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Want to join the Portable team in Melbourne? This may be your chance. Portable is looking for a talented, driven and experienced digital producer and account manager to work across the wide range of clients that the company currently services. Based in…

Edwina McCann, editor of Harper’s BAZAAR, the iconic monthly fashion bible, will join Susie Bubble onstage for Portable Presents Susie Bubble at the Sydney event. This exclusive and intimate event, coinciding with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, will see Susie present to audiences in Australia…

BOOK EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW - BRISBANE / SYDNEY / MELBOURNE It’s clear that Australians love Susie Bubble. Tickets only went on sale to her exclusive talks with Portable two weeks ago and already, less than half of the tickets remain.  If you haven’t already secured…

TO RESERVE YOUR TICKETS CLICK HERE One of Sydney’s most exciting and anticipated annual events, VIVID Sydney is on again this May / June, featuring an ideas and creativity packed 18 day schedule. As part of the VIVID Ideas Exchange, Portable will be…

BOOK NOW MELBOURNE / BOOK NOW SYDNEY / BOOK NOW BRISBANE Portable is proud to present an exclusive series of talks with fashion thought leader and internet icon, Susie Lau. London based Susie Lau pioneered the fashion blogging revolution in 2006 with the launch…

Hot off the press, Next Wave have launched their 2012 website ready for this year’s Next Wave Festival, which will be held in Melbourne, Australia from May 19-27. Less than 24 hours ago, the the new look site went live, fresh with…

BRISBANE – BOOK NOW MELBOURNE – BOOK NOW SYDNEY – BOOKINGS OPEN THURSDAY 22 This June, Portable is proud to present Frank Chimero, one of America’s most influential thinkers in the design industry. Based in New York, Frank Chimero is one of America’s…

Hong Kong International Mobile Film Awards At the end of March we’ll be heading to the 2nd annual Hong Kong International Mobile Film Awards. This awards series, the first of its type in Asia, celebrates international cultural exchange and helps to facilitate digital…

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…