Octapod is a non profit arts organisation based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Octapod was founded as an informal collective in 1996 by 'a group of artists and students who liked the idea of a public access media space - where people could create and browse interesting and unusual, non-mainstream media' (Healy, 2005).
Founders included Damien Frost, Sean Healy, Aaron Bristow and Marcus Westbury.
[dubious – discuss] Octapod operated as a volunteer-run and project-based organisation until 2004, when it took on paid staff as the result of increased funding.
In 2000, Octapod received considerably international attention when IDG books threatened the organisation with legal action over the use of the term "for dummiez" in an online screenprinting guide.