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The Wheeler Centre – Helping stories flourish
A bright graphic billboard on a train station platform in Armadale, Melbourne.
A bright graphic billboard on a train station platform in Armadale, Melbourne.
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Walks in Nature – Not all who wander are lost
Hands with a red manicure hold small book with grassy background.
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Bush Heritage Australia – Healthy country protected forever
Ariel view of the Australian desert. Vibrant orange dirt surrounds a small thread of greenery.
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V&F Housing Enterprise Foundation – Affordable housing for all
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Sam Cox Landscape – Achieving a spirit in a garden
Iphone displaying website for Sam Cox Landscape

Design by Nature is design for a better future.

We are a B Corp certified brand strategy and design studio in Naarm/Melbourne.

For 25 years, we have been uncompromisingly purpose-led and values-driven. We partner with people who share our passion for sustainability, equality and positive impact.

Recent Projects

The words Spring Fling appear over a flower shape, changing colour with the background.

The Wheeler Centre – Helping stories flourish

Southside Justice – Helping the community access justice
Aerial view of a deep orange desert landscape. A thread of greenery with a white trucked tree runs through the middle.

Bush Heritage Australia – A healthy country, protected forever
booklet

V&F Housing Enterprise Foundation – Affordable housing for all
Environmental Justice Australia Logo

Environmental Justice Australia – All living things have a right to thrive
Hands with a red manicure hold small book with grassy background.

Walks in Nature – Not all who wander are lost

Expertise

“Design by Nature has been a trailblazer in the Australian design industry for their incredible work infusing and promoting sustainability in the communications sector."

Kelley Sheenan 

Founder & Editor-In-Chief, Peppermint Magazine

“Design by Nature are a considered and creative partner and were able to understand our vision for the brand and how to elevate it in order to connect with our target audience. They make beautiful things with purpose and always your objective in mind.”

Nicole Lovelock

Former Marketing and Engagement Manager, Bush Heritage

“Design by Nature delivered an eye-catching brand, applying it with finesse it across a range of channels and executions. Feedback to the design was hugely positive and the series successfully achieved its goal of reaching a new audience with this rejuvenating visual identity. The team at Design by Nature are thoughtful, thorough and responsive – an overall pleasure to work with!”

Kate Thorburn
Former Marketing and Communications Manager, The Wheeler Centre

Sustainability

Design for Sustainability

From concept ideation to the colour palettes or paper choice. It is not an afterthought; rather, it is ingrained in our standard practice.

We think about environmental impact early in the design stage; we even apply abstract measures, such as a design’s emotional durability.

Journal

BCorp Certified

Becoming a B Corp

January 2024
Portrait of Design by Nature's creative director Anna Carlile

What’s behind the new brand, Design by Nature?

May 2023
Tram in Melbourne Illustration Visit Mynatureblock.org

TMMRW Awards vision for a better future

January 2024