Hi, Melbourne! I’m Heath. I’m a writer, editor, research translator, community-builder, and strategist operating at the intersection of design philosophy + academic research + cultural production. Also, and perhaps most germanely, I’m a soon-to-be Melbourne resident. Within these pages lie key details of my professional history. Please look around. If anything piques your interest, contact me and let’s talk. I’ll make land by April’s end. See you soon!
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A Snapshot
For the past decade, I’ve worked with some of the most wonderful people and organisations I could’ve imagined. The through-line in all of these relationships is community and communication. It all started in 2012 with my clunky website, the genesis of which, it turns out, was driven by motivation I shared with Frankie Ratford of The Design Kids (TDK) — that being, to help ease the passage of design grads into industry. Volunteering with TDK to launch their Adelaide branch led to working with AGDA, which led to everything else.
With the current state of affairs — geopolitical, cultural, and technological — I feel that now, more than ever, our main goals as design community members are to stay human, help those around us maintain hope if they’re struggling, and, where possible, sprinkle in some joy. It's kind of all we have during this time of savage cultural and technological flux.
*Memorable brushes with fame include but are not limited to: my band once supported the support act of my heroes, Ride! and I once coached (tennis) Simon Ratcliffe from Basement Jaxx!
With introductions out of the way, the goals of this site are to find as many like-minded Melbourne design folk as possible and ultimately land a full-time position within a team that shares my motivations. Take a look around this site. If anything resonates with you and you’d like to chat, please do contact me, and we can meet for [*insert arbitrary sustenance here].