Why Melbourne is a Great Place for Graphic Designers
Melbourne is the kind of city that you can live in all your life, and still not get to explore all of. Not only is it a great place to live and work, it has to be the cultural hub of Australia – especially good for the creative types among us who are looking for a little inspiration.
Easy to get around
One of the great things about Melbourne is the CBD is based on a grid, making it pretty easy to get around. There is a certain logic to the way this grid is designed – at least in part, such as with the main streets followed by the ‘little’ one-way streets of the same name (Bourke Street followed by Little Bourke Street for example). This means once you are familiar with how the grid is laid out, you can get yourself just about anywhere in the CBD – on foot, or via the railway city loop or the vast number of trams that run constantly through the city.
Plenty to explore
But apart from all that, Melbourne is vibrant enough to make you want to explore its streets, lanes and arcades. Within them you will find fashion shops, cafés and restaurants, rooftop bars, beer gardens, department stores, art centres and galleries, theatres, and cathedrals. That’s not to mention heritage buildings, the river and its array of bridges, Chinatown, as well as Federation Square, the Myer Music Bowl, the Botanical Gardens, and the Eureka Tower with its amazing views from above.
Plenty to do
Melbourne also boasts many cultural events – including the comedy festival, Music Week and other musical events, arts events, the film festival, Moomba festival, cinemas, theatre plays, and a host of others. In fact there are too many to mention them all here!
Melbourne is also known for its laneways. At one time many of these lanes were not particularly attractive places – with their dumpsters and views of the back-ends of buildings. That was until many of them were transformed into thriving and vibrant spaces in their own right, and now you will find cafés, boutique shops, ‘hole-in-the-wall’ eateries, and unique and original and inspiring street art in these spaces. There are even laneway festivals that really draw in the crowds!
Wonderful Williamstown
Of course we couldn’t talk about Melbourne without mentioning Williamstown – the home of Omnific’s design office! Williamstown is just a short hop from the Melbourne CBD either by train, bus or car. This town has also had a facelift and today is a popular destination for tourists – and no wonder with all its historic charm along with its cafés, shops, sparkling waterfronts, yachts and maritime activities.
Melbourne graphic design
What has living in Melbourne got to do with graphic design you might ask? Well plenty! There is something about living in a place like Melbourne with its colours, sounds, sights and multicultural delights that creates a vibrant and ideal environment for people involved in the design industries. You could say that being situated close to Melbourne at Williamstown gives us enough inspiration from architecture and street art to enable us to provide a unique and original product for all of our clients!
So if you are looking for an enthusiastic and inspired business to manage your graphic design jobs for your Melbourne business, we would love for you to come and visit us at Omnific Design in Williamstown to discuss how we might be able to help.
Yer, I know it might be a stretch…. but we just love our city!
