Springboard 2008/2009 program

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:23:32 +0000

The Springboard Project commenced in April 2008 and involved 97 designers from across Australia in a mentorship program to develop their professional careers in local and international markets.

Stage One of the program ran from early April to the end of June, with participants developing their individual design practice with the guidance of six leading business professionals drawn from areas essential to business survival in the design sector. Stage Two followed in August 2008 and continued until the end of March 2009, and saw 16 designers selected from Stage One given one-on-one mentorship through the process of developing their business plans, their practice, business identity, and in some cases taking a product to market.

The program covered sustainable best practice, financial management, contractual law, intellectual property (IP), media relations, and retail and export strategy. Mentors included eco-design specialist John Gertsakis of WSP Environmental, IP lawyer Peter English of Surry Partners Lawyers, market strategist Mats Ekstrom, and former brand consultant for Apple Computer Europe Bradford Gorman. While guest mentors Liane Rossler, cofounder Dinosaur Designs, David Clark, Editor Vogue Living Australia, Hugo Davidson, cofounder Knog, and John Parker, Managing Director Format Furniture, shared real insights on running a thriving design business from Australia.

Participants in Stage One and Two of the program include:

Springboard 2010 program

madeleineh — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:11 +0000

The 2010 program is currently in the planning. To find out more about the events and workshops we will be holding subscribe to ADU for our monthly e-newsletter that will include updates of the 2010 Springboard details.

Springboard – Intro blurb

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:59:12 +0000

Springboard invites designers from across Australia to take up an opportunity to boost their entrepreneurial capabilities via a structured creative entrepreneur-mentoring program. Springboard provides a catalyst to encourage small creative businesses to invest in their own future through strategic workshops, counselling sessions, and an online community portal. Springboard celebrates the benefits of collaboration, enabling design businesses to evolve and transform through a planned business model.

As a national program anchored within an online media context, Springboard aims to work between key institutions and existing initiatives to enable the country’s most promising designers to create a competitive edge, and develop new markets at home and abroad. Springboard is an Australian Design Unit project – a joint venture between Parcel and Studio Propeller. It is supported by the Australia Council, and is an Australian Government funded initiative under the Building Entrepreneurship in Small Business program.

Springboard Designers — Brisbane Workshop

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:51:46 +0000

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Springboard Designers — Melbourne Workshop

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