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Image of a person holding a mug and working at a desk with multiple screens - imagery from https://icons8.com

Portable's response to COVID-19

16 March 2020

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Photo of Pause Fest's #PAUSE2020 hashtag sign

The download on Pause Fest 2020

05 March 2020

Portable releases YourCase App to help family violence survivors

26 February 2020

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Photo of a stack of books made to look like a Christmas tree in the Portable office

A message from Portable's founders

28 January 2020

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Person riding a delivery bike down a city street

Making this decade one of meaningful design

28 January 2020

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Image of a diagram with three loops showing the progression from mapping out an idea, to getting thoughts, to reviewing what worked and didn't

The principles behind our work

28 January 2020

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Photo of a laptop displaying

Lost in translation (learning the language of business)

11 December 2019

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Photo from one of Portable's Neighbourhood Drinks events with a group of women standing together talking

Portable picks: our sources of inspiration

11 December 2019

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Photo of a man working at a laptop with headphones

Improving onboarding for users and staff

10 December 2019

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Photo of an open plan office with people at work and drawings on blackboards

Redesigning Work: Balance

18 November 2019

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Photo of a wall with a mind-map written on butches paper surrounded by post-it notes

Changing the way we talk about innovation in government

15 November 2019

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Photo of the face of a weight scale with a green filter

Approaching youth justice with a design mindset

30 October 2019

Digging deeper into our education report

24 October 2019

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Image from deathable cities website showing Melbourne being awarded the title of World's Most Deathable City in 2050

What does it take to make a Deathable City?

11 October 2019

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Image of a world map with countries we have reached through micro-lending coloured green

Making strides in micro-lending

08 October 2019

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Photo of a group of young people sitting in rows of chairs, one child has their hand raised to ask a question

Introducing young people to design thinking

26 September 2019

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Image of Portable staff at a meeting with a tv screen displaying a diagram in the background and a table of post-it notes

Bringing design thinking to education and environment

23 September 2019

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Image of a group of different drinks in different glasses on a blue background

A chance to relax, sip and socialise

11 September 2019

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Image of two members of Portable working on laptops at a table in the Portable office

B Corp behind the scenes: how Portable prioritises purpose in business

25 July 2019

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Photo of reeds in front of a far off sunset

The UX of voluntary assisted dying: friction and complexity as safeguards

17 July 2019

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Someone mansplaining

Connecting with the international legal design community

10 July 2019

Illustration of lady using laptop

Illustration of lady using laptop

A blockchain listicle for designers

06 June 2019

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Image of a human and a robot smiling at one another

Portable’s Approach to Artificial Intelligence V1

30 May 2019

A computer on a melting iceberg

A computer on a melting iceberg

Making sense of the infrastructure slush bucket

22 May 2019

A city at night

A city at night

The real infrastructure debate: how metrofitting can repair cities and lifestyles

22 May 2019

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photo of a white iris flower

When design gets personal

08 May 2019

Illustration of a person juggling sports equipment and office equipment

Illustration of a person juggling sports equipment and office equipment

90 people, 2 days: a crash course in design thinking

16 April 2019

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Image of a lightbulb, a cog, and an eye with a text bubble saying

How human-centred design elevates AI

29 January 2019

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Image of two phone screens on a pink background displaying the app 'After'

Design your death: a Portable R&D demo evening

04 December 2018

Portrait of Sarah Kaur

Portrait of Sarah Kaur

A statement of work

03 September 2018

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Image of a woman communicating to another person represented through swirls of conversation

Present the Story, Not the Report

03 September 2018

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Photo of several people having a group conversation

Design thinking: helping put the 'public' in public policy

31 August 2018

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Image of a Dennis Mortensen presenting at a conference

Storytelling moves to Conversational UI

14 August 2018

Image of Portable cofounder Andrew Apostola presenting in front of a large seated crowd of people

Image of Portable cofounder Andrew Apostola presenting in front of a large seated crowd of people

We believe in Government

18 July 2018

Photo of the YourCase team in a planning session

Photo of the YourCase team in a planning session

YourCase: Redesigning the delivery and experience of justice

09 July 2018

New Approaches to Designing the News

09 July 2018

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Image of two women sitting together while one uses a phone

Introducing YourCase: A tool to reimagine the court experience

09 July 2018

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Image of Parliament House with a flag flying above

Back to Basics: Defining Innovation

09 July 2018

Sketch of an ongoing process with a mind at the centre

Sketch of an ongoing process with a mind at the centre

The Future of Design is Data Driven

09 July 2018

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Photo of a person in a beanie writing on a board with a marker

Designing Invisible Systems for Government

09 July 2018

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Image of three young people working around a laptop at a table

Redesigning Work: The Automation Debate

09 July 2018

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Photo of an office aisle with people working at their computers

Five key takeaways from the Law & Courts Conference

09 July 2018

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Image of hands typing on a laptop keyboard

Redesigning Work: Future Proofing Skills

09 July 2018

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Photos of a workplace aisle with people at their computers

What does the future of work look like?

09 July 2018

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Photo of a stack of book with the top book showing the title

Portable Picks: The Best Design Books

09 July 2018

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Collage of photos of people interacting

The future of learning is peer-to-peer

09 July 2018

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Image of a microphone with a pari of headphones in the background

Portable Picks: Our Favourite Design-Related Podcasts

09 July 2018

Image of an open plan office crowded with technology - ‍Photo by Nick Otto For The Washington Post

Image of an open plan office crowded with technology - ‍Photo by Nick Otto For The Washington Post

Redesigning Work: Does the Office Need a Redesign?

09 July 2018

Photo of Portable cofounder Andrew Apostola with a microphone speaking

Photo of Portable cofounder Andrew Apostola with a microphone speaking

Government is a force for good

09 July 2018

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Photo of an office with staff at their computers working

What Do Workers Want in Work?

09 July 2018

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