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Is This Australia’s New Most Dangerous creature? Images Emerge Of Previously Unseen Outback Wildlife

Is This Australia’s New Most Dangerous creature? Images Emerge Of Previously Unseen Outback Wildlife

Kevin Bradford - Friday, April 1, 2016

New pictures have emerged of previously unseen creatures from the Australian outback. Top of the 'to-look-out-for' list is a potentially deadly 14 legged spider, which experts believe is part of the tarantula family. Read more

20 Amazing True Blue Australian Themed Logos to Celebrate Australia Day

20 Amazing True Blue Australian Themed Logos to Celebrate Australia Day

Jane Murray - Tuesday, January 26, 2016

There's much to be celebrated about the glorious land Down Under. Lucky then we have a little thing called Australia Day. We've decided to leave the celebrating of history, politics, and cold beer in the hands of others, and focus on our attention on what we know best – design! Here are 20 amazing Aussie-inspired logos. Read more

See Aussie Politicians Re-Imagined As Game of Thrones Characters

See Aussie Politicians Re-Imagined As Game of Thrones Characters

Jo Sabin - Friday, February 27, 2015

In February, MPs in Australia's National Liberal Party called for a leadership spill, undermining Tony Abbott, its party leader and the Australian Prime Minister. DesignCrowd, with tongue firmly in cheek, launched a photoshop contest inviting designers to reimagine Aussie politicians as Game of Thrones characters. Read more

Forget the Mining Boom, Let's Create a Tech Boom!

Forget the Mining Boom, Let's Create a Tech Boom!

Jo Sabin - Friday, December 19, 2014

Technology Down Under is on fire! DesignCrowd CEO and co-founder tells us it's time Australia started planning for its future. He says it's time to create a technology boom and offers seven reasons Australia should create, support and foster a technology boom (and stop worrying about the mining boom). Read more

Movember Special: Australian Politicians with Moustaches

Movember Special: Australian Politicians with Moustaches

Jo Sabin - Sunday, November 30, 2014

As the Australian public embraced Movember this year, we noticed that Australian politicians weren't getting into the spirit of things. To help them along, we launched a contest inviting our designers to photoshop realistic looking moustaches onto well-known Australian male politicians like Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey, Clive Palmer and Bill Shorten. The results speak for themselves. Read more

Packaging Design: 5 Awesome Aussie Freelance Packaging Designers

Packaging Design: 5 Awesome Aussie Freelance Packaging Designers

DesignCrowd - Thursday, October 17, 2013

Packaging design is ubiquituous. Just visit your local supermarket and you'll be bombarded with a million products shouting for your attention. Any company looking to launch a product on the market for consumers or busniess needs a professional packaging design to leave a great impression and prompt a p Read more

52 Aussie Startup Logos from 2013!

52 Aussie Startup Logos from 2013!

Jo Sabin - Thursday, September 12, 2013

It might only be September but we think it's safe to say 2013 has been an eventful year on the political, tech and business front. Australia has changed prime minister 3 times in five months! We lost the Ashes (again). The new iPhone 5 is about to hit our shores. Yahoo took out line honours for the longest logo unveil in history. In our roundup of 52 startup company logos there are a bunch of new arrivals since our last review of Australian startup logos back in 2011. Read more. Read more

Top Logo Designer from Australia - Stuart Burns aka 'SD'

Top Logo Designer from Australia - Stuart Burns aka 'SD'

Jo Sabin - Thursday, August 22, 2013

Stuart Burns, better known as SD on DesignCrowd where he is a top ranked designer, is an Australian graphic designer turned air force trainee, who not only has the formal education for graphic design but also the creative eye necessary for designing graphics that stand out. His hard work and wide variety of design experience shows in his impressive portfolio. Read the interview with Stuart now! Read more

Australian Flag Crowdsourced in 1901

Australian Flag Crowdsourced in 1901

Jo Sabin - Thursday, August 1, 2013

Did you know that Australia's flag was crowdsourced? Back in 1901, Australia officially farewelled the British (who had colonised Australia in 1788) and began governing itself. What does any new state need? A flag to unite the people! Australia announced an international contest to design a new Australian flag. We believe this is one of the world's earliest examples of design crowdsourcing. Read more

Crowdsourcing in Australia ... from the Australian Flag to Australia's Global Crowdsourcing Hub

Crowdsourcing in Australia ... from the Australian Flag to Australia's Global Crowdsourcing Hub

Jo Sabin - Thursday, August 1, 2013

Australians have been crowdsourcing since 1901.  Fact. From the national flag to the Sydney Opera House, Australians have embraced the idea that a good idea can come from anyone, anywhere. Perhaps its our geographic isolation, our outward export-focused economy, small population or our cultural tendency towards egalitarianism and meritocracy. Read more about crowdsourcing national icons! Read more

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