Introducing Squid – the ultimate innovation design squad! We’re a team of dreamers and doers, here to save the world. From product design to innovation thinking and beyond, we’re experts in coming up with fresh, out-of-the-box solutions. We’re a diverse group of individuals with a wide range of skills, and we love nothing more than a good challenge. With Squid on the job, the sky’s the limit!
Our Process
SQUID: Introducing SOL!
Meet SOL! In our final showcase, we present SOL in its final form! Watch the video to gain a quick understanding of our project! Approaching the final weeks of our CBI A3 – Design factory experience, and it’s safe to say our team has been feeling a mixed bag of...
SQUID: Into the nitty gritties…
Meet SOL... v1 In one of the last milestones, the design detail presentation, we introduced SOL! Things are wrapping up! With just three weeks left, the pressure was ramping up. We had a difficult few weeks deciding on the direction of our design solution, and we...
SQUID: Calibrating our future lens.
Delving deeper into workplace well-being. After settling on the topic of workplace burnout, identifying several focus areas and exploring the solution space with the design of Hygiea, our next step was to look deeper into the problem we wanted to solve. Our first step...
SQUID: Introducing HYGIEA!
What is #workplaceburnout? When a worker feels a state of complete mental, physical and emotional exhaustion.The pandemic has dramatically increased the number of remote workers, with two-thirds of Australians currently working remotely. And many emerging technologies...
SQUID: Idea Audit
After the trip to CERN, we came back to Melbourne with a stack of beautiful ideas! Now is the time to decide on our directions with some exercise and research!With a weight map and discussions we eventually decided on going with the opportunity area of workplace...
SQUID: A Voyage to CERN
During the two-week intensive workshop at CERN Ideasquare, we brainstormed a lot of ideas and put them in an idea bank!At the end of the two week we pick two ideas and develop them bit more and present to CERNies as well as DFGN partners!We learned a lot during these...
SQUID: Local Opportunity Area
Current data points to nearly 100,000 children are not in education and many more only tangentially attached and not attending regularly. Anxiety was the most common group of 12-month mental disorders in Australia, with one in four people experiencing it at some point...
SQUID: Greetings! Earth People!
Introducing Squid – the ultimate innovation design squad! We’re a team of dreamers and doers, here to save the world. From product design to innovation thinking and beyond, we’re experts in coming up with fresh, out-of-the-box solutions. We’re a diverse group of...
TEAM SQUID
Laura Bartlett
Industrial Design
Laura is an emerging Industrial designer, she is currently in her last year of Industrial Design with a Bachelors Degree (Honours), her interests lie in innovative design and problem-solving strategies as well as research, concept development and getting hands-on. She is also particularly interested in creating sustainable furniture to help pave the way for our future.
Javan Fan
Industrial Design
Javan is an Industrial Design student with a love for technology. His past career as a veterinarian has provided him with logical thinking skills, also proving useful to his hobbies in technology and electronics. In his spare time, Javan designs and makes custom computer keyboards for his business Mecha Maker.
Chen Haw Chien
Communication Design
Haw Chien is a graphic designer with a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication Design and currently pursuing a Master’s in Design. He participated in CBI A3 project which focused on using design innovation to connect technology with societal needs. He is committed to creating design solutions that bring happiness and value to the end user.