Stop Press! New online platform to tackle food waste challenge

Stop Press + pop the sparkling fizz - 3things was recently announced as a recipient of the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s grants program, Love Food Hate Waste. We're gonna use the funding to take Design for Change online, which will get people fired up around food waste issues in Australia and its connections to global hunger. The innovative platform will also enable people to upload their innovative design + business solutions to the causes of food waste, bring it on! Read the full story »

From Coffee Carts to Label Art: Solutions to the Broken Food System

Being in the business of global goodness keeps us pretty inspired, but last semester's Design for Change students really rocked our collective socks. Forty Billy Blue design students were tasked with cracking some digital and printed ideas to support our work around the broken food system and how our local actions affect the bigger picture. So many incredible designs emerged, which we’ll show you over the coming weeks, but to kick off, here are some of our faves. Read the full story »

Ads that sell us nothing and everything

We are constantly bombarded with billboards and junk mail trying to sell us stuff, stuff, stuff and more stuff that we don't really need. What about Ads that aren't trying to sell us anything, ones that stop us in our tracks and make us pay attention... Read the full story »

Tell us how you are using your skills or profession to change the world and win a free tee

We have 3 Poverty t-shirts to give away to people who share their story of change-making with us. It's as simple as just commenting on this post ! Read the full story »

One very cool Design for Change video + a free tee for all!

We have three really good reasons why you should watch this video. Here's one of them: Just by watching it and commenting on the blog we'll send you a great t-shirt created by some talented young designers. Read the full story »

Play! and WIN $3000

Do you like making art but wouldn't consider yourself an 'artist'? Do you have a passion for some aspect of social changemaking?Do you like the idea of exploring an issue you care about using your creativity? Read on and be bedazzled by this awesome opportunity.. Read the full story »

Design meets Food - a clever combo

Since 2007 3things' Design4Change program has been supporting young designers to use their skills in kick ass amazing ways that benefit the world, not contribute to the problems we are already facing. This year, we asked 4 students studying Visual Communications at The University of Technology, Sydney to design fun, engaging hand outs to help Oxfam generate interest around the GROW campaign. We are a bit in love with what they came up with. Read the full story »

Forget the peanut butter, this is actually worth spreading

Are you a bit baffled by the fact that we have enough food to feed all the world's population and yet a billiion of us are going to bed hungry? We know the system is broken, but why, how, and what can we do to attempt to mend it? The complexity of the issues can be enough to make your head throb, so we thought it was about time we created a little video that explained it all and hopefully makes you smile. Read the full story »

3things profile: Nicola

Nicola was the Music and Arts editor here at 3things before jetting off to travel and volunteer as a designer. She's a Melbourne based designer that believes in not only doing good design, but doing good. We had a chat to her about what she's up to, and the motivation behind it all... Read the full story »

3things spotlight: Courtney Buckingham

Welcome to our new 3things spotlight series. To start things off, the awesome Courtney took some time to reflect upon her D4C experience... Read the full story »