Design Royale is located in the heart of bustling Ultimo, a short stroll from Broadway Shopping Centre.
About Us
We are intelligent at combining creativity, technology and strategy in engaging brands and their audiences.
From our humble beginnings as a digital production studio in Sydney, Design Royale has grown to become one of Australia’s leading independent digital agencies. The Design Royale team has expanded into the US market with the opening of our New York studio, giving us the opportunity to offer intelligent interactive ideas for clients and brands globally.
Design Royale is founded on the true belief in quality, innovation and originality. We have worked with brands such as: Billabong, Ferrero, Warner Music, Mcdonalds, Reebok, Nokia, Sony BMG, Foxtel, ABC and more. Our ability to translate ideas into unique online experiences has seen Design Royale receive the internets highest acclaims, as well as the admiration of our peers.
We are passionate and inspired about our work. Design Royale’s multi-talented team offers a vast range of experience in online, advertising, and digital media and innovation. We don't just make websites, we strive to be at the forefront of technology and creativity, both locally and internationally.
Design Royale has extensive industry experience, which includes Media and Entertainment, Advertising, Arts and Design, Fashion, Tourism, Retail and Manufacturing, E-learning, Finance, Government and Non-Profit Organisations. This experience coupled with a solid understanding of the changing requirements of brands in today's online market, insures our ability to meet and then go beyond client expectations.
We believe creativity flourishes in a creative environment, thats why at Design Royale we are dedicated to growing our internal creative culture. Our team is provided with on going training and support as well as all the necessary tools to create cutting edge work.
Our Studio's
We have two offices located in both Sydney and New York. So come and pay us a visit!
Sydney
New York
Royale Profile
Dave Longbottom
3D designer
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Best part about working at Design Royale
Good People to work with and interesting work
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What did your very first site you worked on, look like? Is it still online?
It was a software tutorial site. The interface looked like something out of star gate, yet the product was aimed at kitchen designers…huh? Not online anymore.
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
I’m pretty sure I’d be in the NBA, probably would’ve led the league in blocked shots by now.
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Favourite project you’ve worked on and why?
Kasabian – Asylum game. Fun project with the artwork themed around a decrepit nut house full of zombie-like patients. What’s not to like?
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Best piece of advice?
Stretch before doing anything inspirational
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List your passions:
guitar/band/music, ps3, movies and NBA basketball
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What do you do for inspiration?
Climb massive mountains and swim across channels
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
Lots of stuff, but atm… Mogwai, Russina Circles, Explosions in the Sky, Young Widows, The Drones and Shellac.
Alex Christian
Art Director
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Best part about working at Design Royale
The great team of like minded creative people that are willing to push the boundaries and create awesome work. Oh! and ping pong.
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What did your very first site you worked on, look like? Is it still online?
A micro site for Slim Dusty, it's no longer online but probably the best thing I have done or ever will do.
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
Building a fort out of empty pizza boxes while watching B-grade horror movies from the 80's.
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Best piece of advice?
Learn to take some criticism.
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
A good mix of hip hop (Untramagnetic MC's, Gang Starr, Big L) some indie (Interpol, Cat Power, Sonic Youth) and classics (James Brown, Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield)
Emily Park
Junior Interactive Developer
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
Fall Out Boy, Limp Bizkit and Yiruma.
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What did your very first site you worked on, look like? Is it still online?
It was my personal web site. I made it when I was middle school student. Nope..
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
I try to use my time to do something else.. which is not related with work. For example.. riding bicycle?
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Favourite project you’ve worked on and why?
McDonald’s M.e-learning –As far as know, It’s the most fancy e-learning site.
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Best piece of advice?
Impossible is nothing
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List your passions:
Creative activity(drawing, cooking …)
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What do you do for inspiration?
googling!
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Best part about working at Design Royale
The variety
Jie Chen
Producer
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
The Black Keys, Al Green, Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe, Adele...
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What did your very first site you worked on, look like? Is it still online?
Hahn Super Dry - Taste For Sport Still online and going strong!
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
Travelling the world as a food critic and getting paid for it.
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Favourite project you’ve worked on and why?
POP by Sheridan. Definitely one of the most fun and market leading projects to be involved with.
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Best piece of advice?
Get out of the city once in a while, you stop questioning and start feeling.
Elliott Risby
Founder & Creative Director
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Best part about working at Design Royale?
