Finalist 2025

IND Technology - Revolutionising Bushfire Prevention

Storyfolk / IND Technology / Andersen Lab

Transforming life-saving technology into a globally powerful, emotionally resonant digital experience for bushfire prevention and climate resilience.

IND Technology (INDT) is redefining disaster prevention with its world-first Early Fault Detection (EFD™) system, an IoT and cloud-powered innovation that identifies electrical faults before they can ignite catastrophic fires. Now active across seven countries, the technology has prevented over 1,000+ potential fires and faults, safeguarded critical infrastructure, protected ecosystems, and saved lives.

Storyfolk’s digital overhaul transformed this complex solution into a globally relevant platform, striking a balance between technical credibility and emotional resonance. The new website positions INDT as a trusted authority in innovation, infrastructure safety, and climate resilience driving awareness, adoption, and impact on a global scale.

Design Brief:

INDT’s Early Fault Detection (EFD™) system tackles a critical global risk: bushfires ignited by electrical faults. Despite its transformative impact, INDT’s original website failed to convey the urgency or scale of this solution. It was outdated, lacked clarity, and did not resonate with the broad, global audience required to drive adoption.

Storyfolk was engaged to create a digital experience that would elevate INDT’s presence, translating a complex IoT solution into a compelling platform that speaks to technical professionals, utility leaders, policymakers, and the public. The aim: to humanise the technology, highlight its real-world impact, and position INDT as a force for safety, sustainability, and innovation.


This project was developed by:

Design Process

Grounded in a rigorous design thinking approach, the project began with deep user insight and stakeholder alignment. We used co-design workshops, industry interviews, and global competitor benchmarking to inform our strategy, ensuring the platform would resonate across key audience groups: utility providers, policymakers, engineers, and the general public.

The user experience was shaped using the Honeycomb UX Framework, ensuring the site was:

  • Useful – showcasing how EFD™ actively prevents disaster.
  • Usable – translating complex data into visual, intuitive storytelling.
  • Desirable – designed to inspire action, not just inform.
  • Credible – grounded in technical accuracy and real-world outcomes.
  • Accessible – WCAG-compliant for global equity and inclusion.

The site architecture was restructured to guide diverse users through a tailored, educational journey. Interactive maps, real-time data, and micro-animations helped bring the EFD™ system to life. Every visual and content decision was made to humanise the technology and connect its impact to the real world—making safety, resilience, and climate action feel both urgent and achievable. The result is a fully responsive, scalable website that not only meets the brief; it reframes how critical infrastructure innovation is communicated on a global stage.

Design Excellence

The INDT platform exemplifies design excellence by delivering a high-impact, technically robust experience that is intuitive, inclusive, and emotionally compelling. Every design decision was made to balance clarity with credibility—turning dense, technical subject matter into a digestible, human-centred story of innovation and resilience. Key principles of good design are embedded throughout:

  • Functionality: Seamless, multi-device performance and tailored user flows for industry and public audiences. Accessibility: Compliant design ensures equity across visual, mobility, and abilities.
  • Aesthetics: A clean, future-focused visual identity supports credibility and innovation positioning.
  • Sustainability: By promoting preventative infrastructure, the platform supports broader environmental resilience.
  • Safety & Quality: Design decisions support INDT’s mission to keep communities safe, with a trustworthy and secure digital environment.

The website now serves as a benchmark for how Australian design can translate complex tech into global impact. It demonstrates how professional design investment can elevate innovation, inspire policy support, and accelerate adoption, not just locally in Victoria, but on an international scale. By meeting users where they are, and guiding them through a clear, emotionally rich journey, highlighting the impact, this project shows how great design can help solve some of the world’s most urgent challenges.

Design Innovation

At the heart of this project  was a translation of complexity into clarity. The EFD™ system itself is a world-firstusing IoT tech to predict and prevent electrical faults that cause fires. But until this redesign, its full potential wasn’t reaching the people who needed it most. Storyfolk’s digital approach centred on making invisible impact visible.

We combined technical storytelling with emotional design—bringing real-time data, animated fault simulations, and human case studies together in a single platform that feels both trustworthy and tangible.

Originality came through in the balance: the website needed to feel technically authoritative to engineers and utility leaders, while remaining emotionally resonant and easy to understand for decision-makers and the broader community.

Innovative design features include: Interactive global impact map showing fire prevention in real time. Animated visualisations of invisible faults. A modular backend designed for global scale and future tech additions. This project redefines how critical infrastructure innovation is communicated, proving that life-saving technology deserves world-class design.

Design Impact

The redesigned INDT platform has already catalysed significant positive impact; socially, environmentally, and commercially. Socially, the platform has raised global awareness around fire prevention, shifting the narrative from disaster response to proactive safety. It supports community wellbeing by showcasing technology that saves lives, homes, and habitats on a gloabl scale.

Environmentally, the EFD™ system has prevented over 1,000 potential faults and fires. By communicating this impact clearly, the site has empowered more utility companies to adopt the technology supporting long-term climate resilience and ecosystem protection. Commercially, INDT has experienced increased engagement from international stakeholders, strategic partnerships, and recognition on the AFR Fast 100 list.

The site has featured in major global forums including DISTRIBUTECH, PowerXchange, and TechAdvantage, positioning INDT as a trusted innovator. The project demonstrates the far-reaching benefits of investing in professional design turning a technical product into a movement for change. It sets a high bar for Victoria’s design industry, showing how our creative culture can lead global conversations around safety, sustainability, and scalable innovation.

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