Heath Campbell
Involvement
Year | Position | Branch |
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2019 | Writer/Editor | Head Office |
2018 | Writer/Editor | Head Office |
2017 | Writer/Editor | Head Office |
2016 | Writer/Editor | Head Office |
2015 | Writer/Editor | Head Office |
Articles

Hanging out with… Rob Self-Pierson from Verb
In March, AGDA’s Heath Campbell was delighted to chat with Rob Self-Pierson, founder of London-based writing studio, The Table. Rob had just...

New City Jams: or, The Benefits of Having Friends Everywhere
Having left my former job and moved from Adelaide to Sydney three weeks ago (early October), I’ve had to find a job, and find one quickly. Want...

What is perfection
What is perfection, and does it exist in terms of everyday writing. I say ‘everyday writing’ because I don’t want to get into writers like...

Flyn Tracy [& Matt Leach in spirit] from Aus Design Radio
After a few attempts by me — the novice — at introducing to those interested how to start a podcast, it’s time to speak with an expert....

Is Plagiarism Plagiarism if it’s not Plagiarism?
Q: Is Plagiarism Plagiarism if it’s not Plagiarism?A: Huh? Allison Goodman and Petrula Vrontikis from Art Center in Los Angeles, California, chat...

Steering the Out-of-Control Bus that is Social Media
If you want to do content marketing right, stop selling your sh!t. Love it or hate it, social media is a thing and an important tool/thing to help...

Podcasting as a Marketing Tool — a case study in numbers
Can Podcasting help your business?. Prologue: There is more information in US publications and by US researchers about tech and its relationship...

Podcasting (for designers) 101 — Episode 2
Before beginning any project, you need a reason to begin. The first step, much like the product-design process, is to do a little market research...

More Than I Can Chew?
Podcast (noun): a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet. Last month we looked at...

Public Speaking for Designers, or, What do you fear most?
“You are killing your company. Your reluctance to go and talk to clients is going to kill this company. OK?” This brutal feedback was delivered...

Designer Profile
Jenny Grigg
Jenny Grigg/RMIT. “I drew on everything as a child,” begins Jenny Grigg — artist, illustrator, designer, creative director, academic,...

Designer Profile
Clare Théophane
Clare Théophane. Is it good fortune, or courage that help make a successful design studio? Most of us might believe it’s a mixture of both....
Designer Profile
Clare Théophane
Clare Théophane. Is it good fortune, or courage that help make a successful design studio? Most of us might believe it’s a mixture of both....

Food Democracy: Critical Lessons in Food, Communication, Design and Art
Author and editor of Food Democracy Dr Oliver Vodeb is a lecturer and researcher at the School of Design at Swinburne University of Technology and...

Human memory Vs. the Web
Socrates was right. As people grew accustomed to writing their thoughts and reading the thoughts others had written, they came to rely less on the...

Designer Profile
Sam Daley
Sam Daley from Liquid Interactive. Sam Daley — team-builder, motivator, Illustrator, coder, animator, branding ace, digital designer, game...

The Business of Design
The Business of Design Why do we need a business advisor? So we don’t have to learn from your own mistakes, that’s why. Avoid the pain, stress,...

Designer Profile
Bec Gauci
Bec Gauci. Owner and designer at Perth studio Neat Creative, Bec Gauci’s adventure began not in graphic design, but in the corporate world of...

Designer Profile
Simon Burgin
Simon Burgin / responsve. Showreel. It was a pleasure to speak with Director of Melbourne’s motion + interaction + creative technology studio...

Designer Profile
Clem Devine
Clem Devine / Brand Design Lead Jasmax. I caught Jasmax’s Brand Design Lead Clem Devine having just come out of a team meeting in their...

Designer Profile
Persephone Lobb
Persephone Lobb / Nous. Founder, Partner, and Managing Director at Brisbane’s NOUS Persephone Lobb has a lot of fun in her job and has had ever...

The Weight of Expectation - Chapter 1: Questions, all of the questions
The Weight of Expectation - Chapter 1: Questions, all of the questions Hostile [hos-tl or, esp. British, -tahyl] Adjective 1. opposed in feeling,...

Designer Profile
Laura Cornhill
Laura Cornhill - Studio Binocular Early 90s tennis fanatic Laura Cornhill, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Studio Binocular, is a strong...

Poking the Bear, or: How I Learned to Write Emails
Poking the Bear, or: How I Learned to Write Emails. How to send an email without straying toward being annoying or sycophantic? — The following...

Designer Profile
Natasha Galea
Natasha Galea — University lecturer, inspirer of many, and Senior Manager/Creative at RPS Group — received her first degree in Architecture...

