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If you went to bed on a Friday night, and woke up to realise the infomercial-inspired game your company just released is killing it on the iTunes charts, then you probably know a thing or five about successful product design. Shainiel Deo…

If you were to overhear Leni Mayo’s thoughts on innovative companies and concepts to look out for in 2012, you might want to have a pen handly. He has been involved in numerous hugely successful companies over his extensive career including Learnable.com,…

2012 is soon approaching and Portable is looking for PHP Developers to join our team to work in either our Melbourne, Sydney or New York Office. Looking for people with 2 + years experience with experience in WordPress, Drupal and Cake PHP…

BOOK BRISBANE TICKETS BOOK SYDNEY TICKETS BOOK MELBOURNE TICKETS Never has it been easier to come up with an innovative product idea and deliver it to the world. This February, Portable is proud to present Product Design 2012. In a two hour…

At Portable, we’ve noticed that our weekly newsletter is increasingly being viewed on mobile devices. Currently, around 20% and upwards of our email newsletter opens and click-throughs come from the stock mail app on the iPhone alone. This is a significant portion…

With 2011 drawing to a close, we wanted to share with you some of the videos that we’ve worked on over the last little while. Earlier this year, we created a video with our friends at The Wilderness Society to demonstrate how…

This year, Portable has been pleased to work with Macquarie Group, specifically the Macquarie Global Investments arm, to create an iPad application that outlines the opportunities for investing in the new economic world. Portable worked with close friends and design house SouthSouthWest to develop a…

At Portable, we not only create innovative digital solutions for brands and clients, but also for consumers and the public. Portable Shops is one such project: a boutique e-commerce platform with the fashion industry in mind. Since launching the platform (previously named Swappler) in…

Portable is very proud to announce one of its boldest technical achievements to date. Earlier in 2011, Museum Victoria approached Portable to help execute their very ambitious Talking Difference project. Part physical, part virtual, the Takling Difference Portable Studio (a nice coincidence!) was designed to…

The Campfire Film Foundation is one of the most innovative of its type in the world—it’s a hybrid film festival and distribution channel targeted at secondary schools, which creates dialogue and discussion between students and filmmakers. Earlier this year, Campfire’s founder, Richard Leigh…

Cast your mind back to 1992, the year in which Microsoft introduces Windows 3.1, the reusable alkaline battery is available for commercial use, AT&T released the first video telephone for a sneaky $1,499,Reservoir Dogs was released and Miley Cyrus was born. Enter,…

We’re looking for a Technical Lead. Is this you? A little about us… Portable is a creative studio that designs innovative products and experiences using portable and digital technology. With professional staff spread across New York, Sydney and Melbourne, the company merges…

Simon Goodrich recently interviewed Martin Hosking, Australian internet luminary, as part of the Melbourne Domain Series. Martin was very candid in this 45 minutes interview and QnA about his role in the development of the internet in Australia and the US. Well…

Talking of online execution and digital strategy, I wanted to share the outcomes from our tour we did with Scott Belsky from Behance last week. In summary: * 549 people came to the events in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane over three days…

Since 2007 we’ve been bringing out to Australia people that inspire us and who innovative in their chosen (digital) field. This includes people from Current TV, Threadless, Foodspotting, Rocketboom, Next New Networks, Refinery29 and more. This August, we have Scott Belsky, CEO…

I caught up with Jeremy Weinstein last week, the founder of Docummunity. Jez is completing his PhD at Swinburne University of Technology in conjunction with the Smart Services CRC. Prior to this study, Jeremy was a feature film maker. He is heading…

Portable had its planning retreat over the winter solstice just out of Melbourne. We were lucky enough to do this at the Boyd Baker House, designed by one of Australia’s best architecture writers (The Australian Ugliness is one of my all time…

Portable Studios has been working on developing the Live China initiative, as part of Live Council, for over 18 months now. Starting out as an idea with Mei Ling Dorey, doctor / public health advocate / entrepreneur, Mei has been able to…

We’ve been working with Jeremy Weinstein for the past 18 months developing the concept for a community of documentary makers to edit their films in real time collaboratively online. In that time Jeremy has developed the concept and commenced his PhD studies at Swinburne…

Portable has created a mobile phone application that will improve productivity and business operations, while reducing financial costs for not-for-profit organisation, The Wilderness Society. This innovative development is designed to make the donating and signing-up process more efficient for their street fundraisers,…