Resources

Resources

Over the past 10+ years in the Australian independent art and design community, we have accumulated a lot of helpful contacts in our network and we want to share those resources with you!  Save it to your browser bookmarks folder for future reference.

We will continue to update this list over time, and if you think anything is missing, or you’d like to submit your website for inclusion, please contact us here.

NB: In the interest of transparency some links below are affiliate links. These allow DBP to continue to provide our services and resources at affordable prices.

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DBP Community Partners

Bris Style Inc.

Perth Makers Market

Australian Design Markets, Trade Shows and Wedding Fairs

The Finders Keepers Markets

The Big Design Market

Mark-It

Bowerbird Design Market

Perth Makers Market

The Olive Tree Market

Handmade Market

The Makers & Shakers Market

The Slow Fashion Market

Heide Makers Market

Rose Street Artist Market

Networking and workshop events

Sydney Design Festival

Vivid Sydney

TedX Sydney

Make-it Made-it Conference

Sydney Craft Week

Craft Cubed Festival of the Handmade

Creative Mornings

Networking groups

Make Good Things Happen

Creative Women’s Circle

National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)

Sydney Made

Bris Style Inc.

Copyright, Intellectual Property and Legal

Copyright Act 1968

Arts Law Centre of Australia

Australian Copyright Council

Creative Commons

Legal123.com.au – We highly recommend Vanessa’s services!

Government Design and Craft Organisations

Craft Victoria

Australian Design Centre

Web and Online Shop Solutions

Etsy

Big Cartel

Shopify

WordPress

Elementor (for WordPress)

Wix

SquareSpace

Email Marketing Software

ActiveCampaign

Transaction and Payment Solutions

Square

PayPal Here

Branding and Design

Canva

Canva Mobile App

Template Mobile App

Unsplash – Stock Images

Creative Market

Books and References

Owning It: A Creative’s Guide to Copyright, Contracts and The Law by Sharon Givoni

Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

The Mindful Leader: 7 Practices for Transforming Your Leadership, Your Organisation and Your Life

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines, 15th Edition

Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad by Austin Kleon

This is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn To See by Seth Godin

Tribes: We need you to lead us by Seth Godin

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin

Apps for Productivity

Asana: organize tasks & work – Asana, Inc.

Afterlight 2 – Afterlight Collective, Inc

Small Business Education and Creative Business Inspiration

Extraordinary Routines

Maker Based Groups and Workshop Spaces

Maker Space & Co

Work-Shop

107 Projects

Sew Make Create

Recommended Podcasts

Jacky Winter Gives You The Business – The Jacky Winter Group

The frankie Podcast – frankie magazine

All In The Mind – ABC Radio National

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda – Alan Alda

How I Built This with Guy Raz – NPR

The Tim Ferriss Show – Tim Ferriss

TEDTalks Business – TED

Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations – Oprah

Lady Startup – Mamamia Podcasts

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Do you have a business, co-op, networking group or workshop space you think should be listed here?  Please contact us with the details and we’ll add any relevant links!

Please note some of the links above are links to our affiliates. To learn more please read our Affiliate Policy.