# Gold Coast Design Thinking

> Gold Coast Design Thinking (GCDT) is a free or low-cost, community-run meetup for designers, researchers and product people on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It runs talks, workshops, design challenges and casual dinners so designers, product people and the wider tech community on the Coast can meet, learn from each other's work, and build a local industry worth staying for.

Key facts:

- Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (events are held on the Coast, not in Brisbane)
- Cost: no membership; most events are free and ticketed ones stay cheap
- Audience: every discipline — product, brand, web, motion and research design, plus students and career switchers
- Run by: local designers in their own time; no agency or governing body owns it
- Network: part of Australia Design Thinking (AusDT), a national collective of place-based design communities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Byron and Gold Coast); joined September 2025 — https://dynamic4.com/australia-design-thinking-ausdt/
- Co-organisers: Tam Nóbrega (Senior Designer, Risepoint), Ash Donaldson (Service & Behaviour Design Principal, Tobias), Robert Napier (Senior Product & Brand Designer, Cloudcase)
- Partners: Cohort Innovation Space (venue), Griffith University (education), just digital people (community), Burleigh Brewing (drinks)
- Contact: events@goldcoastdesignthinking.com.au

## Pages

- [Home](https://goldcoastdesignthinking.com.au/): What GCDT is, the next upcoming events and partners
- [Events](https://goldcoastdesignthinking.com.au/events): Upcoming events with dates, venues and registration links, plus an archive of past events
- [About](https://goldcoastdesignthinking.com.au/about): Mission, format, co-organisers, partners and frequently asked questions
- [Learn](https://goldcoastdesignthinking.com.au/learn): Quick step-by-step guides from the community, starting with "How to animate in Claude Design"

## Elsewhere

- [Luma calendar](https://luma.com/GoldCoastDesignThinking): Register for upcoming events
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/goldcoastdesignthinking): News and announcements