Designer Profile
Jenny McLaren
Jenny McLaren / Aēr Design. Melbourne-based Aēr Design studio specialise in branding, design and digital. They help build meaningful brand...

WHAT IS DESIGN TO YOU?
WHAT IS DESIGN TO YOU?. Melinda Gaughwin, PhD candidate and design tutor at the University of South Australia, recently asked her class a probing...

How can self-criticism help designers create more effective design?
How can self-criticism help designers create more effective design?. Don’t take away our critics; we filmmakers need them as a bridge. The...

Designer Profile
Chris Thorpe
Chris Thorpe / Büro North. We all tend to gravitate toward a particular area within our industry: illustration, branding, creative directing, and...

Learning how to learn effectively is really hard
Learning how to learn effectively is really hard. It turns out there is more information around than anything else in the universe, certainly more...

Designer Profile
Daniel Agostino
Daniel Agostino, Head of Design at Perth’s The Brand Agency, took time out from his busy schedule to chat with AGDA about education, hiring,...

Appreciation of all things that go ‘ping!’
Do we take technology for granted? Think about what technology does for you, and how you feel about it. How it helps, and how it hinders — your...

Designer Profile
Warrick Sears
Warrick Sears / Freelance Creative. With 20 years’ experience in large-scale local and international studios within the design and advertising...

Designer Profile
Martin Sharp
Martin Sharp. Spaceman, Martin SharpPicture this: a young Martin Sharp is visiting friends in London when he is introduced to a musician in the...

Designer Profile
Kelly Burton and Roger Nesbitt
Kelly Burton and Roger Nesbitt / de.co Kelly Burton and Roger Nesbitt, founders and creative directors of Adelaide studio de.co, celebrated their...

Designer Profile
Kevin Blackburn
Kevin Blackburn — Made by Big“Northumbria was one of the leading universities for design in the UK,” says Kevin Blackburn, Creative Director...

Designer Profile
Mario Recchia
Mario RecchiaPerth designer Mario Recchia came at design from a relatively uncommon path: that of public relations and management. Mario’s...

Designer Profile
Mark Braddock
Mark Braddock / BlockMark Braddock, Co-Founder — along with his wife and Managing Director Tanya Sim — and Creative Director at Perth studio...

Designer Profile
Brendan Hibbert
Perth designer-educator Brendan Hibbert has been lecturing in Graphic Design and Web Development at North Metropolitan TAFE (formerly Central...

Designer Profile
Joel Pember
First things first: I've never really worked in an agency. In fact, throughout my career I've only ever known Juicebox. It’s surprising how far...

Designer Profile
Sabine Albers
Sabine shooting in Borneo, MalaysiaSabine Albers Globetrotting photographer Sabine Albers recently took a trip down memory lane — through nearly...

Work and Identity
What Makes Us, Us?
Work and identity: What makes us, us? Who are we? Many of us would take a big hunk of our identity, or sense of self, and hand it over to our job,...

Designer Profile
Kate Moloney
KATE MOLONEY / HARMONICAKate Moloney is a wanderer, an explorer, and along with her business partner Rachel Smith, is the founder and creative...

Designer Profile
Yianni Hill
Yianni Hill, principal and creative director at Adelaide studio We’re Open says they’ve had a busy start to the year — a super-good sign in...

Plagiarism or Inspiration?
Plagiarism or inspiration?. It goes without saying that we all want to avoid charges of plagiarism (see initial Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo), lest we...

Designer Profile
Penny Ransby
Penny Ransby / Bench Creative Practical thinking and empathy meets innovative flair at Bench Creative. “I think I’ve always been creative,”...

Designer Profile
Bjarni Wark
Bjarni and his class were involved in an end-of-year project in which they got to create a design concept for their graduation exhibition. Being...

Designer Profile
Jordan Graetz
Upon graduating from TAFE SA in 2011, Jordan Graetz met Matthew Wright-Simon from Adelaide-based design consultancy Ecocreative. It turns out they...

Designer Profile
Brent Spencer
Brent Spencer – Delibrand. Brent Spencer, prolific Creative Director of Sydney-based design studio Delibrand, graduated from the humble Enmore...

Finn Roache and AGDA
A Retrospective
Finn Roache Lawyers have been AGDA’s honorary legal advisors since AGDA’s incorporation in 1989 and have assisted untold numbers of AGDA...

Designer Profile
Ian Rooney
Ian Rooney – ASPECT Studios (Urban & Public). Ian Rooney, Melbourne/Adelaide-based Creative Director of Urban & Public — the graphic...