Working with clients that are open to creativity and up for pushing the boundaries of the digital space.
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
I’d probably still be a tennis coach.
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Favourite project you’ve worked on and why?
Billabong I surf Because & Rice Daubney. On both projects it was a great experience working with clients are not only open to our ideas but also had a great vision of how they wanted to push their respective brands. Both projects achieved great results and were a lot of fun to work on.
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List your passions:
Art, Design, Photography, Technology & Yoga.
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
Many!.. Some include; RJD2, Andy McKee, Lupe Fiasco & Jimi Hendrix.
Martin Konrad
Founder & Creative Technology Director
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Best part about working at Design Royale
Work with mates and try something new everyday
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
Cessna pilot
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List your passions:
Travel, film and filmmaking, art, books, jazz, history, cooking...
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What do you do for inspiration?
Watch oldschool movies
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Bill Evans, Chet Baker...
Konrad Siery
Technology lead
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
Depeche Mode, David Bowie, QoSA, NIN
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What did your very first site you worked on, look like? Is it still online?
So long ago, can't even remember.
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
Fishing for crayfish
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Favourite project you’ve worked on and why?
Royale/CMS - always exciting, always thrilling.
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Best piece of advice?
Practice, practice, practice...
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List your passions:
Photography, music.
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Best part about working at Design Royale ?
All parts, it's just fun.
Keigo Muto
Web and Mobile Architect
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Best part about working at Design Royale ?
We are heading into hard rocks all the time. Reckless fire!
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What do you do for inspiration?
Playing the piano is a good way to activate the right side of my brain.
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
I would be Gandhi holding pillows in his hand. Chanting peace and sleep.
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Favourite project you’ve worked on and why?
Rice Daubney - I learnt many things from the project and got inspiration.
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Best piece of advice?
Persistence pays off
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List your passions:
Photography, swimming, transforming myself into electric binary.
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What do you do for inspiration?
Playing the piano is a good way to activate the right side of my brain
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What did your very first site you worked on, look like? Is it still online?
BBS for friends to communicate. It was with painting application. It's gone.
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
Chopin, Liszt and game musics...
Loan Myers
Junior Interactive Designer
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Best part about working at Design Royale
It's an inspirational environment and everyone is class. We're always pushing the boundaries.
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What did your very first site you worked on, look like? Is it still online?
It was my portfolio for my graduation in 2004. It had that "techno feel" that was going around back then. Small pixel fonts, and electro noise and crackles on the button interactions. It was only up for a year.
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
I would be travelling to Europe and the States.
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Favourite project you’ve worked on and why?
McDonalds E-learning: I really enjoyed working with the people on this one. The art direction was amazing and I got to get my hands on animation as well a bit of code.
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Best piece of advice?
It takes 10,000 hours
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List your passions:
Design, music, cooking, photography, making things
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What do you do for inspiration?
Music, everyday things, object design, film, fashion, history
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
Alex's mixes, Beatsinspace
Tim Ludlow
Executive Producer
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What did your very first site you worked on, look like? Is it still online?
Stop Whaling Now for IFAW. It's no longer live, but hopefully some whales still are.
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
Sitting on a beach reading.
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Favourite project you’ve worked on and why?
The next one.
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Best piece of advice?
Something about listening to advice, but I forget.
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List your passions:
Books, beaches & travel.
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Best part about working at Design Royale
The creativity and the team work.
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What do you do for inspiration?
Look around me, read books.
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
Elbow, The Cinematic Orchestra, Bob Marley, Richard Hawley, or whatever Beats in Space throws up.
Karol Tarasiuk
Developer
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Best part about working at Design Royale
World is smaller since I'm here
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What did your very first site you worked on, look like? Is it still online?
It was pasgala.pl and sadly, it's still online! Hey, believe me - you don't have a time to visit this!
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What would you be doing if you weren’t doing your job?
Soccer, soccer and once again soccer
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Favourite project you’ve worked on and why?
You look at it! Design Royale site proved that You don't need Flash to create fancy looking things. jQuery rulez, we follow!
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Best piece of advice?
Want to be yourself? Find out who you are..
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List your passions:
Soccer, F1, Volleyball, NBA
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What do you do for inspiration?
Looking for stress-free zones and occupy them
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Favourite tunes to work to at Design Royale?
Selected tunes of Linkin Park, Sting, Cranberries, Nickelback, Scorpions and loads more